Sparking New Discoveries for Parkinson’s Disease
The Collaborative Research Network (CRN) is a first-of-its-kind global community of multidisciplinary and multi-institutional teams working together to spark new discoveries in Parkinson’s disease (PD) research. The CRN is a program of the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative, managed by the Coalition for Aligning Science and implemented by the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Our Research Network
The ASAP CRN supports 35 research teams across 14 countries, focusing on critical areas such as functional genomics in Parkinson’s disease, neuro-immune interactions, circuitry and brain-body interactions. With collaboration at its core, the CRN brings together hundreds of investigators to share expertise, findings, and tools in an effort to tackle challenges in the PD space. As a community, we promote standards for openness, real-world utility, and collective impact across scientific research.
An ASAP Program
An ASAP Program
The Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative launched the CRN in 2020 to catalyze breakthroughs in PD research. ASAP fosters connections across the scientific community by supporting a variety of programs designed to enhance collaboration and promote sharing of scientific findings, tools, and technologies.
Impact
From the beginning, the CRN has been committed to providing resources, addressing research bottlenecks, and fostering innovation to build a thriving research ecosystem that advances Parkinson’s disease research.
Impact
From the beginning, the CRN has been committed to providing resources, addressing research bottlenecks, and fostering innovation to build a thriving research ecosystem that advances Parkinson’s disease research.
Latest CRN Highlights
Members of the CRN work diligently to advance our understanding of Parkinson’s disease. Learn more about recent CRN discoveries and achievements.
ASAP Research Round-Up | Q2 2025
In this second edition of the ASAP Research Round-Up, ASAP shares advancements in Q2 2025 across the ASAP portfolio that fill critical knowledge gaps, promote rapid dissemination of scientific insights, expand resource accessibility, and support the next generation of Parkinson’s researchers.
Needed ASAP: The Partnership Rewiring Neurodegeneration Research
Inside Precision Medicine reports on the new ASAP, Allen Institute, and Michael J. Fox Foundation's partnership to unite Collaborative Research Network (CRN) Cloud data from 3 million human cells across 9 brain regions from individuals with Parkinson’s into the Allen Brain Cell (ABC) Atlas visualization tool, which already contains 6.4 million human cells.
Expanded Research Tool to Crack the Code on Parkinson’s, the Fastest-Growing Neurodegenerative Disease
ASAP and Allen Institute announce a new collaboration that creates a common language for visualizing data from Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s research.