Join us in Austin, TX for our Family Conference!

The SETBP1 Family & Research Conference is THIS OCTOBER from Friday early evening on the 11th through Sunday lunch on the 13th in Austin, TX! Our Empowering Independence-themed conference provides you the opportunity to ask your burning questions from SETBP1 medical specialists, researchers and therapists, to hear about the latest SETBP1 research findings, to connect […]

Bite-Sized Breakthroughs – May 2, 2024

SETBP1 Genetics: Bite-Sized Breakthroughs Breaking down new breakthroughs in SETBP1 research in an easy to digest way Welcome to our 2nd “SETBP1 Genetics: Bite-sized Breakthrough”. –This time, we are looking back at a breakthrough article published in the European Journal of Human Genetics in 2021 by Nadieh Jansen, MS, located at Radboud University Medical Center […]

Accepting Letters of Interest (LOIs) for SETBP1 Haploinsufficiency Disorder Research

SETBP1 Society is pleased to share the funding opportunity offered by the 2023 Million Dollar Bike Ride Grant Program sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Orphan Disease Center! They are NOW ACCEPTING LETTERS of INTEREST to apply for one $88,740 SETBP1 Haploinsufficiency Disorder research grant. These funds were made possible by the amazing fundraising efforts […]

SETBP1 GivingTuesday is TODAY!!

SETBP1 Society plans to work with our SETBP1 medical specialists to establish the first ever SETBP1 Multidisciplinary Clinic.  The clinic will provide SETBP1 families coordinated care services to develop cohesive treatment plans. This GivingTuesday, we need to raise $25,000 to help establish this clinic. Check out our progress so far!

Simons Searchlight Family & Research Conference for SETBP1 Families – That’s a Wrap

It has been just over a week since our Simons Searchlight Family & Research Conference for SETBP1 families came to an end. This was our first ever in-person conference for SETBP1 families, our first ever in-person conference for SETBP1 researchers and our first ever in-person gathering of SETBP1 families and researchers together!! It is hard […]

Meet the SETBP1 Team – Maggie Wong

Maggie Wong, PhD, is a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen, Netherlands working in Prof Simon Fisher’s lab. She develops induced pluripotent stem cells from patients, controls (same sex relatives) and CRISPR-generated lines in order to study SETBP1 disorder. Here about her mini-brain research and her excitement about the move to open […]

SETBP1 disorder Speech & Language Paper JUST RELEASED!

The first publication dedicated to delving into the speech and language characteristics of those with SETBP1 disorder (SETBP1 haploinsufficiency disorder) just published in the European Journal of Human Genetics. This is the 2nd SETBP1 disorder paper to post within the past week! Dr Angela Morgan from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute who has worked closely […]