Articles

July 05, 2017

A Dopamine Dial for Controlling Neural Variability By Alla Katsnelson

A novel type of excitatory cell (magenta) target inhibitory pallidal cells (green) in Area X of the zebrafinch brain

March 27, 2017

Let’s Go Tardigrading: What a Hardy Microscopic Animal Can Teach Us About Scientific Thinking By John Pavlus

Tardigrade under a microscope

Flatiron Institute

March 21, 2017

Neurons in Cerebellum Show Surprising Activity During Learning By Catherine Zandonella

Images of individual granule neurons (orange circle-like objects) in the cerebellum using two-photon microscopy. Each colored line (from top to bottom: purple, red, yellow, turquoise, green) represents the activity of a different neuron as a mouse learned to predict an imminent event — a puff of air to the eye

March 15, 2017

Flatiron Institute to Repurpose ‘Gordon’ Supercomputer at UC San Diego

SDSC's data-intensive 'Gordon' supercomputer

Mathematics & Physical Sciences

March 08, 2017

The Eternal Sky: A Short Film about Building the Simons Observatory (Part 1)

Night sky with words

February 23, 2017

How Practice Makes Perfect: Dopamine Clues From a Songbird By Vikram Gadagkar

Illustration of adding dopamine to a finch's brain

February 09, 2017

Simons Foundation Statement on Executive Order on Visas and Immigration

Blue image with the words Simons Foundation Opposes Executive Order on Travel in white

January 06, 2017

Antoine Georges to Lead New Center for Computational Quantum Physics

Portrait photo of Antoine Georges