a 4 year old little girl wearing white overalls with a blue t-shirt and a crown of feathers on her head is smiling while sitting on a porch step next to white and yellow flowers
Posted by Carlie Monnier | January 9, 2025
“My 56-year-old Daughter Has Just Been Diagnosed”

One of the greatest privileges of leading the NR2F1 Foundation is the opportunity to connect with newly diagnosed families. Every time we welcome a new member, I offer a personal...

Posted by Carlie Monnier | October 29, 2024
NR2F1 Foundation Issues Bioinformatics Analysis Grant to Dr Laugsch

  Biomarkers are the key to discovering effective and meaningful treatment The NR2F1 Foundation issued a grant to Dr Magdalena Laugsch at Heidelberg University to fund bioinformatics analysis and workflow...

NR2F1 Foundation President Jen stands in front of a large banner for NORD that says reimagining what is possible
Posted by Carlie Monnier | October 28, 2024
NR2F1 President Heads to D.C. for 2024 NORD Conference

At the NORD Conference, Jen met with Terry Jo, Executive Director of COMBINEDBrain Thanks to a generous grant from NORD (National Organization for Rare Disease), Jen Coughlin, NR2F1 Foundation President...

Dr. Magdalena Laugsch with her students, Ayat and Michael
Posted by Carlie Monnier and Jennifer Coughlin | July 29, 2024
NR2F1 Foundation Awards Grant to Dr. Magdalena Laugsch

The NR2F1 Foundation issued a grant to Dr. Magdalena Laugsch to support her attending the The European Society of Human Genetics 2024 conference. Dr. Laugsch is the team leader for a lab at the...

Jennifer Coughlin
Posted by Jennifer Coughlin and NR2F1 Foundation | May 16, 2024
Meet Jennifer Coughlin, New NR2f1 Foundation Board President

Jennifer Coughlin has been appointed the new President of the Board of Directors of the NR2F1 Foundation. Carlie Monnier, who has held the position since the beginning, is taking over...

Posted by Carlie Monnier | May 10, 2024
2024 Family and Scientific Conference was a Resounding Success

Two years ago, the very first NR2F1 Family and Scientific Conference was held in Orlando, Florida. Last month, the second Conference took place in Orlando on April 3 – 5....

Dr. Magdalena and team
Posted by NR2F1 Foundation and Carlie Monnier | April 15, 2024
Grant Awarded to BBSOAS Researcher Dr. Magdalena Laugsch

Dr. Magdalena Laugsch, genetic researcher Dr. Magdalena Laugsch, of the Heidelberg Institute for Human Genetics, is a researcher in the field of genetics. She obtained her Ph.D. degree at the Institute...

2024 conference
Posted by NR2F1 Foundation | March 20, 2024
2024 Conference – What to Expect

The 2024 Family & Scientific Conference is just around the corner, starting in two weeks in Orlando, Florida! Registrations for virtual attendance close on April 3rd. The conference will start...

2023 Oh What a Year
Posted by Carlie Monnier | February 12, 2024
2023 – The Year in Review for NR2F1 Foundation

With 2024 having come to an end, we want to take a moment to look back on all that we achieved. The NR2F1 Foundation has accomplished a great deal, especially...

2022 Family and Scientific Conference
Posted by Carlie Monnier | January 2, 2024
Sponsors Needed for the Upcoming 2024 NR2F1 Family and Scientific Conference

It’s that time again! It’s been almost 2 years since the last Family and Scientific Conference in Florida. That conference had 180 attendants, from 10 different countries and 21 US...

Research-meeting, in person & virtual participants
Posted by Carlie Monnier | October 30, 2023
Research Strategy Goals

First research strategy meeting In January this year we held our first ever Strategic Planning session and developed our 5-year strategy (check it out here on our website). On October...

medical research
Posted by Carlie Monnier | September 20, 2023
Developing a Research Strategy and Roadmap for NR2F1

We have some exciting news! The NR2F1 Foundation will be hosting a research development meeting next month at the University of Denver in Colorado. Scheduled to run all day Saturday,...

nr2f1 team members
Posted by Carlie Monnier | July 11, 2023
10th Annual Million Dollar Bike Ride Was a Success!

June 10th, 2023, was a beautiful sunny day in Philadelphia, PA, as hundreds of cyclists rode to raise money for rare disease research. Riders had a choice of what distance...

Edith Coughlin
Posted by Carlie Monnier | June 13, 2023
Baking a Big Impact

Written by Sarah Kirkman, Edith Coughlin’s ‘Aunty Sais’ From August 2022 - March 2023, just by baking, I managed to raise $2,582 or £2053! Can you believe it? I couldn’t!...

BBSOAS Center of Excellence
Posted by Carlie Monnier | May 9, 2023
Celebrating the Launch of the BBSOAS Center of Excellence

Launch Day - April 21, 2023 We are witnessing history in the making! In collaboration with a multi-disciplinary CVI team led by Dr. Veeral Shah, the NR2F1 Foundation helped make...