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Lecture Altered Somatosensory Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Mechanisms and Emerging Therapeutic Opportunities
David Ginty, Ph.D.
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Lecture Cytotoxic T-cells and HIV: Can a Partially Effective Immune Response Be Improved to Cure Infection?
Brad Jones, Ph.D.
Weill Cornell Medical College
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Founded in 2014, the Simons Society of Fellows is a community of scholars that encourages intellectual interactions across disciplines and across research centers in the New York City area.
Senior Fellows are distinguished scientists based in New York City. Junior Fellows are outstanding young scientists who receive support from the foundation for three years to conduct independent research at an institution of higher learning in New York City, with no teaching obligations.
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What We're Reading
April 23
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Networking for Introverted Scientists (Nature Career Column)
Networking is a crucial skill for all scientists. Here are some tips for those who struggle to make it work.
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Sodium Moves One Step Closer to Replacing Lithium in Batteries (Science)
Sodium-based batteries hold promise as a solid-state alternative to lithium-ion batteries, but recharging tended to break them down quickly. A flexible anode that swells and shrinks with repeated charging could change that.
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Moon Mapper, Sun Spotter: The Astonishing Mathematician Thomas Harriot (Nature)
The formidable Tudor mathematician never published his work. Georgina Ferry relishes a fresh biography
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Study Finds Earth’s Animals One Giant Creature Before Breaking Apart Millions Of Years Ago (The Onion)
"Over the next million years, internal rifting is projected to cleave the platypus into a species of duck and a fairly large rodent."
