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… looking forward to many stimulating discussions with him,” says Klaus Sengstock, head of the jury and spokesperson of the cluster of excellence CUI at Universität Hamburg. Millis … -
The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Angel Rubio as distinguished research scientist at the Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ) at the foundation’s … -
The discovery of a new kind of neuron in the bird brain reveals a potential mechanism for controlling variation in zebra finch song. -
This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) 2017 Bridge to Independence Award request for applications, (2) Application process for recruiting SPARK participants into new research studies is … -
Previous research suggests that the neural signals underlying working memory reside in the cortex. But the new findings suggest the thalamus is a vital contributor. -
SFARI Investigator Sung Han discusses his lab’s work and how the Bridge to Independence Award helped him launch his independent career in autism research. -
SFARI is pleased to announce that SPARK has launched its research matching program, through which researchers can apply to recruit the SPARK cohort into new research studies. Researchers … -
William Browder is a mathematician at Princeton University who has made important breakthroughs in topology and geometry. He is best known as one of the inventors of surgery … -
Networks of neurons in the motor cortex may generate extra dimensions of information in order to create unambiguous motor plans -
Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond. -
The multi-year collaboration will investigate how communities of marine microbes form and function. -
How many cells do neuroscientists need to monitor to get an accurate picture of what the brain is doing? -
Photographer Ben Von Wong profiles the students at New York Harbor School who are contributing to the Billion Oyster Project. -
A SFARI channel now exists on bioRxiv, one of the most used preprint servers for biology. This channel should help readers to find preprints reporting SFARI-funded research … -
Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond.
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The Science Sandbox Advisory Board reacts to the team’s mission -
Mehrdad Jazayeri says researchers need to think carefully about what it means to do causal neuroscience. -
This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SPARK update, (2) Simons Simplex Collection: Updated medical and educational data now available, (3) SFARI Gene: New data available, (4 … -
Updated medical, developmental and educational outcomes information on a subset of families who participated in the Simons Simplex Collection (SSC) — a total of 440 families — is now available … -
Despite a paucity of synapses, granule-cell networks can encode rich information. -
Along with a new logo, the changes reflect the growth of the magazine’s editorial offerings and brand -
Presentations that will be given by SFARI Investigators at the 2017 International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) in San Francisco (May 10-13) are highlighted. -
New data were added to SFARI Gene in March 2017. This data release included updated gene scores for candidate autism risk genes, new animal models, and new copy … -
… citation. Charles S. Craik, a chemist at the University of California, San Francisco and SFARI investigator. He has made pioneering contributions to understanding the structure and function … -
The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support research on fundamental problems in marine microbial ecology. The foundation is particularly interested in applicants with … -
The Simons Foundation has named four scientists as 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution. The three-year awards are intended to help launch … -
How do electrons flow during photosynthesis? Why do materials superconduct? How do you design a better battery? A new Flatiron Institute center will develop the conceptual and algorithmic … -
Despite very different wiring patterns, two brain regions involved in learned and innate olfactory behavior encode information in similar ways. -
… [Abstract] [PDF] Biases in multivariate neural population codes Sander Keemink and Mark van Rossum bioRxiv posted 4 March 2017 [Abstract] [PDF]
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New electrode technologies dramatically increase the number of cells and length of time that scientists can record from the brain. -
New research shows that the hippocampus can map sound, supporting a broader role for this brain region in organizing information. -
As part of the launch of the Science Sandbox initiative, the team made a video about tardigrades and the power of thinking like a scientist. -
A probabilistic approach helps to explain how the brain might identify individual odors in an environment with multiple smells. -
The study, the first to look at the cerebellum’s granule cells in living animals while they learn a task, reveals that the cells not only relay sensory … -
New simulations reveal that proto-galaxies may work together to create hefty direct-collapse black holes. -
… Humphries bioRxiv posted 1 February 2017 [Abstract] [PDF] SkinnerTrax: high-throughput behavior-dependent optogenetic stimulation of Drosophila Ulrich Stern and Chung-Hui Yang bioRxiv posted 1 February …
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The powerful resource from the San Diego Supercomputer Center will be used for astrophysics, biology and materials research. -
Elias Stein, a professor emeritus of mathematics at Princeton University, is a leading figure in the field of harmonic analysis. He is best known for his contributions to … -
A genetically engineered nanoparticle allows scientists to turn brain cells on and off with radio waves. -
Prochlorococcus influences climate, ocean ecosystems and perhaps even evolution. -
This collaboration will advance the theory and applications of spaces with special holonomy and the geometric structures—calibrated submanifolds and instantons—associated with them, particularly in the two … -
By looking for signs of cosmic inflation, the Simons Observatory will answer questions about the origin of the universe. First in a series. -
The Simons Foundation Initiative for the Developing Brain will be launched at the University of Edinburgh. -
By hosting a Wikipedia ‘edit-a-thon’ at a science conference, you can instantly share your research knowledge with millions while improving the science content on the most … -
The Wikipedia Year of Science aims to rethink college class assignments and coordinate mass editing sessions to fill critical gaps on the site’s science coverage -
Christopher Gregg and colleagues demonstrate that diverse epigenetic mechanisms affect allele-specific gene expression in the mammalian brain. -
Theorists and experimentalists searched for compatible mates.