Join us at #SfN25 tomorrow (11/16) at 7PM PT for the BRAIN Initiative Alliance Social: Toolmakers Showcase to celebrate innovation and collaboration in #neuroscience. Register: https://web.cvent.com/event/4a051497-a2f2-4385-8944-f1bff79dfb9f/register

This week, our 2025 SynGO Annual Meeting brought together geneticists and molecular biologists to accelerate research into ASD and other synaptopathies. #science #autismresearch

Announcing our 2025 class of Pivot Fellows: Sarah Davies, Veronica Dexheimer, Yu Huang, Tyler Josephson, Michael Orger, Stacy Rosenbaum, Elizabeth Trower and Adelle Wright. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/11/13/simons-foundation-announces-fourth-class-of-pivot-fellows/ #science #math

Excited to announce that I’m part of the fourth class of @simonsfoundation.org Pivot Fellows! www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/11/13/s...

What does the moon reveal about us and the universe? Join us on 12/5 for a free Presents event “Reflections on the Moon” with cosmologist Adrian Bayer, sociologist Tracy Scott, and NASA's Denise Hill. Register here: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/reflections-on-the-moon/ #science

I’m honored to be named a 2025 @simonsfoundation.org Pivot Fellow! This support will allow me to apply my expertise in a new area of coral biology! www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/11/13/s... #science

Congrats to @thetransmitter.bsky.social staff reporter Calli McMurray & @quantamagazine.bsky.social contributing writer Max G. Levy for winning Gold Awards for Science Journalism! https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta-and-the-transmitter-writers-win-aaas-kavli-gold-awards-for-science-journalism/

Next Weds 11/19, Holly Moeller will give a Presidential Lecture on "Trade, Borrow, or Steal: How Acquired Metabolism Drives Evolution." Register here: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/trade-borrow-or-steal-how-acquired-metabolism-drives-evolution/ #science #biology

We are accepting apps for funding to support family conferences and patient advocacy groups, specifically for groups within the Simons Searchlight community. Deadline is 3/5/2026: https://www.sfari.org/grant/conference-support-for-rare-neurodevelopmental-disorder-communities-in-simons-searchlight/

The Simons Foundation is exhibiting at #SfN25 next week! Visit booth #3725 to learn more about our current funding opportunities and #neuroscience and #autismresearch resources.

Share this funding opportunity! We're seeking senior postdoctoral researchers with a scientific vision for their future lab that contributes to our basic science missions in autism research or healthy cognitive aging research. Applications due Jan 14, 2026!

Interested in applying for our Fellows-to-Faculty Award? Watch the recording of our informational webinar for more details on the program: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/fellows-to-faculty-award/#:~:text=Brain%20(SCPAB).-,Informational%20Webinar,-An%20informational%20webinar #science

At our November Presents event, deep-sea explorer and Edie Widder shared stories from a life spent illuminating the deep. From dazzling displays of bioluminescence to encounters with giant squid, Widder's extraordinary journey is captured in upcoming Sandbox Films documentary "A Life Illuminated."

Meet Denario — a new AI tool developed by @flatironinstitute.org, the University of Cambridge, and @uab.cat that leverages large language models to help scientists with tasks: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/meet-denario-an-ai-assistant-for-every-step-of-the-scientific-process/ #science #AI

Congrats to Simons Society of Fellows Junior Fellow Thomas Werkmeister on receiving the Richard L. Greene Dissertation Award from @apsphysics.bsky.social! https://www.simonsfoundation.org/simons-society-of-fellows-junior-fellow-thomas-werkmeister-receives-richard-l-greene-dissertation-award #physics

Our @ritscience.bsky.social is continuing its upward trajectory in #research and #innovation! Four new #RIT tenure-track faculty positions will receive funding from the @simonsfoundation.org. www.rit.edu/news/simons-... .

Last month, scientists from the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain gathered at the foundation for their annual meeting. #science #neuroscience Credit: Radhika Chalasani for Simons Foundation

This year’s National Academy of Medicine cohort includes two Simons Foundation investigators: SFARI's Stephen Traynelis and Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain's Karel Svoboda: www.simonsfoundation.org/two-simons-f...

Ryotaro Arita will give a free Presidential Lecture next Wednesday, 11/12, on "From Equations to Superconductors: Matter Under Pressure." Read more and register: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/from-equations-to-superconductors-matter-under-pressure/ #science #physics

We are #hiring! Check out our open positions, including a Special Initiatives coordinator and a grants payment manager: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/careers/ #science

Happy Halloween from the Simons Foundation!

A study from the foundation, International Brain Laboratory, and @flatironinstitute.org finds mice with variants in autism-associated genes have difficulty flexibly updating their expectations: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/mapping-mouse-brains-points-to-how-autism-can-affect-expectation-updating

A study from the foundation, International Brain Laboratory, and @flatironinstitute.org finds mice with variants in autism-associated genes have difficulty flexibly updating their expectations: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/mapping-mouse-brains-points-to-how-autism-can-affect-expectation-updating

Share this funding opportunity! We offer the Fellows-to-Faculty program to nurture new talent in the basic sciences and to broaden the community of scientists contributing to Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) and Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB).

