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Over 1200 families are caring for a loved one with the rare disease ”SynGAP” resulting from a variant of the SYNGAP1 gene. This 10 minute weekly podcast is for them. A quick summary of the latest news in the space. The host is Mike Graglia, co-founder & managing director of the SynGAP Research Fund. SRF is a parent-led, all volunteer public charity in the US that strives to accelerate research into treatments for SYNGAP1 so that we can help our loved ones in a timeframe that matters. Learn more at https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/
Episodes

Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Old School Syngap10 - Lots of great content in 10 minutes. Fundraising. Blogs. Webinars. Patient stories. Ciitizen.
IT ALL TAKES MONEY
- Emily’s Fundraiser #HopeForHadley https://secure.givelively.org/donate/syngap-research-fund-incorporated/hope-for-hadley
- 2nd Annual Sprint for Syngap is coming April 30, 2022.
WEBINARS
- La intención comunicativa en SYNGAP1 el sábado 5 de febrero | 9am Miami / 3pm Madrid https://syngap.fund/intencion
- An Introduction to Autism BrainNet Thursday, February 10 @ 9 am PT/12 pm ET https://syngap.fund/ABN
- The use of milk exosomes to increase the expression of SYNGAP1 expression in SYNGAP1 mice March 3, 2022 @ 9am PT/12pm ET https://syngap.fund/zempleni
BLOGS
- Diapers: https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/post/diapers-pull-ups-for-older-kids-a-moms-experience
- https://www.genome.gov/sites/default/files/tg/en/illustration/missense_mutation.jpg
MUTATION STORIES
- c.3583-6G>A Europe and East Coast, connected!
- c.333del and c.490 C>T Facebook Groups
- Data https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13dAPdXJnF-ST4lJnKrgxEJ_03e7shyXg7jwiqeXSR7c/edit?usp=sharing
CIITIZEN
- Privacy https://ciitizen.com/privacy
- Sign up https://ciitizen.com/SYNGAP1
- Nobody does it better.
EXTRA CREDIT
- Gene Fixers was VERY GOOD. Here is the replay. This is worth a listen. www.clubhouse.com/room/m26dGYr4?utm_medium=ch_room_xerc&utm_campaign=RgMbPQTckJlMoxenxVxCiQ-38225
REMEMBER
- Raise funds at https://syngap.fund/give
- Subscribe to and rate this 10 minute #podcast #SYNGAP10 here https://syngap.fund/10 if you want a direct link for Apple: https://syngap.fund/10a
Episode 45 of #Syngap10 - January 28, 2022
#braindonation #specialneedsdiapers #missense #ciitizen #privacy #SYNGAP1 #F78A1 #Syngap #epilepsy #autism #intellectualdisability #id #raredisease #epilepsyawareness #autismawareness #rarediseaseresearch #SynGAPResearchFund #CareAboutRare #PatientAdvocacy #GCchat #Neurology #Genetics

Thursday Jan 27, 2022
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
Read Paediatric Neurologist, Clinician-Scientist, Laureate Professor Ingrid Scheffer, AO’s piece in the Lancet Neurology: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(22)00002-3/fulltext
Here is the quote Mike read:
“It will not be feasible to design a gene therapy for each pathogenic variant of every genetic disease, so clever strategies, such as those mentioned earlier, will need to be developed to enable these life-changing therapies to reach a wide variety of patients.
The future of child neurology is bright—indeed, far more promising than at the turn of the 21st century. Many devastating diseases now have real hope of targeted therapies, which can cure not just one but all manifestations of the disease and offer the child and family the promise of a normal life.”
SRF article on IPSCs: https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/post/another-srf-contribution-to-syngap1-research-patient-derived-cell-lines-to-test-treatments
SRF article on reading your genetic report:
https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/post/understanding-your-genetic-report-with-syngap1-a-rare-disease
SRF article on VUS:
https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/post/does-your-genetic-report-contain-a-variant-of-unknown-significance-vus-in-syngap1
REMEMBER
Raise funds at https://syngap.fund/give
Subscribe to and rate this 10 minute #podcast #SYNGAP10 here https://syngap.fund/10 if you want a direct link for Apple: https://syngap.fund/10a
Episode 44 of #Syngap10 - January 21, 2022
#missense #SYNGAP1 #F78A1 #Syngap #epilepsy #autism #intellectualdisability #id #raredisease #epilepsyawareness #autismawareness #rarediseaseresearch #SynGAPResearchFund #CareAboutRare #PatientAdvocacy #GCchat #Neurology #Genetics

