Bhakar, Asha

Asha Bhakar, PhD, Director of Development at the Picower Institute of Learning & Memory, received a FRAXA Research Foundation grant in 2009 alongside of Dr. Mark Bear.

Development of a High-Content Synapse Assay to Screen Therapeutics for Fragile X Syndrome

FRAXA Research Foundation 2006-2010 Grants • Bear, Mark • Bhakar, Asha • Completed Research Grants • Drug Repurposing • FRAXA Research Grants • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) • Treatment Targets September 8, 2017March 30, 2018autism, FDA, mGluR5, NIH

With a $45,000 grant from FRAXA Research Foundation in 2009, Dr. Mark Bear and Dr. Asha Bhakar used High Content Screening (HCS) to develop an assay sensitive to the effect of the FXS genotype. This project was funded in full by NIH after the first year.