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SFARI is pleased to announce that it intends to fund 15 grants in response to the 2022 Genomics of ASD: Pathways to Genetic Therapies request for applications. -
The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications from undergraduate students to participate in the Simons Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience, or SURFiN, for the 2023–2024 academic … -
… equations can help us in maximizing the scientific return from these surveys.” Wadekar also hopes that this publication will be just the tip of the iceberg when … -
By marrying statistical techniques with computational tools, Flatiron Institute research scientist Dan Foreman-Mackey is helping astronomers probe the atmospheres of other planets. -
By harnessing both experimental and computational methods, researchers have identified a significant role for randomness in disease manifestation. -
Among the multiple cognitive processes that are atypical in people with autism, attention stands out as one of the most important. -
In the current project, Paul Dudchenko provides a detailed neural and behavioral characterization of three rat models of autism spectrum disorder/intellectual disability (ASD/ID): Fmr1-/y, Grin2b …
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a chronic and heterogeneous condition with many traits and co-occurring conditions, is poorly understood. -
With the new model, researchers reveal how memories and learned behaviors can remain strong, even in the face of shifting neural representations. -
An astronomer at the University of Michigan and a 2022 Simons Fellow in Theoretical Physics, Emily Rauscher works to characterize the atmospheric properties of distant worlds. -
Flatiron Institute mathematician Neha Wadia is developing a new set of learning algorithms to improve machine learning optimization. -
The Simons Foundation congratulates the outstanding mathematicians who have been awarded Simons Fellowships in 2023. The Simons Fellows program extends academic leaves from one term to a full … -
The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications for its second class of Pivot Fellowships. The program provides funding for today’s brightest minds to apply their talent and … -
By monitoring the body’s molecular response to a viral attack, the new method developed by Flatiron Institute researchers and their colleagues can diagnose even asymptomatic patients with … -
New research suggests that the neuromodulator plays a role in learning even in the absence of external rewards. The work also raises new questions. -
Guided by his longtime fascination with the cosmos, Simons Junior Fellow Lachlan Lancaster is challenging established views of how stars are born. -
Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond. -
Check out these talks and workshops featuring Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain investigators and fellows. -
Flatiron Institute software engineer Géraud Krawezik works to minimize supercomputer energy use — with a focus on improving software performance for scientists. -
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded its prestigious research fellowship to four past and present Simons Foundation researchers. This year’s 125 fellowship recipients “represent the most … -
A new facility at the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Biology (CCB) bridges the gap between experimental and theoretical biology, allowing researchers to take big steps toward … -
The second edition of our Science Sandbox Spotlight series features Dr. Suzanne Pierre, founder and principal investigator of Critical Ecology Lab. -
How we perceive the world is an age-old question. Flatiron Institute researcher Jingyang Zhou is part of a new generation of scientists tackling it from a different … -
In work that began nearly 15 years ago, Daniel Geschwind and collaborators identified a shared pattern of transcriptomic and epigenetic dysregulation in postmortem brain tissue of people with …
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… applications, from chip simulation to molecular modeling. In 2000, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers recognized the FMM as one of the top ten algorithms of … -
New grant applications to the National Institutes of Health must include a plan for data-sharing and management. Researchers hope the broad requirement will boost development and adoption … -
Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv and arXiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond.
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By building models of the subatomic world, theoretical physicist Fedor Popov is working to strengthen our knowledge of the universe’s underlying principles. -
The nucleus of a cell may only be one-thousandth of a centimeter in diameter, but that doesn’t stop biophysicist Alex Rautu from seeing the big picture. -
New Simons Searchlight data were recently added to SFARI Base. The data released included phenotypic data from individuals with 16p11.2 copy number variant (CNVs), 1q21.1 CNVs … -
Gut disturbances are unusually common in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the basis of these gut irregularities is not yet known.
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… other members of the Simons Foundation staff. Ultimately, the Simons Foundation accepted every application it received and extended the application period as many scientists lost power and …
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a pervasive neurodevelopmental condition with core characteristics that are broadly categorized as problems with social engagement that are proposed, in part, to emanate …
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More than 90 percent of individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit sensory alterations, with 60 percent displaying altered tactile sensitivity.
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The goal of this project is to investigate genes that increase risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by characterizing mutant zebrafish.
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First place for this year’s Buchalter Cosmology Prize went to a paper co-authored by Colin Hill, until recently a Flatiron Institute associate research scientist and currently … -
… nominations. “Fire of Love” was produced by Sandbox Films, Intuitive Pictures and Cottage M and distributed by National Geographic Documentary Films and Neon. “Fire of Love” is … -
Math organization that helps schools and school districts create a middle and high school pathway for success in advanced mathematics. -
Integrating art, science and nature and broadening participation through public engagement, outreach, activism and public art. -
On-deadline service connecting reporters to expert sources and research-backed evidence for use in their stories. -
Community based organization creating a science learning initiative dedicated to engaging Spanish speaking immigrants and their children with New York City math and science learning institutions. -
Math museum providing math enrichment activities for students that parents can replicate at home. -
Built from one of the world’s largest collections of epigenetic data, the newly developed model Sei predicts how DNA sequence variation alters gene expression, advancing our understanding … -
Axon pathology is at the core of disruptions in cortical connectivity in autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
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… International Outgoing Fellow at the California Institute of Technology and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Birmingham …