Friday Jan 14, 2022
Stoke Therapeutics & Acadia Pharmaceuticals are working on SYNGAP1 #S10e43
Friday Jan 14, 2022
Friday Jan 14, 2022
Stoke Therapeutics & Acadia Pharmaceuticals are working on SYNGAP1
BIG NEWS! https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220110005334/en/
FIVE KEY LINKS
- Dr. Kaye’s presentation - Listen to it again and again https://investor.stoketherapeutics.com/events/event-details/40th-annual-jp-morgan-healthcare-conference
- AES 2018 Poster https://www.stoketherapeutics.com/wp-content/uploads/Stoke-Poster-Dec-1.pdf
- STOKE Patent https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2017106377A1/en
- #OneYearSooner - How we can make clinical trials happen faster https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/post/oneyearsooner
- Sign up for Ciitizen - www.Ciitizen.com/SYNGAP1
SPREAD THE WORD
Twitter.com/cureSYNGAP1/status/1480546972645793794?s=20
Linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6886314132866506753
Facebook.com/cureSYNGAP1/posts/946801809535615
WHO IS WHO AT STOKE
https://www.cshl.edu/research/faculty-staff/adrian-r-krainer/ PhD Harvard 1986
https://www.linkedin.com/in/huwnash/ PhD Harvard 1997, EIR ATP since 2014
https://www.oligotherapeutics.org/officers/isabel-aznarez-ph-d/ PhD Toronto 2006
https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryticho/ MD PhD Chicago
https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-kaye-0a46a710/ MD Loyola Chicago
COMPANIES
Stoke https://www.stoketherapeutics.com/ $ACAD
Acadia https://www.acadia-pharm.com/ $STOK
OTHER GREAT LINKS
DSF on the Monarch https://www.dravetfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Stoke-Community-FAQ-April-2020.pdf
It starts with Spinraza https://www.ninds.nih.gov/About-NINDS/Impact/NINDS-Contributions-Approved-Therapies/Nusinersen-Spinraza%C2%AE-%E2%80%93-Spinal-Muscular aka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nusinersen
Grant made in 2003, Phase 1 in 2011 (dec) FDA approval in 2016 (Dec) https://www.curesma.org/fda-approves-spinraza-for-sma/
From: https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/01/04/ex-sarepta-ceo-takes-helm-of-genetic-disease.html
Kaye said he was recruited by Stoke co-founder Adrian Krainer, with whom he previously worked at Genzyme before joining Sarepta in 2010. Krainer is perhaps best known for being an inventor of another “antisense” drug targeting a genetic disease, Biogen’s spinal muscular atrophy treatment Spinraza.
“He was one of the real originators of RNA therapy,” Kaye said. “I thought (Stoke) was at a point where it needed to be shepherded from preclinical development into the clinic. It was a really exciting opportunity.”
Stoke Origins: https://endpts.com/gene-therapy-startup-stoke-therapeutics-secures-another-90m-in-series-b-funding/ $40M from ATP in 2018. https://www.appletreepartners.com/portfolio#stoke-therapeutics
IPO June 2019 $163M/ https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/trending/OTV6RnpzTCGYyRs_gx1m7A2
REMEMBER
Raise funds at https://syngap.fund/give
Sign up for this 10 minute #podcast #SYNGAP10 here https://syngap.fund/10 if you want a direct link for Apple: https://syngap.fund/10a
Episode 43 of #Syngap10 - January 14, 2022
#StokedAboutStoke #ASO #SYNGAP1 #AcadiaPharma #StokeTx
#F78A1 #Syngap #epilepsy #autism #intellectualdisability #id #raredisease #epilepsyawareness #autismawareness #rarediseaseresearch #SynGAPResearchFund #CareAboutRare #PatientAdvocacy #GCchat #Neurology #Genetics

