Are you a grad student or postdoc interested in CMB data analysis and simulations? Apply for our #FlatironCCA CMB Summer School! Applications due April 4: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/cmb-summer-school-2026/ #science #astrophysics

What can the transport systems inside our bodies and across NYC teach us about flow? Join us on 4/17 for a free Presents event with @flatironinstitute.org biophysicist Eleni Katifori and NYU urban mobility expert Zhan Guo. Get tickets: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/going-with-the-flow/

Apply for our workshop at #FENS2026! #FlatironCCN's Neural Data Analysis Workshop will walk you through jupyter notebooks in order to demonstrate how to use @pynapple.bsky.social#FENS2026#FlatironCCNnd NeMoS to analyze and visualize your data: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/ccn_fens2026/ #neuroscience #science

Celebrating #BiophysicsWeek T&C partnered with Phase Space Invaders podcast: Robert Best @sonyahanson.bsky.social @xuhuihuangchem.bsky.social and host @milosz-wieczor.bsky.social Episode 32: Driving the Future of Biophysics: What’s Next in Theory and Computation? www.buzzsprout.com/2313153/epis...

ICYMI: Scientists at the @flatironinstitute.org uncovered a new explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/a-tug-of-war-explains-a-decades-old-question-about-how-bacteria-swim/ #science #biology

Applications are open for #FlatironCCA's 2026 CMB Summer School, where participants will learn core concepts and practical tools for CMB data analysis and simulations. Deadline is April 4: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/cmb-summer-school-2026 #astrophysics #science

#FlatironCCM researcher Teresa Huang applies machine learning models to structured data — such as point clouds and graphs — that exhibit interesting symmetries and geometric properties. Learn more: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/teresa-huang-bridging-science-and-machine-learning-at-cosmic-scales/

Last Saturday, over 8.5K people showed up to the @bklynlibrary.bsky.social for "Night in the Library: The Philosophy of Mathematics," part of our Infinite Sums #PiDay celebrations. Learn more about our #InfiniteSums initiative: https://infinitesums.simonsfoundation.org/ #math

#FlatironCCA is seeking a research software engineer to develop, maintain, and contribute to community-oriented software instrument tool MESA (Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics). See more: https://apply.interfolio.com/182988 #science #astrophysics #hiring

Cosyne invited me to give a long tutorial (4 hours!) on methods to quantify differences high-d neural recordings across animals, brain regions, deep neural nets, etc. The recording is up on youtube. I hope it inspires more research on this fundamental topic! www.youtube.com/watch?v=n44x...

Another successful #COSYNE2026 in the books! Thanks to everyone who stopped by our social and exhibit booth to learn more about our autism and neuroscience research, @thetransmitter.bsky.social#COSYNE2026and #FlatironCCN. #neuroscience #science

Connect with us at the #APSSummit26 Career Fair this week! Stop by our booth to learn more about open opportunities at the Simons Foundation and @flatironinstitute.org#APSSummit26 #physics

Last week, we celebrated #PiDay with a lecture from #FlatironCCA's Amiel Sternberg and various pi-related activities. #science #math

We asked some of our @flatironinstitute.org mathematicians to name the digits of pi. How many can you name? #PiDay #science #math

Flatiron scientists, including #FlatironCCA director @dalcantonjd.bsky.social#FlatironCCA are giving short talks at the Brooklyn Public Library's #PiDay event tomorrow! Full schedule: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/night-library-philosophy-central-library-20260314-0700pm-0 #math #InfiniteSums

@flatironinstitute.org researcher Teresa Huang focuses on machine learning on structured data with symmetries and invariance, an area called geometric deep learning: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/03/04/teresa-huang-bridging-science-and-machine-learning-at-cosmic-scales/ #science #math

Connect with us at #COSYNE2026! Stop by the Simons Foundation booth to learn more about our career and funding opportunities, research, and available resources. #science #neuroscience

Just arrived in Lisbon for #COSYNE2026! Check out what our lab is presenting at @cosynemeeting.bsky.social Looking forward to catching up with friends over the next few days.

The Simons Foundation is #hiring! Check out our open positions, including Administrative Coordinator at @flatironinstitute.org and Senior Staff Editor at @quantamagazine.bsky.social#hiring https://www.simonsfoundation.org/careers/ #science #math #jobs

#FlatironCCM's Teresa Huang explores how symmetries and structure can reveal new insights into the universe, aiding discovery in everything from cosmology to the development of fusion energy. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/teresa-huang-bridging-science-and-machine-learning-at-cosmic-scales/

Happy #EmployeeAppreciationDay to all of our incredible Simons Foundation employees! We thank you for all your work advancing the frontiers of basic #science and #math. Credit: Emily Tan/Simons Foundation

ICYMI: The machinery that helps your cells divide self-organizes like an active liquid crystal: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/02/12/the-machinery-that-helps-divide-your-cells-self-organizes-like-an-active-liquid-crystal/ #science #biology

Ever wanted to spend all night in the iconic Brooklyn Central Library? @bklynlibrary.bsky.social's upcoming #PiDay event invites you to do just that! https://infinitesums.simonsfoundation.org/simons-foundations-infinite-sums-initiative-celebrates-pi-day-in-brooklyn-and-across-the-us/ #InfiniteSums

#FlatironCCM's Teresa Huang brings together cosmologists and machine learning researchers for ongoing collaboration that benefits both groups: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/03/04/teresa-huang-bridging-science-and-machine-learning-at-cosmic-scales/ #science #math

