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2026 SA-ACAPAP Congress a huge success!

A big thank you to Prof John-Joe Dawson Squibb and Prof Michal Harty for organising a very successful 2026 SA-ACAPAP Congress from 12-14 March 2026! Thank you to all CARA researchers who contributed to this success by presenting their work.

CARA projects presented at INSAR 2026 in Prague

Both the ACACIA project and the Global PET project gave presentations at INSAR in Prague in 2026.

INSAR 2027 will be in Cape Town!

We are delighted to announce that the annual meeting for the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) will by hosted by CARA in Cape Town in May 2027!

TAND consortium at SSBP 2025

CARA members of the TAND consortium participated in the 27th International Research Symposium of the Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes (SSBP), Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 4-6 September 2025.

The international Design and Development Team of the Global PET (Bloom) Project Team meets in Edinburgh, 1-3 July, 2025.

As the 3-year Bloom project draws near to an end, the international Design and Development Team met in-person in Edinburgh to reflect on progress and plan next steps of the project.

The TANDem-2 Project Action Group meets in Cambridge!

The TANDem-2 Project Action Group met in-person in Cambridge, UK from 22-24 June 2025 to discus progress for Year 1 and plan our next steps for Year 2 of the project.

Members of CARA and the TAND consortium participate in the 2025 TSC International Research Conference, Bethesda, USA

Numerous members of CARA and the TAND Consortium recently took part in the 2025 TSC International Research Conference in the Bethesda, USA from 26 to 28 June 2025.

Prof Petrus de Vries completes his Presidency of INSAR and is elected President of the SSBP!

Congratulations to Prof de Vries on completing his two-year term as President of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR, 2023-2025) and his recent election as President of the Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes (

CARA Mont Fleur Retreat March 2025

The CARA lab enjoyed a three-day retreat at Mont Fleur in March 2025 to reflect on our achievements and plan for the future.

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