Parkinson’s disease is a complex and multidimensional challenge that no single researcher, institution, or discipline can solve alone. To truly unpack its cellular, genetic, and circuit-level complexities, we must align our efforts globally, move past traditional academic barriers, and work as a coordinated, open-science ecosystem.
We are proud to release the 2025-2026 ASAP Collaborative Research Network (CRN) Impact Report. This update showcases how our global community is reinvigorating the Parkinson’s research pipeline by transforming how we collaborate, generating open-access resources and datasets, and identifying new targets and pathways to accelerate translation toward a cure.
What’s Inside the Report:
- Bridging gaps in knowledge: Discover how our collaborative model has driven over 100 focused exchanges of scientific knowledge and dismantled research bottlenecks to create field-ready laboratory deliverables and shared standards.
- Developing and sharing critical research assets: Learn how we are generating new tools and democratizing access to data by distributing over 140 open-access lab resources and harmonizing 92.1 TB of multi-omics data to accelerate global discoveries.
- Refining our understanding of Parkinson’s: Explore the 500+ preprints and publications from our global research teams to learn how they are uncovering new genetic risks, discovering how different mutations converge to drive disease, and developing better models to guide treatment.
- Building the next generation of Parkinson’s researchers: Read about our growing commitment to early-career researchers, including our newly launched joint mentorship Discovery Fellowships designed to bridge gaps in the field of Parkinson’s research and cultivate future scientific leaders.
At ASAP, we believe that collaboration is the key to moving us faster toward treatments and a cure. By generating open-access tools, sharing data in real time, and aligning on a global scale, we are building a foundation for cumulative, compounding discovery.
Explore the progress, the science, and the collaborative future of Parkinson’s research. Read the full 2025-2026 Impact Report.
You can also access our published findings on the ASAP BioRxiv Channel and ASAP PubMed Collection.
