Joseph Fridman
@josephfridman.bsky.social
if it ain’t cactus, practice
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The focussed research organizations enabled by @convergentresearch.bsky.social are driving forward an ambitious agenda !
youtu.be/L5W-lV1K_xQ?...
youtu.be/L5W-lV1K_xQ?...
Convergent Research: A mission control for frontier technology
YouTube video by Convergent Research
youtu.be
January 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The focussed research organizations enabled by @convergentresearch.bsky.social are driving forward an ambitious agenda !
youtu.be/L5W-lV1K_xQ?...
youtu.be/L5W-lV1K_xQ?...
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And while we were all in one place, we took a few hours to pull some members of the team aside, to ask them some questions about what we're working on, and why. Here’s the video we made about Convergent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5W-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5W-...
Convergent Research: A mission control for frontier technology
YouTube video by Convergent Research
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
And while we were all in one place, we took a few hours to pull some members of the team aside, to ask them some questions about what we're working on, and why. Here’s the video we made about Convergent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5W-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5W-...
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It's been an incredibly exciting year in metascience at large, and for us at Convergent.
Last week, the NSF announced their Tech Labs Initiative.
www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/the-future...
Last week, the NSF announced their Tech Labs Initiative.
www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/the-future...
The Future of Focused Research Organizations:
Working with Convergent on the NSF Tech Labs Initiative
www.essentialtechnology.blog
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It's been an incredibly exciting year in metascience at large, and for us at Convergent.
Last week, the NSF announced their Tech Labs Initiative.
www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/the-future...
Last week, the NSF announced their Tech Labs Initiative.
www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/the-future...
happy wednesday from new orleans! here's some @convergentresearch.bsky.social Essential Technology art that doesn't hit the feed (only the frontispiece gets shared here) - first from our most recent piece on the @NSF's new Tech Labs Initiative
www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/the-future...
www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/the-future...
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
happy wednesday from new orleans! here's some @convergentresearch.bsky.social Essential Technology art that doesn't hit the feed (only the frontispiece gets shared here) - first from our most recent piece on the @NSF's new Tech Labs Initiative
www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/the-future...
www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/the-future...
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Last Friday, the @NSF released an RFI for a new Tech Labs Initiative, to "build and scale next-gen independent research organizations to advance science."
December 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Last Friday, the @NSF released an RFI for a new Tech Labs Initiative, to "build and scale next-gen independent research organizations to advance science."
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If you've been interested in FROs, you'll want to see this from NSF:
sam.gov/opp/7332ade9...
"sustained... support to... independent organizational structures operating outside of existing academic, start-up, and industry constraints... a dedicated, full-time team... operational independence..."
sam.gov/opp/7332ade9...
"sustained... support to... independent organizational structures operating outside of existing academic, start-up, and industry constraints... a dedicated, full-time team... operational independence..."
December 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
If you've been interested in FROs, you'll want to see this from NSF:
sam.gov/opp/7332ade9...
"sustained... support to... independent organizational structures operating outside of existing academic, start-up, and industry constraints... a dedicated, full-time team... operational independence..."
sam.gov/opp/7332ade9...
"sustained... support to... independent organizational structures operating outside of existing academic, start-up, and industry constraints... a dedicated, full-time team... operational independence..."
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This community is building foundational capabilities for technological progress.
Its nonprofit initiatives allow broadly sharing these capabilities.
I am happy to support this mission 🚀
Its nonprofit initiatives allow broadly sharing these capabilities.
I am happy to support this mission 🚀
October 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This community is building foundational capabilities for technological progress.
Its nonprofit initiatives allow broadly sharing these capabilities.
I am happy to support this mission 🚀
Its nonprofit initiatives allow broadly sharing these capabilities.
I am happy to support this mission 🚀
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What does it take to identify critical science & tech capability gaps—and then build organizations dedicated to addressing them?
@adammarblestone.bsky.social, @anastasiag.bsky.social, Mary Wang, & @josephfridman.bsky.social on creating @convergentresearch.bsky.social: issues.org/focused-rese...
@adammarblestone.bsky.social, @anastasiag.bsky.social, Mary Wang, & @josephfridman.bsky.social on creating @convergentresearch.bsky.social: issues.org/focused-rese...
Field Notes on Moving Focused Research Organizations Forward
Lessons from four years of building a new kind of focused scientific organization to create fundamental technologies and accelerate discovery.
issues.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What does it take to identify critical science & tech capability gaps—and then build organizations dedicated to addressing them?
@adammarblestone.bsky.social, @anastasiag.bsky.social, Mary Wang, & @josephfridman.bsky.social on creating @convergentresearch.bsky.social: issues.org/focused-rese...
@adammarblestone.bsky.social, @anastasiag.bsky.social, Mary Wang, & @josephfridman.bsky.social on creating @convergentresearch.bsky.social: issues.org/focused-rese...
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Earlier this year, @parallelsq.bsky.social hosted a research fest.
