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The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has named theoretical quantum physicist Jennifer Cano a 2022 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Physics. The fellowship is one of the most … -
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded one of its prestigious research fellowships to cosmologist J. Colin Hill. The fellowship “recognizes and rewards outstanding early-career faculty who … -
Researchers at the Flatiron Institute and their collaborators found that breaking and reconnecting magnetic field lines near the event horizon release energy from a black hole’s magnetic … -
Flatiron Institute research fellow Nikita Kavokine and his colleagues propose that water molecules interact with electrons in the nanotube walls, so that they push and pull on one … -
Physical and cognitive decline, along with highly variable behavior and physiological factors, complicates studies of aging. -
Two recent collaborations between experimental physicists and members of the Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter have yielded new insights into the production of the elusive particles called … -
New Simons Searchlight data were recently added to SFARI Base. This data release included phenotypic data from individuals with 16p11.2 copy number variants (CNVs), 1q21.1 CNVs … -
The Bridge to Independence Award program serves as an overall scientific support system to help early-career scientists successfully launch their independent research positions. Fellows receive a commitment … -
In October and November 2021, SFARI held the fall 2021 science meeting virtually. Across three webinars, nine SFARI-funded researchers discussed their latest findings in autism research to … -
Each month, SCPAB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCPAB community and beyond. -
SFARI is pleased to announce that seven Director Awards were awarded in 2021. These projects include, but are not limited to, studies that aim to develop new tools … -
Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond.
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From the development of neurons to how they function, Simons Junior Fellow Raffi Cohn studies every aspect of the brain’s intricate circuitry. -
New phenotypic and genomic data are available from participants enrolled in SPARK. Currently available data include phenotypic information from 283,520 people, including more than 111,000 individuals … -
Four years into its run, the International Brain Lab, a collaboration among 22 labs, is demonstrating a novel approach to team-based neuroscience. -
A trailblazer in her research field, Bianca Viray believes that mathematics is for everyone and works tirelessly to achieve a vision of inclusivity and diversity. -
SFARI’s requests for grant applications (RFAs) underwent a number of changes in 2021. In 2022, we will largely continue on the course set last year. There will … -
How collaborations between scientists and artists are yielding groundbreaking, moving new works. -
… population and the encoded task information. She then joined MIT as a Fellow in Computation in the department of brain and cognitive sciences. While there, Chung applied … -
The CAMELS project uses machine learning and thousands of simulations to extract secrets from the cosmos -
Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond. -
The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce that mathematician and physicist Ingrid Daubechies has joined its board of directors. Daubechies is the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of … -
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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Two styles of understanding visual processing — discriminative and generative approaches — have guided researchers on separate paths for decades but are now being brought together. -
… Within this section, a gatefold features highlights from the “Prevalence Map” project that lives on Spectrum’s site. Under the guidance of an advisory board of autism … -
Simons Junior Fellow Philipp Brand began his career studying genetic variation in orchid bees. Now exploring the evolutionary underpinnings of fruit fly behavior, his long-term goal is … -
Simons Searchlight will host the CSNK2A1, HIVEP2, MED13L and SETBP1 Family and Scientific Conference on Aug 4-7, 2022, in Baltimore. Basic and clinical researchers, carriers of these … -
SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund 17 grants in response to the 2021 Pilot Award request for applications. -
From a rural classroom in North Carolina came an idea of connecting students to scientists through the mail. It’s now a national nonprofit. -
… 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.
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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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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 …