Friday Jan 07, 2022
How to tell your family about SYNGAP1
Friday Jan 07, 2022
Friday Jan 07, 2022
How to tell your family about SYNGAP1
As you process your loved ones’ recent SYNGAP diagnosis, when do you tell your family? How?
When? As soon as you can!
How, well that’s what we talk about today:
- This is a big deal, let’s not minimize it.
- I need your help
- Learn with me
- Fight insurance with me
- Help me rearrange my life
- Help with my SYNGAPian or their siblings
- Jump into my life, don’t give me space
- Raise funds with me to help bring therapies and cure closer to reality
- Raise funds at https://syngap.fund/give
- Sign up for this 10 minute #podcast #SYNGAP10 here https://syngap.fund/10 if you want a direct link for Apple: https://syngap.fund/10a
Episode 42 of #Syngap10 - January 7, 2022
#family #thetalk #F78A1 #Syngap #Syngap1 #epilepsy #autism #intellectualdisability #id #raredisease #epilepsyawareness #autismawareness #rarediseaseresearch #SynGAPResearchFund #CareAboutRare #PatientAdvocacy #GCchat #Neurology #Genetics

Thursday Dec 30, 2021
2021 by the numbers, 985 patients counted, exciting work ahead!
Thursday Dec 30, 2021
Thursday Dec 30, 2021
2021 by the numbers, 985 patients counted, exciting work ahead!
- Mike quantifies the work of SRF in some statistics, it’s been three years: https://syngap.fund/2021numbers
- The #SyngapCensus is at 985! https://syngap.fund/census
- Sign up for #Ciitizen. https://Ciitizen.com/SYNGAP1 We are at 154 in the US!
- Sign up for this 10 minute #podcast #SYNGAP10 here https://syngap.fund/10 if you want a direct link for Apple: https://syngap.fund/10a
Episode 41 of #Syngap10 - December 31, 2021
#phenylbutyrate #F78A1 #Syngap #Syngap1 #epilepsy #autism #intellectualdisability #id #raredisease #epilepsyawareness #autismawareness #rarediseaseresearch #SynGAPResearchFund #CareAboutRare #PatientAdvocacy #GCchat #Neurology #Genetics

Friday Dec 17, 2021
Let’s catch the Genetic Therapy Tsunami for SYNGAP1!
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Episode 40 of #Syngap10 - December 17, 2021
- Dennis’ tweet: https://twitter.com/LalDennis/status/1469502987173310466
- Sign up for #Ciitizen. https://Ciitizen.com/SYNGAP1 We are over 150!
- Clinical Trials link showing adult enrollment for Angelmans. https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/ctr-search/trial/2019-003787-48/NL
- ORCA Work, learn more about it: https://populationhealth.duke.edu/research/center-health-measurement/expanding-observer-reported-communication-ability-orca-measure
- Learn about the Lighthouse: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/graglia_thelighthouse-activity-6877396385088471040-_ia_ & https://effieparks.com/podcast/episode-094-mike-and-nasha
- Add to the schedule June 11, 2022 -- Million Dollar Bike Ride! https://www.milliondollarbikeride.org/
- Emmitt got a #VNS https://twitter.com/SydneyStel/status/1470766587795972096
- phenylbutyrate
-https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.08.471799v1.full.pdf
-https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04937062?cond=slc6a1&draw=2&rank=1
-Start at 40:40 https://vimeo.com/610301620
- Raise some money! https://srf.salsalabs.org/srfdidyouknow
- What is SYNGAP1? https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/home/what-is-syngap1
- Sign up for this 10 minute #podcast #SYNGAP10 here https://syngap.fund/10 if you want a direct link for Apple: https://syngap.fund/10a
#phenylbutyrate #MDBR #Syngap #Syngap1 #epilepsy #autism #intellectualdisability #id #raredisease #epilepsyawareness #autismawareness #rarediseaseresearch #SynGAPResearchFund #CareAboutRare #PatientAdvocacy #GCchat #Neurology #Genetics

