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Pen-pal program that connects students in under-resourced schools with STEM professional mentors for a snail-mail letter exchange during science class. -
National nonprofit organization established on the premise that exposure to the STEM community is critical to K-12 students pursuing STEM careers. -
Inclusive theater company whose community reflects the vast diversity of the broader population -
… large, fragile proteins to be analyzed in a mass spectrometer. When combined with physical separation measures, these ionization approaches make it possible to analyze even extremely complex … -
A new study reveals that communication between cells encasing the developing fruit fly egg chamber induces unequal cell division, shedding light on a fundamental biological process. -
Steven Hyman discusses the use of disease model systems to study neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions, highlighting their benefits and limitations, and stressing the importance of knowing what questions … -
In conjunction with the Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation, SFARI is releasing 30 new induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines for use in autism research. -
The ASD-relevance of genes in the SFARI Gene database will be assessed according to a new scoring system called EAGLE (Evaluation of Autism Gene Link Evidence). This … -
SFARI senior scientist Alan Packer, SPARK director Pamela Feliciano, and former Simons Searchlight outreach manager Misia Kowanda discuss differences and similarities between the ASD gene lists maintained by … -
Overactivity in the hippocampus, likely tied to lack of inhibition, underlies some age-related cognitive decline. Targeting those circuits shows early promise in slowing memory loss. -
Tai-Danae Bradley of Alphabet Inc.’s Sandbox team and physicist Miles Stoudenmire of the Center for Computational Quantum Physics find their research paths intersect in the use … -
Each month, SCPAB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCPAB community and beyond. -
Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond.
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Weighing in on a long-standing debate, researchers show that these unique neural activity patterns relate more reliably to where you’ve been than to where you’re … -
A joint effort by a group of researchers finds a rigorous footing on which to evaluate social trade-offs. -
Some aspects of everyday life follow predictable patterns, such the flow of traffic during a standard weekday. Such predictable patterns are easy to spot and chart, but even … -
The Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) at the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute is accepting requests from faculty members on sabbatical who are interested in visiting the CCA … -
Autism BrainNet is working to digitize the Autism Celloidin Library, a unique collection of 28 celloidin-embedded, Nissl-stained brains from donors with and without autism spectrum disorder … -
… points. First, they needed to generate such data—and advances in automated systems, such as liquid handling and DNA sequencing, brought forth the desired deluge of information … -
A new tool aligns research efforts in the aging brain in six different species. -
Three SFARI Investigators (current and past) have recently received prestigious prizes in the natural sciences. -
SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund 17 grants in response to the 2021 Genomics of ASD: Pathways to Genetic Therapies request for applications. -
Lilia Iakoucheva and colleagues found that mice lacking a copy of the high-confidence ASD risk gene Cul3 have reduced brain volumes, potentially due to defects in Rho … -
Melissa Gymrek and colleagues developed a framework for the identification and prioritization of de novo mutations at tandem repeats on a genome-wide scale and assessed their contribution … -
How a retrofitted old transit bus turned into a fleet of science vehicles engaging students -
‘Geometric frustration’ can cause the electrons in materials with atoms arranged in a triangular pattern to organize in three competing ways simultaneously, reveals a new computational study … -
Check out these presentations from SCGB PIs and trainees at the virtual SFN conference November 8-11. -
Brain imaging research strongly suggests that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) involves altered function in multiple neural networks. -
… best wishes via prerecorded video message, lauding Spergel’s work in encouraging — and guiding — government funding of science. The celebrations focused not only on Spergel but also … -
A number of presentations will be given by SFARI Investigators at Neuroscience 2021 (November 8–11). -
… celebrate his inauguration. Simons Foundation president David Spergel and guests celebrate his inauguration. Simons Foundation president David Spergel and guests celebrate his inauguration. Simons Foundation president David … -
Our gut is tasked with a unique challenge: to maintain tolerance of food and healthy microbes, while protecting the body from invading pathogens. A delicate balance between neurons … -
Three SFARI Investigators (current and past) are among this year’s 100 newly elected members of the National Academy of Medicine. -
Each month, SCPAB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCPAB community and beyond.
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Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond.
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The AbacusSummit simulations will help scientists extract information about the universe from upcoming cosmological surveys. -
The American Physical Society has named Blakesley Burkhart the winner of the 2022 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award, which recognizes and enhances outstanding achievement by a woman physicist in … -
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a genetic condition caused by inactivating mutations in TSC1 or TSC2 genes, with variable penetrance and severity. -
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recognized four outstanding neuroscientists supported by the Simons Foundation. Coleen Murphy, director of the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging … -
The grants bring to the collaboration new investigators studying how populations of neurons in different parts of the brain communicate. -
Speech is a highly sophisticated, uniquely human behavior. -
Prediction of the future and mental simulation of experiences are key to many forms of cognition and sensory processing. -
The ability to make decisions lies at the core of cognition, but much remains unknown about its underlying neural mechanisms. -
Learning a complex motor skill like playing tennis or a music instrument requires changes in connections between many neurons in the brain. -
Behaviors are known to arise from numerous neurons communicating with each other within and across brain areas.