#ICM2026 is returning to the U.S. after 40 years! Come see the Fields Medal get awarded and attend prestigious #math talks in Philadelphia this July. Register today: https://www.icm2026.org/event/ac193975-5d24-4628-8c30-ddb23de19a8b/registration-instructions

Did the disappearance of a star in the Andromeda Galaxy signal the creation of a black hole? New infrared and X-ray data help to discern what remained after the star disappeared. aasnova.org/2026/03/04/b... 🔭🧪 @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @flatironinstitute.org

⭐ ICYMI: Astronomers watched dying star M31-2014-DS1 fail to explode as a supernova — it collapsed into a black hole instead: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/02/12/caught-in-the-act-astronomers-watch-a-vanishing-star-turn-into-a-black-hole/ #science #astrophysics

🚀 New workshop before FENS in Barcelona! Join the Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Neuroscience of the Simons Foundation for a hands-on workshop on pynapple & NeMoS. Learn to analyze and model neural data with open-source tools. Accommodation & meals included. Details ⬇️

Attending #COSYNE2026? Join us for our social on March 13th at 8PM to learn about our research, funding opportunities, and resources. Staff from the @flatironinstitute.org and @thetransmitter.bsky.social#COSYNE2026will also be there. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/cosyne-social/ #science #neuroscience

Are you a grad student interested in computational #astrophysics? Check out our upcoming #FlatironCCA Pre-Doctoral Program — applications are due March 13, 2026. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2023-flatiron-institute-center-for-computational-astrophysics-pre-doctoral-programhow-to-apply/ #science

This week, #FlatironCCA hosted a three-day workshop on hydrodynamic and dusty turbulence in protoplanetary disks. Thanks to everyone who participated! #science #astrophysics Credit: Emily Tan/Simons Foundation

Checkout the notebook of this epic neuroscience dataset now on @dandiarchive.org and analyzed with pynapple!

Congratulations to #FlatironCCQ co-director Andy Millis on winning the 2026 John Bardeen Prize for pioneering theoretical work that shaped the interpretation of optical experiments in unconventional superconductors! #science #physics https://physics.illinois.edu/news/Bardeen-Prize-announced

Astronomers watched a vanishing star turn into a black hole. New from #FlatironCCA: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/02/12/caught-in-the-act-astronomers-watch-a-vanishing-star-turn-into-a-black-hole/ #science #astronomy

Thanks to @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social for the thoughtful feature on our recent @natneuro.nature.com paper!

Thanks to research from the @flatironinstitute.org, scientists are closer to understanding how spindles self-organize: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/02/12/the-machinery-that-helps-divide-your-cells-self-organizes-like-an-active-liquid-crystal/ #science #biology

Check out our Flatiron team @BPS2026!

New results from the @flatironinstitute.org are helping astronomers explain why some massive stars turn into black holes while others don’t: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/02/12/caught-in-the-act-astronomers-watch-a-vanishing-star-turn-into-a-black-hole/ #science #astronomy

We hosted the AGN & Energy Flows workshop at #FlatironCCA last week to connect theorists and observers to tackle key questions in galaxy–black hole co-evolution. #science #astronomy

How can we extract unbiased transition rates from ligand-unbinding Random Acceleration MD (RAMD) simulations? Our new paper lays out the theoretical framework behind RAMD. Take a look! doi.org/10.1063/5.03... @benoitroux.bsky.social @yiweiding.bsky.social & Alessia Ghidini #MD #drugdiscovery

Neuroscientists at @flatironinstitute.org are using #neurobiology to enhance artificial systems with a new type of computational component more akin to those found in real brains: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/biological-brains-inspire-a-new-building-block-for-artificial-neural-networks/ #science

Astronomers watched a vanishing star fail to explode as a supernova, instead collapsing into a black hole: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/02/12/caught-in-the-act-astronomers-watch-a-vanishing-star-turn-into-a-black-hole/ #science #astronomy

#FlatironCCN director @eerosim.bsky.social was awarded @optica.org's 2026 Edgar D. Tillyer Award!

@flatironinstitute.org scientists tested a theory that treated chromosome-separating cellular structures (spindles) as active liquid crystals: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/02/12/the-machinery-that-helps-divide-your-cells-self-organizes-like-an-active-liquid-crystal/ #science #biology

#FlatironCCB scientists and experimental collaborators tested a theory that treats chromosome-separating cellular structures called spindles as active liquid crystals: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/the-machinery-that-helps-divide-your-cells-self-organizes-like-an-active-liquid-crystal/ #science

New research from @flatironinstitute.org scientists found that spindles self-organize like active liquid crystals: www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/02/12/t... #science #biology

A team of astronomers led by #FlatironCCA's Kishalay De discovered a star that disappeared without going supernova, instead collapsing into a black hole: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/02/12/caught-in-the-act-astronomers-watch-a-vanishing-star-turn-into-a-black-hole/ #science #astronomy

New work from the @flatironinstitute.org revisits the fundamentals of artificial neural network architecture: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/01/26/biological-brains-inspire-a-new-building-block-for-artificial-neural-networks/ #science #neuroscience

Our paper is out in @natneuro.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s41... We develop a geometric theory of how neural populations support generalization across many tasks. @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social @flatironinstitute.org @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social 1/14

Our work on studying the organization of the human metaphase spindle is now published in PNAS 🎉🎉 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Joint work with Colm Kelleher under the #CCBx initiative @flatironinstitute.org 🧵1/6