Microbiome

A vast, diverse community of symbiotic microorganisms that profoundly influence host biology, from gut health to brain function.

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Alex Eben Meyer for Simons Foundation

Stories & Features

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Simons Foundation Announces 2026–2027 Class of SURFiN Fellows

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How Math Helped Argentine Sparrows Relearn Lost Songs

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Applications Open for 2027 Fellows-to-Faculty Award Program

Publications

Topological Phase Transitions Induced by Disorder in Magnetically Doped (Bi, Sb)\(_2\)Te\(_3\) Thin Films

October 13, 2026

Takuya Okugawa, Peizhe Tang, Rubio, Angel, and Dante M. Kennes

Single-particle spectral function formulated and calculated by variational Monte Carlo method with application to \(d\)-wave superconducting state

October 13, 2026

Charlebois, Maxime and Masatoshi Imada

Ultrasound evidence for a two-component superconducting order parameter in Sr\(_2\)RuO\(_4\)

October 13, 2026

S. Benhabib, C. Lupien, I. Paul, L. Berges, M. Dion, M. Nardone, et al.

Plaquette versus ordinary \(d\)-wave pairing in the \(t’\)-Hubbard model on a width 4 cylinder

October 13, 2026

C. Chung, Mingpu Qin, Zhang, Shiwei, Ulrich Schollwöck, and S. White

People

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Rediet Abebe

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley

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Rhiannon Adam

Photographic Artist

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Alexandre Adam

Flatiron Research Fellow, Centers for Computational Astrophysics and Computational Mathematics

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Ryan Adams

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain

Talks & Lectures

GIZMO code dev meeting

October 12–14, 2026

Taking Pictures and Making Movies of Supermassive Black Holes

Lecture

October 14, 2026

6–7 p.m. ET

Speaker

Shep Doeleman

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2026 MPS Annual Meeting

Conference

October 15–16, 2026

Software & Data

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aLENS

Software
Simulates microtubule assemblies with motor proteins using Monte Carlo dynamics, constrained collision handling, and massive parallelization.

Astra

Software
Analysis framework for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V) Milky Way Mapper.
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Astrometry.net

Software
Maps any astronomical image to sky coordinates (WCS) with no false positives, even without metadata, enabling real-time use across archives.
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BridgeStan

Software
BridgeStan gives in-memory access to Stan models via multiple languages, exposing log densities, gradients, Hessians, transforms, and predictions.

Job Openings

Posted
Section
Computational Biology
About
The Center for Computational Biology (CCB) of the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute is actively seeking enthusiastic, full-time post-doctoral Flatiron Research Fellows to join its Developmental Dynamics Group. Candidates interested in data-driven modeling of biological systems, especially in the context of behavioral changes during postembryo…
Posted
About
POSITION SUMMARYReporting to the AV Manager, the AV Technician’s role is to operate, support and maintain in-house audio-visual equipment in auditoriums, conference rooms, and offices. In this role, the AV Tech will work closely with colleagues and other departments to schedule, plan, and run various in-person, virtual, and hybrid events. The AV T…
Posted
Section
Autism & Neuroscience
Type
Open-ended
Area
Software Engineering
About
POSITION SUMMARY The Simons Foundation's Informatics group, part of the Division of Autism and Neuroscience (A&N), is seeking an experienced Director or Senior Director of Research Software Engineering (RSE) to lead the design, development, and delivery of software systems that drive scientific discovery. This is a unique opportunity to shape how…

Funding Opportunities

Open

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology – Request for Applications 2027

Funding Opportunity

These postdoctoral fellowships support candidates who intend to pursue a career in basic research on fundamental problems in plant biology. This program aims to support researchers seeking to understand the inner workings of plants at the level of the whole organism or below.

Apply by December 3, 2026

Open

Fellows-to-Faculty – 2027 Request for Applications

Funding Opportunity

The Fellows-to-Faculty Award program supports talented early career scientists by facilitating their transition into tenure-track faculty positions. The focus of this program is the $600,000 USD three (3) year faculty research grant.

Apply by January 13, 2027

Open

Scientific Software Research Faculty Award – Request for Applications 2027–2028

Funding Opportunity

The MPS division invites applications for the Scientific Software Research Faculty Award, which supports new research professor positions in existing academic departments to be filled by scientific software-focused researchers no later than September 1, 2027.

Apply by January 21, 2027