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Funded WorkImbalance between excitatory and inhibitory signals in the brain (i.e., E/I imbalance) has long been theorized as one of the primary pathophysiological explanations behind autism.
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October 31, 2023How Chickenshed NYC are artfully integrating STEAM concepts into their programming. -
October 31, 2023Flatiron Research Fellow Brett Larsen is developing better ways to train deep learning models. -
Funded WorkGenetic alterations in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ultimately manifest at the protein level.
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October 30, 2023Simons Junior Fellow Michael Chapman studies the connections between complexity theory and approximations of algebraic structures. -
October 26, 2023With a new computational model, Flatiron Institute researchers have made big steps in understanding how our brains classify. This advance could improve efficiency in artificial neural networks. -
October 16, 2023Astrophysicist Shy Genel is leveraging machine learning to reveal the most basic properties of the universe. -
Funded WorkAs we age, our bodies and brains decline. -
October 12, 2023SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund 9 grants in response to the 2023 Winter Pilot Award request for applications. -
October 9, 2023… ask questions that they wouldn’t be able to ask without the models we’re producing.” ChatGPT has well-known limitations when it comes to accuracy (for … -
October 6, 2023… the marine ecosystem and ultimately the climate. Rachel Collin As a marine biologist with expertise in aquatic invertebrates, Rachel Collin focuses on documenting tropical biodiversity and understanding … -
October 5, 2023… galaxy comes from the most massive stars,” Faucher-Giguère says. “Because more-massive stars burn at a higher speed, they are shorter-lived. They rapidly use up … -
October 3, 2023A new initiative to celebrate and support work around the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse. -
September 28, 2023A team of scientists at the Flatiron Institute and their colleagues have mapped out the entire early visual system — from eyes to neurons — for a tiny parasitic wasp … -
September 26, 2023… Vy Nguyen University of Utah Ana Carolina Odebrecht Vergne de Abreu University of Essex Brenner Philbrook University of Washington Luisa Quispe Brandeis University Aya Sahib University of … -
September 26, 2023Simons Junior Fellow Lynn Yap fuses expertise in neuroscience with chemistry to understand how our brains detect and encode new information. -
Funded WorkCumrun Vafa will seek to find the universal features that distinguish the string landscape from the swampland by studying solutions to string equations.
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September 19, 2023While our logo is going away, our mission to support boundary-pushing science engagement will stay the same. -
September 18, 2023… internal research division devoted to computational science, the Flatiron Institute, also received its own revised logo as part of the refresh, one closely related to the new … -
September 14, 2023The A.G. Huntsman Foundation has selected Mick Follows as the recipient of the 2023 A.G. Huntsman Award. Follows is a professor of oceanography at MIT and … -
September 14, 2023The Breakthrough Prize Foundation has named Simon Brendle the winner of the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in mathematics for his work in the field of differential geometry. Brendle is … -
September 14, 2023On September 14, the Breakthrough Prize Foundation named Oliver Philcox as one of the winners of the 2024 New Horizons Prize in Physics. The honor recognizes early-career … -
September 14, 2023The National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology will bring together mathematical and biological scientists to make new advances in challenging and potentially high-reward research areas. -
September 12, 2023… corticocerebellar perturbations Daniel Pederick, Ph.D. Stanford University SFARI BTI Fellow Project: Investigating tonotopy in autism Greta Pintacuda, D.Phil. Broad Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology SFARI … -
September 7, 2023This edition of our Science Sandbox Spotlight series features Tracy Drinkwater, president and founder of the Seattle Universal Math Museum -
Funded WorkIncreased risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) associated with gestational fever, infections, stress and other inflammatory events and innate immune responses and dysregulation suggest the need to study …
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Funded WorkDespite commonalities in core social communication traits, young children on the autism spectrum show significant phenotypic heterogeneity and variability in response to interventions focused on improving social communication.
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Funded WorkPersonalized medicine in autism requires stratification biomarkers because of substantial biological heterogeneity.
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Funded WorkEarly identification of infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a huge challenge because neither genetic nor neuroimaging methods have revealed robust early pathological markers for …
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September 5, 2023At the Flatiron Institute, computational quantum physicist Bo Xiao is working to understand the importance of materials’ fundamental properties by solving simplified mathematical models on an infinite grid. -
August 30, 2023Simons Junior Fellow Oliver Philcox uses detective skills — and math — to shed light on the interactions between physics and matter at the birth of the universe. -
August 28, 2023Center for Computational Quantum Physics associate research scientists Jennifer Cano and Cyrus Dreyer navigated their careers as a couple, each focusing on a different — though increasingly connected — field. -
Funded WorkAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by heterogeneous phenotypes classically encompassing three domains — difficulties with social interactions, language communication challenges and an overrepresentation of stereotyped behaviors.
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August 21, 2023The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the Simons Collaboration on Perfection in Algebra, Geometry and Topology, directed by Martin Olsson of the University of … -
August 21, 2023… mechanics, to interface with the microphysical view. In this way, it is hoped to choose between several competing models and to interface with a parallel investigation involving … -
August 21, 2023… unrealistic, it could usefully guide the bottom-up construction of a hologram for the natural world. Fortuitously, there has been a recent explosion of complementary advances in … -
August 17, 2023A new study led by the Flatiron Institute’s Aavishkar Patel has identified a mechanism that explains the unusual behavior of strange metals, considered one of the greatest … -
August 17, 2023… University of Missouri in Columbia. Her research focuses on analysis and partial differential equations, particularly on the localization of waves. The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New … -
August 15, 2023Phenotypic data from 328,973 participants enrolled in SPARK, including 132,138 individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), are now available to approved researchers. Genomic data are also … -
August 15, 2023How a Los Angeles-based organization is empowering youth to use STEAM concepts to be leaders in their communities. -
Funded WorkAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) is an etiologically and phenotypically heterogenous condition.
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Funded WorkCognitive control deficits are one of the frequent challenges accompanying autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
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August 7, 2023Flatiron data scientist Billy Broderick is on a mission to make neuroscience research easier and more efficient by developing user-friendly software for analyzing and modeling data. -
July 31, 2023The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce that Brett Dakin has joined the foundation as senior vice president and general counsel. As the foundation’s first chief legal … -
July 31, 2023By combining expertise in neuroscience and engineering, Simons Junior Fellow Cynthia Steinhardt is uncovering general principles about how electricity drives the brain.