Interested in doing a postdoc on fundamental problems in plant biology? Apply for our Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology. Due 12/4/25: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/10/13/applications-for-simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology-now-open/ #biology #lifesciences

Are you a PI working on autism or Parkinson’s disease research? Join SPARK NS for a free short course on “Positioning Neuroscience Discoveries for Successful Drug Development” in San Francisco during Feb 2026. Apply by 12/15/2025: https://sparkns.org/short-course-us/ #science #autismresearch

Nobel Prize–winning physicist Chen-Ning Yang passed away last month at age 103. In February 2011, Yang sat down for an interview about his life and career for our Science Lives project. Watch in full here: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2011/12/20/chen-ning-yang/ #physics #science

Note: this has a computational scientist track! It’s for you, too, math nerds!

We gathered this week for our Annual Meeting in NYC - three days of inspiring exchange!✨ This year, we introduced group work sessions for review papers🗒️to reflect and synthesize our interdisciplinary work😀 Thank you to all participants and @simonsfoundation.org for the support!

Applications for our Fellows-to-Faculty Award are now open! This program supports early career scientists in #autism or #neuroscience research by facilitating their transition into tenure-track faculty positions. Apply by 1/14/2026: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/10/31/a... #science

Join us in two weeks for the BRAIN Initiative Alliance’s Toolmakers Showcase Social at #SfN25! Learn more and register: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/brain-initiative-alliance-social-toolmakers-showcase/ #science #neuroscience

Meet the Association of Children’s Museums' Savita Madan. As part of our #InfiniteSums initiative, Madan is exploring new ways to make #math accessible and joyful for kids and families: https://infinitesums.simonsfoundation.org/math-ambassadors-savita-madan-from-the-association-of-childrens-museums/

Why do some of us seek out fear? And what makes certain scares unforgettable? At our October Presents event neuroscientist Leslie Sibener, horror researcher Mathias Clasen, and @quantamagazine.bsky.social's Samir Patel explored how fear can connect us, shape what we remember, and build resilience.

Join us next week (11/5) for a free Presidential Lecture with Gilles Laurent, director of the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research. Learn more and register: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/mapping-computation-on-neural-circuits/ #neuroscience #science

We are co-sponsoring the BRAIN Initiative Alliance’s Toolmakers Showcase Social at #SfN25! 11/16 at 7pm, interested attendees can register here: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/brain-initiative-alliance-social-toolmakers-showcase/ #science #neuroscience

Thanks to improved technology and a bit of luck, a newly detected black hole merger is providing the clearest evidence yet of how black holes work: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/09/10/ringing-black-hole-confirms-einstein-and-hawkings-predictions/ #science #astrophysics

Nice write-up of some of our recent work! Thank you for the support @simonsfoundation.org !

Mice with autism-associated genetic variants don’t update their expectations as flexibly as their peers, finds a new study in Nature Neuroscience: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/mapping-mouse-brains-points-to-how-autism-can-affect-expectation-updating/ #science #neuroscience #autismresearch

Last month, we held our 2025 Simons Society of Fellows Alumni Symposium that focused on the impact of science on society. Participants explored how #science and #tech have shaped — and been shaped by — social, cultural, and political contexts.

Next week (10/29): Geordie Williamson will survey recent work using neural networks in his free lecture "Neural Networks for Mathematical Discovery." Register: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/neural-networks-for-mathematical-discovery/ #math

Nobel Prize–winning physicist Chen-Ning Yang died on October 18. He made important contributions to theoretical physics and collaborated with our co-founder Jim Simons at @stonybrooku.bsky.social. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/chen-ning-yang-nobel-prize-winning-physicist-dies-at-103/ #science

Our latest #InfiniteSums Math Ambassadors interview is with Savita Madan from the Association of Children's Museums about how 20 children’s museums across the country are working with caregivers and children to build #math confidence and literacy: infinitesums.simonsfoundation.org/math-ambassa...

The @intlbrainlab.bsky.social, a consortium of 22 independent academic labs, is seeking new partners in its work to uncover how the brain behaves when making decisions: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/international-brain-laboratory-accepting-applications-for-new-collaborative-projects/ #science

Join us for a Presidential Lecture on 11/19 with Holly Moeller: "Trade, Borrow, or Steal: How Acquired Metabolism Drives Evolution." Learn more and register: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/trade-borrow-or-steal-how-acquired-metabolism-drives-evolution/ #science #biology

ICYMI: A study from the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain found that as mice learn a complex movement, the pathway from the motor thalamus to the motor cortex rewires itself: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/how-a-tiny-brain-region-helps-you-learn-complex-movements-one-neuron-at-a-time/

We support scientific conferences and courses focusing on healthy cognitive aging, basic autism science, and systems and computational #neuroscience. See the newest awardees: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/announcing-the-recipients-of-the-autism-and-neuroscience-conferences-and-courses-awards/

What does it take to explore the darkest corners of our oceans? Join us on 11/7 for a free Presents event, "Seeing in the Dark," with deep-sea biologist Edie Widder and Sandbox Films' Jess Harrop. Register now: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/seeing-in-the-dark/ #science #biology

This spring, our second class of Pivot Fellows gathered to discuss the incredible work they've done by pivoting from one scientific field to another. Read the highlights: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/08/25/from-fungi-to-qubits-pivot-fellows-share-findings-in-their-new-fields/ #science #math

Reminder: We're hosting a social lunch at #ASHG25 tomorrow (10/17) focused on our research, funding opportunities, and resources for human cohorts. Learn more: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/simons-foundation-autism-research-initiative-sfari-ashg-lunch/

We interviewed Spencer Pride director Jonathan Balash about his organization's experiments with #science and #math programming. Part of our #InfiniteSums national math initiative: https://infinitesums.simonsfoundation.org/math-ambassadors-jonathan-balash-from-spencer-pride/