Friday Dec 10, 2021
This is Real Life! Science is moving forward and we are on board
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Episode 39 of #Syngap10 - December 10, 2021
- Isoform paper https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.05.471306v1
- Treatment one year sooner https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/post/oneyearsooner
- Syngap merch https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/shop
- SRF’s Blog https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/blog
- Fundraise https://syngap.fund/give
- Sign up for #Ciitizen. https://Ciitizen.com/SYNGAP1
- What is SYNGAP1? https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/home/what-is-syngap1
- Sign up for this 10 minute #podcast #SYNGAP10 here https://syngap.fund/10
#TalentTuesday #volunteer #Syngap #epilepsy #autism #intellectualdisability #id #raredisease #epilepsyawareness #autismawareness #rarediseaseresearch #SynGAPResearchFund #CareAboutRare #PatientAdvocacy #GCchat #Neurology #Genetics

Saturday Dec 04, 2021
Let’s make sure SYNGAP1 is cured in our lifetime. It’s up to us.
Saturday Dec 04, 2021
Saturday Dec 04, 2021
Let’s make sure SYNGAP1 is cured in our lifetime. It’s up to us.
Episode 38 of #Syngap10 - December 4th, 2021
Roundtable 3 #SRFRT3 was a great success, special thanks to all speakers.
The #FAST #Angleman meeting is incredible. https://cureangelman.org/events/gala2021
Sign up for #Ciitizen. https://Ciitizen.com/SYNGAP1
Raise funds for SYNGAP1
- Facebook Fundraisers: http://syngap.fund/FBFun
- Giving Tuesday Fundraiser: https://syngap.fund/gt21
- What is SYNGAP1? https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/home/what-is-syngap1
- Sign up for this 10 minute #podcast #SYNGAP10 here https://syngap.fund/10
#F78A1 #FAST #Angelman #SRFRT3 #SyngapaseRT #Syngap1 #syngap #epilepsy #autism #intellectualdisability #id #raredisease #epilepsyawareness #autismawareness #rarediseaseresearch #SynGAPResearchFund #CareAboutRare #PatientAdvocacy #GCchat #Neurology #Genetics

Friday Nov 26, 2021
Friday Nov 26, 2021
Support SRF this GivingTuesday! With guest host, Caitlin Kaspar, Syngap sibling, nonprofit professional
- Getting diagnosed with Syngap1 as an adult
- It’s a fact; nonprofits have overhead
- SRF founders cover all overhead! www.syngapresearchfund.org/post/7-reasons-smartdonors-fight-syngap1-via-srf
- SRF is all about transparency syngap.fund/finance
- SRF has 600K out in grants in 2021 syngap.fund/grants
- End of Year Giving
- Shop and donate at Amazon Smile bit.ly/SRF_Smile
- GivingTuesday Nov 30 syngap.fund/gt21
- End of year giving letter created for families to share syngap.fund/eoy
Episode 37 - November 26th, 2021
https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/syngap10-podcast
#overhead #ciitizen #givingtuesday #adultswithdisabilities #leadership #GlobalGenes #minted #Syngap #epilepsy #autism #intellectualdisability #id #raredisease #epilepsyawareness #autismawareness #rarediseaseresearch #SynGAPResearchFund #CareAboutRare #PatientAdvocacy #GCchat #Neurology #Genetics

Friday Nov 19, 2021
Grateful for the incredible SRF team/family...
Friday Nov 19, 2021
Friday Nov 19, 2021
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Studies:
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ORCA - Full
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FRAZIER - email Corey@syngapresearchfund.org
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Aaron, Olga, Rebecca,
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Virginie, Hans https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/post/meet-the-globalvillage-of-syngapleaders by Jo!
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Marta, Vicky, Peter, Kali, Summer
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Pavel, Nancy, Sydney
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Tavillas
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Lauren Perry
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Alexis https://syngap.fund/naya
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Corey Baysden
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Jen & Dan Robert
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Suzanne Jones
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Caitlin Kasper
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Ashley Frye
Episode 36 - November 19th, 2021
https://www.syngapresearchfund.org/syngap10-podcast
#grateful #studies #ciitizen #givingtuesday #SynapseRT #adultswithdisabilities #leadership #careaboutrare #GlobalGenes #minted #Syngap #epilepsy #autism #intellectualdisability #id #raredisease #epilepsyawareness #autismawareness #rarediseaseresearch #SynGAPResearchFund #CareAboutRare #PatientAdvocacy #GCchat #Neurology #Genetics