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… spike proteins; and, in a new wrinkle, the sugary invisibility cloaks worn by the spikes to conceal them from the immune system. Discovering those sugar cloaks was … -
SFARI is pleased to announce that it has selected six fellows in response to the 2021 Bridge to Independence Award request for applications. -
… central accreting supermassive black hole. Anglés-Alcázar et al. Astrophysical Journal 2021 “This is the first time that we have been able to create a simulation that … -
The Ophiuchus star-forming complex offers an analog for the formation of the solar system, including the sources of elements found in primitive meteorites. -
… Astronomers worldwide are waiting for the official kickoff of an era of massive surveys that monitor the dynamic and variable sky. Starting in late 2023, the Vera … -
Ivvet Modinou named director, Outreach, Education and Engagement; John Tracey named program director of Science Sandbox; and some hellos and goodbyes -
Since launching in 2016, SPARK has driven scientific discovery in autism, building a cohort of over 280,000 individuals, including more than 100,000 children and adults with … -
Researchers interested in requesting brain tissue from Autism BrainNet can now submit their applications through SFARI Base, SFARI’s clearinghouse for autism and autism-related research data and … -
SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund five collaborative groups in response to the 2020 SFARI Collaboration on Sex Differences in Autism request for applications. -
The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB) is pleased to announce its inaugural class of Bridge to Independence (BTI) fellows. -
… of being internally quantitative, meaning that you can count the absolute number of molecules that were in the starting material. That’s probably the next 20 years … -
With new tools offering an unprecedented view of a planet’s molecular building blocks, astrochemists are working to pin down the recipe for a habitable world. -
Galaxy clusters are some of the largest known structures in the universe. Astrophysicist Chris Hayward explains what happens when galaxies within those clusters collide. -
Magnetic fields around black holes decay quickly, report researchers from the Flatiron Institute, Columbia University and Princeton University. This finding backs up the so-called ‘no-hair conjecture … -
Across animal species and human cultures, females outlive males and appear less susceptible to cognitive decline with age. Scientists are exploring these sex-linked differences to identify interventions … -
New study in Nature Genetics uses SPARK database to investigate variants that are less damaging than de novo mutations, but contribute almost as much risk. -
Simons Junior Fellow Jarosław “Jarek” Błasiok, a theoretical computer scientist, seeks to make computers more efficient and accurate — even in the face of increasingly large datasets. -
… harness this property, including in computers,” Rao says. -
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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Three SFARI Investigators and the deputy director of Clinical Research Associates, LLC (an affiliate of the Simons Foundation) were recently appointed to serve on the Interagency Autism Coordinating … -
Vanessa Troiani and colleagues demonstrated a linear relationship between pupil dilation, reward/punishment sensitivity and individual ASD diagnostic status. -
Flexible electrodes offer an alternative approach to silicon probes for high-density recordings. Both methods face challenges in how to best process data. -
Novel technologies to simultaneously record from hundreds to thousands of neurons over weeks and months grant access to the brain at an unprecedented resolution. Researchers are now tackling … -
… health volunteer in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and as editor and researcher for the Journal of Public Health in Africa. Her experiences … -
Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond.
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The CAMELS project is the largest set of detailed cosmological simulations designed to train machine-learning algorithms. -
… Pasadena, California, before joining the University of Washington faculty in 1998. Dalcanton has received numerous recognitions for her work, including an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, a … -
… to have significant impacts,” he says. “In the long run, it will be the combination of the scientists we train and the transformative results we enable that … -
… says Edholm. “How do people get infected and how do people get recovered? And how do you move through these infections and how do they propagate?” Getting … -
… “Goodbye” but like a “See you soon.” We will remain close by and will eagerly follow this new stage of the Simons Foundation, led by David Spergel … -
On April 26 and 29, 2021, SFARI and the Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain hosted a virtual workshop that focused on the use of rats as a … -
Each month, SCPAB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCPAB community and beyond.
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Epigenetic clocks capture aging processes at the molecular level. Now, researchers grapple with how they work and what they mean. -
Molecular biologist and Simons Junior Fellow Naama Aviram works to understand how individual cells function — a more mysterious process than often appreciated. Beyond the sheer lure of scientific … -
… neural-net likelihood, simulation-based or likelihood-free inference techniques that have the potential to fully exploit the enormous amount of information from upcoming observational surveys. By … -
The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the Simons Collaboration on Global Categorical Symmetries, directed by Constantin Teleman of the University of California, Berkeley. This … -
In conjunction with leading universities across the county, SFARI works to provide undergraduates with an opportunity to advance their careers in autism science while promoting diversity in the … -
The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce that mathematical physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf has joined its board of directors. Dijkgraaf is director of and Leon Levy Professor at the … -
The 33rd Annual Workshop on Recent Developments in Electronic Structure Methods (ES21) will be hosted online by the Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ), Flatiron Institute, July 12 … -
Known for his extraordinary ability to bridge disparate fields, mathematician Andrei Okounkov finds connections everywhere he goes. -
SFARI announces the recipients of the Autism BrainNet Appreciation Award, a new honor that recognizes outstanding partners and collaborators for their dedication to advancing brain tissue research in … -
Ten years after its launch, Simons Searchlight counts a community of 4,000 families, encompassing more than 150 genetic neurodevelopmental conditions. Thanks to the dedicated, highly motivated families … -
Despite renewed attention, definitive conclusions remain elusive for a decades old theory of how the visual system may work in reverse. -
The International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Virtual 2021 Annual Meeting was held May 3–7, 2021. A selection of presentations by SFARI Investigators, SFARI staff and collaborators … -
… medical and technological breakthroughs now central to the world’s pandemic response. With support from the Kavli Foundation and the Simons Foundation, the Science Philanthropy Alliance has …