We're #hiring across the Simons Foundation and @flatironinstitute.org#hiring Check out all our open positions in scientific research, communications, IT and more: https://bit.ly/4dFEufT #science #math

🔭 New AAS Journals video! Julianne Dalcanton (Flatiron Institute/University of Washington) discusses new Hubble imaging of 216 interacting galaxies from the Arp and Arp–Madore catalogs, revealing rich structures that will support future studies with JWST and ALMA. 📺 youtu.be/eewSudl4w34

electron_matter, a film collaboration between @flatironinstitute.org researcher Olivier Gingras and filmmaker Yan Shao, traces the journey from a single electron to a superconductor. Stream full film: https://bit.ly/49qMMWA #InfiniteSums #science #physics

@flatironinstitute.org mathematician Neha Wadia develops learning algorithms to improve machine learning optimization. Read our 2023 interview with Wadia: https://bit.ly/4nsRVDs #science #math #AAPIHistoryMonth

Astrophysicist Christopher Lam spent a year at the @flatironinstitute.org building a Python library called gaspery. Now, he works on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: bit.ly/4d4Vaxi #science #astrophysics

Former Flatiron Institute research fellow Ryan Levy now develops and guides applications for quantum computing at @psiquantum.bsky.social. Read our interview with Levy: https://bit.ly/3Rv1sO8 #science #physics

ICYMI: The @flatironinstitute.org's @pilarcossio.bsky.social builds computational tools to help understand RNA's shapeshifting behavior: https://bit.ly/48rCAg2 #science #math #biology

ICYMI: Scientists directly imaged the quantum process underlying superconductivity for the first time: https://bit.ly/4eoejLA #science #physics #FlatironCCQ

We caught up with @flatironinstitute.org alumni Jamie Morton to see what he’s been up to as he’s continues his career in computational biology: https://bit.ly/4dxmi7h #science #FlatironCCB #biology

Why do some massive stars turn into black holes while others don't? New research is helping to answer this question: https://bit.ly/42aDHx9 #science #astrophysics #BlackHoleWEek

The BCS theory of superconductivity was first described in the 1950s, but is only an approximate framework. New research from the @flatironinstitute.org reveals missing pieces in this decades-old theory: https://bit.ly/4eoejLA #science #physics #FlatironCCQ

We're seeking a research software engineer to work on community-oriented software projects in astronomy, primarily the Astropy Project. https://apply.interfolio.com/184639 #science #astrophysics #hiring

Last fall, @flatironinstitute.org scientists helped analyze a black hole merger that provided the clearest evidence of how black holes work yet, confirming decades-old predictions by Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking: https://bit.ly/4cGQv4w #BlackHoleWeek #science #astrophysics #FlatironCCA

Some of the universe’s brightest objects are black holes — new simulations reveal how their intense light shows are created: https://bit.ly/4eTSVhx #science #astrophysics #BlackHoleWeek

RNA molecules are constantly shapeshifting and @flatironinstitute.org scientist Pilar Cossio is building tools to understand these changes: https://bit.ly/48rCAg2 #science #biology

Last year, an international collaboration of scientists detected the largest merger of two black holes ever measured, resulting in a monstrous black hole 225 times our sun’s mass: https://bit.ly/4ueuBeH #science #astrophysics #BlackHoleWeek

In 2023, astronomers detected a huge collision. Two years later, @flatironinstitute.org astronomers figured out just how these black holes may have formed and collided: https://bit.ly/4eOjMLN #science #astrophysics #BlackHoleWeek

It's #BlackHoleWeek! We're highlighting our recent research on these enigmatic stellar objects, starting with a 2024 study that found where black holes get their magnetic fields: their parents. https://bit.ly/4d7Fr0l #science #astrophysics

What if we could broaden our idea of what #math is? Our #InfiniteSums initiative invites everyone to see math beyond just numbers. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4u7U1e2

Pilar Cossio develops methods to characterize biomolecules’ structures and dynamics using cryo-electron microscopy, single-molecule spectroscopy and biomolecular simulations: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/04/28/pilar-cossio-reconstructing-rnas-shapeshifting-behavior/ #science #biology

Congratulations to #FlatironCCN director @eerosim.bsky.social#FlatironCCNon his election to the National Academy of Sciences! https://bit.ly/42AEUhl #science #neuroscience

Very excited to share MIMIC: check it out! An amazing team effort!

