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Caveat, a New York City venue with a speak-easy vibe, provides a new type of nightlife experience that blends academics with performing arts. -
Check out these talks, tutorials and workshops featuring investigators from the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain. -
New machine learning techniques can help experimentalists probe systems of particles exponentially faster than conventional, brute-force techniques -
New Simons VIP Phase 2 data were recently added to SFARI Base. This data release included data from individuals with 16p11.2 copy number variants (CNVs), 1q21.1 … -
We ask the 2006 Fields Medalist to talk about his love of mathematics, his current interests and his favorite planet -
Assessing network and synaptic communication in the hippocampus of behaving Fmr-1 null mice, André Fenton and colleagues showed altered network communication linked to behavioral alterations in fragile … -
Shared Alterations in Gene Expression Networks Mirror Genetic Risk Across Neuropsychiatric Disorders
In comparing gene expression profiles and SNP risk across psychiatric disorders, Michael Gandal, Daniel Geschwind and colleagues found that shared genetic risk manifests in alterations in gene networks. -
Using a mouse lacking brain-localized NHE9, Edwards shows that pH gradients affect neuronal communication and autism-like behaviors. -
The amount of correlated activity among groups of neurons in the visual cortex predicts how well animals will perform a visual task, suggesting this may be an important … -
SFARI announces the launch of HumanBase, a Simons Foundation interactive web server for predictions and information about human genes, pathways and disorders. -
A bird can respond to a tone, but is that the same as responding to a birdcall? Anne Churchland and collaborators propose a framework for evaluating behavioral tasks … -
The Flatiron Institute is pleased to announce that Jaeyoon James Jun will join the Center for Computational Biology (CCB) as a postdoctoral fellow with the Numerical Algorithms group. -
New hybrid tools combine wide-field and two-photon imaging, as well as electrophysiology and neuromodulation. -
Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond. -
SFARI announces that a new article summarizing the first year’s activities of SPARK — a SFARI-funded study that aims to recruit, engage and retain 50,000 individuals … -
… developed here can be used in many scientific applications that look at complex datasets.” Information for Press For additional information, please contact [email protected]. Scientific Contact … -
Categorizing brain regions has drawbacks, argues neuroscientist Mark Humphries in a new blog post. One of the goals of the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain is to … -
An international team of astrophysicists has released IllustrisTNG, the most advanced universe model of its kind. -
Adventure Scientists equips outdoor explorers — from mountaineers to surfers — with the tools to collect research-grade, hard-to-reach data in extreme environments. -
By assessing the 16p11.2 deletion autism mouse model, Ted Abel and colleagues uncover male-specific vulnerabilities in striatal signaling and reward function. -
Lauren Weiss and Erik Ullian report on two studies using carrier-derived iPSC neurons to elucidate cellular phenotypes associated with 16p11.2 CNVs and a BRAF RASopathy mutation. -
Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond.
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Researchers are using the mass-recording technology to answer novel questions, such as whether neurons can be classified by their action potentials or if grid cells physically adapt … -
Adrienne Fairhall, a computational neuroscientist at the University of Washington, reflects on how the field has evolved and on the biggest issues yet to be solved. -
The second mobile lab to teach kids about biology takes a cross-country trip home — and creates fans along the way. -
SFARI is happy to announce a new addition to the gene-scoring module of SFARI Gene: scores and rankings from an additional six published approaches to evaluating the … -
A brain region called the striatum may house abstract representations of different actions, which could eventually help scientists understand how the striatum selects among many potential behaviors -
Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond. -
SFARI is pleased to announce that it has awarded 13 grants in response to the Explorer Awards request for applications this year. -
The colossal clump of dark matter is nearly as large as physically possible at the time -
SFARI is pleased to announce that it has selected seven finalists in response to the 2017 Bridge to Independence Award request for applications. -
SCGB helps support summer courses designed to train the next generation of neuroscientists in computational and systems neuroscience -
Three Simons Investigators were honored at the sixth annual Breakthrough Prizes on December 3. Mathematicians Christopher Hacon of the University of Utah and James McKernan of the University … -
… about the universe, such as the nature of dark energy,” Spergel says. Spergel and Page are currently part of the Simons Observatory project, which will look for … -
SFARI Investigator David Ginty talks about the links between deficits in the sense of touch, tactile hypersensitivity, and alterations in social behaviors in autism. -
The Institute of Physics and the German Physical Society have awarded the 2018 Max Born Medal and Prize to theoretical physicist Angel Rubio. Rubio is a distinguished research … -
The novel probes can simultaneously track hundreds to thousands of individual neurons in different parts of the brain. -
Traveling to the annual meeting in DC? Check out these talks. -
Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond.
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The leaders of the New York Hall of Science adapt its hands-on museum approach to serve its largely immigrant community. -
Insights into how dopamine directs learning and new techniques for imaging and tracing cells were just some of the advances described at the third annual gathering of the … -
Evan Eichler and Robert Darnell provide deep whole genome sequencing of 516 families with idiopathic autism, providing insights into the complex etiology of simplex autism. -
Robert Malenka and colleagues find that oxytocin acts within the ventral tegmental area to increase dopamine reward neurons to reinforce the rewarding aspects of social interactions in mice. -
Jun Huh, Gloria Choi and colleagues provide a link between maternal infection, gut bacteria and the risk of developing behavioral and cortical abnormalities in mice. -
New data were added to SFARI Gene in October 2017. This data release included updated gene scores for candidate autism risk genes, new rodent models and new genes … -
SFARI is pleased to announce that it has awarded 32 grants (19 Pilot Awards and 13 Research Awards) in response to the 2017 Pilot and Research Awards request … -
Professor M. Lisa Manning, MMLS Investigator and PI of the Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem, has been awarded the Maria Goeppert Mayer Prize of the American …