Introducing MIMIC: a new foundation model trained natively across DNA, RNA and proteins. MIMIC is multimodal and generative: it can use structure, regulation, evolution, and experimental context to infer missing biology or design new sequences. 🧵⬇️

ICYMI: Gravity behaves as Albert Einstein expected at cosmic scales. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/04/15/gravity-follows-newtons-and-einsteins-rules-even-at-cosmic-scales/ #science #astrophysics

@flatironinstitute.org senior research scientist Pilar Cossio builds crucial tools to reveal how environmental changes alter the behavior of RNA: https://bit.ly/48rCAg2 #science #biology

Our @flatironinstitute.org mathematicians explain what they think about when they're doing #math.

Excited so share our theoretical work on cryo-EM vitrification and recovering ensemble distributions!!

The Flatiron Institute's interactive web-based platform HumanBase uses AI to integrate and interpret large-scale human genomic data. Learn more: https://bit.ly/42agfQr #science #biology #DNADay

On his birthday, we're remembering our late co-founder Jim Simons — a true visionary in mathematics, investing and philanthropy. #science #math

Recent research co-authored by Simons Foundation president David Spergel confirms that gravity behaves exactly as Einstein predicted, even at cosmic scales: https://bit.ly/4t730vQ #science #astrophysics

Congratulations to #FlatironCCM mathematician Charles Epstein on his election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! https://bit.ly/4mWQKMb #math

New from #FlatironCCQ: Scientists have directly imaged the quantum process underlying superconductivity for the first time. https://bit.ly/4eoejLA #physics #science

What do blood vessels and city streets have in common? At this month's Presents, @flatironinstitute.org's Eleni Katifori and urban mobility researcher Zhan Guo joined us to explore the hidden logic of connection and reveal how both our bodies and our cities are designed to keep things moving.

New research from the @flatironinstitute.org has filled a gap in a decades-old theory of superconductivity: https://bit.ly/4eoejLA #science #physics #FlatironCCQ

Reminder: we are hiring a Research Software Engineer @flatironinstitute.org !

ICYMI: #FlatironCCM researchers gave AI system AlphaFold a huge upgrade. Read more: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/04/01/rocket-upgrades-alphafold-to-learn-from-raw-experimental-data/

New analysis of data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope found that gravity behaves as Albert Einstein expected at cosmic scales: https://bit.ly/4t730vQ #science #astrophysics #FlatironCCA

By tracking distant galaxy clusters, researchers found the prevailing model of gravity still holds, reinforcing evidence for the existence of dark matter: https://bit.ly/4t730vQ #science #astrophysics

A new collaborative study between experimental scientists and theoretical physicists at #FlatironCCQ expands our fundamental understanding of superconductors and other quantum materials made of fermions: https://bit.ly/4eoejLA #science #physics

This week, #FlatironCCB brought together a mix of theorists and experimentalists studying simple organisms for a two-day workshop on Information Processing in Biological Networks. #science #biology

Analysis of a first-of-its-kind experiment reveals missing pieces in the decades-old theory of superconductivity: www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/04/15/s... #science #physics

*postdoc job alert* Are you interested in theory and experiment for time-resolved cryo-EM? If so see below 👇 a collaboration between the Crick and the Flatiron Institutes 💻🔬

Nice summary of our recent work on neural population geometry and generalization across multiple tasks with shared latent structure. Thank you @natmesanash.bsky.social and @thetransmitter.bsky.social for the great article! Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Let's transform math and science — together. We're #hiring! https://www.simonsfoundation.org/careers/

#FlatironCCA is hiring a full-time research software engineer to develop, maintain, and contribute to community-oriented software projects in astronomy, with a primary focus on the Astropy Project. https://apply.interfolio.com/184639 #science #astrophysics #hiring

🪐 🤝 🌌 Join us at the Planets in the Galactic Context workshop at the @flatironinstitute.org this September! The goal is to identify and define exciting questions at the intersection of exoplanet and Galactic science. Apply by June 5! planet-galaxy-workshop.github.io 🔭 #galactic #exoplanets

The Center for Computational Astrophysics @flatironinstitute.org is hiring a new Research Software Engineer to work on @astropy.org and to support the software and computing efforts within the CCA. Apply by May 22! apply.interfolio.com/184639 🔭 🧪 ☄️

In 2023, #FlatironCCB researchers used AI-powered tools to map proteins in the human gut microbiome, ultimately challenging the traditional view of the relationship between protein sequence, structure and function: https://bit.ly/4bTIzwi #CitizenScienceMonth #science #biology #ActsofScience

ROCKET is giving the Nobel Prize-winning AI-powered AlphaFold a serious upgrade in its ability to predict how proteins fold: https://bit.ly/4dUTZkG #science #biology #FlatironCCM

RCSA has selected a new class of outstanding postdoctoral scholars in the third year of the #RCSAFellows initiative, which aims to increase faculty excellence in the physical sciences through a multiyear program of job search preparation, professional development, and community building.