We began with a broad perspective:
◾️ A century of remarkable progress! Proteomics drove conceptual discoveries and medical treatments.
Listen to what's next!
Proteomics: The arc of progress
youtu.be/Sc2QLXb84XI?...
We began with a broad perspective:
◾️ A century of remarkable progress! Proteomics drove conceptual discoveries and medical treatments.
Listen to what's next!
Proteomics: The arc of progress
youtu.be/Sc2QLXb84XI?...
October 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Earlier this year, @parallelsq.bsky.social hosted a research fest.
We began with a broad perspective:
◾️ A century of remarkable progress! Proteomics drove conceptual discoveries and medical treatments.
Listen to what's next!
Proteomics: The arc of progress
youtu.be/Sc2QLXb84XI?...
We began with a broad perspective:
◾️ A century of remarkable progress! Proteomics drove conceptual discoveries and medical treatments.
Listen to what's next!
Proteomics: The arc of progress
youtu.be/Sc2QLXb84XI?...
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Proud of @e11bio.bsky.social's early progress here, and excited for so much more to come (that I've seen previews of as a FRO board member 😍).
Optics + expansion + barcoding + AI + molecules = beginning of infinity for scalable brain circuit mapping, with wide implications across science.
Optics + expansion + barcoding + AI + molecules = beginning of infinity for scalable brain circuit mapping, with wide implications across science.
E11 Bio is excited to unveil PRISM technology for mapping brain wiring with simple light microscopes. Today, brain mapping in humans and other mammals is bottlenecked by accurate neuron tracing. PRISM uses molecular ID codes and AI to help neurons trace themselves.
Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism
Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism
October 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Proud of @e11bio.bsky.social's early progress here, and excited for so much more to come (that I've seen previews of as a FRO board member 😍).
Optics + expansion + barcoding + AI + molecules = beginning of infinity for scalable brain circuit mapping, with wide implications across science.
Optics + expansion + barcoding + AI + molecules = beginning of infinity for scalable brain circuit mapping, with wide implications across science.
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👀 Our latest Substack is live – discover:
– The launch of Innovator Circles
– Insights into the FRO-Founder Residency with @convergentresearch.bsky.social
– A Q&A with @micromotility.bsky.social on natural computation in single-celled microorganisms
+ more ↓
link.aria.org.uk/sepsubstack-bluesky
– The launch of Innovator Circles
– Insights into the FRO-Founder Residency with @convergentresearch.bsky.social
– A Q&A with @micromotility.bsky.social on natural computation in single-celled microorganisms
+ more ↓
link.aria.org.uk/sepsubstack-bluesky
Innovator Circles, FROs, and a look into biological computation
The latest from ARIA, including our new Innovator Circles initiative, inside Convergent Research's FRO-Founder Residency, and a Q&A with Nature Computes Better Creator Kirsty Wan.
link.aria.org.uk
September 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
👀 Our latest Substack is live – discover:
– The launch of Innovator Circles
– Insights into the FRO-Founder Residency with @convergentresearch.bsky.social
– A Q&A with @micromotility.bsky.social on natural computation in single-celled microorganisms
+ more ↓
link.aria.org.uk/sepsubstack-bluesky
– The launch of Innovator Circles
– Insights into the FRO-Founder Residency with @convergentresearch.bsky.social
– A Q&A with @micromotility.bsky.social on natural computation in single-celled microorganisms
+ more ↓
link.aria.org.uk/sepsubstack-bluesky
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Join our team and help realize a bold vision.
September 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Join our team and help realize a bold vision.
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Earlier this year, Imprint came out of stealth on the TED Mainstage to share our vision:
What if the immune system holds the key to curing chronic diseases—and we just need the tools to read it?
We’re building those tools.
Our TED talk is now live 👉 go.ted.com/beckbrachman
What if the immune system holds the key to curing chronic diseases—and we just need the tools to read it?
We’re building those tools.
Our TED talk is now live 👉 go.ted.com/beckbrachman
go.ted.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Earlier this year, Imprint came out of stealth on the TED Mainstage to share our vision:
What if the immune system holds the key to curing chronic diseases—and we just need the tools to read it?
We’re building those tools.
Our TED talk is now live 👉 go.ted.com/beckbrachman
What if the immune system holds the key to curing chronic diseases—and we just need the tools to read it?
We’re building those tools.
Our TED talk is now live 👉 go.ted.com/beckbrachman
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This June, we kicked off our first-ever UK FRO Founder Residency as an Activation Partner for the United Kingdom’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA), @aria-research.bsky.social.
Read more: www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/inside-the...
Read more: www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/inside-the...
Inside the UK FRO Founder Residency with ARIA
a big step forward in how we source and incubate new FRO projects
www.essentialtechnology.blog
September 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This June, we kicked off our first-ever UK FRO Founder Residency as an Activation Partner for the United Kingdom’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA), @aria-research.bsky.social.
Read more: www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/inside-the...
Read more: www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/inside-the...
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This week's Science to Impact symposium at Ohio State hosted experts in all kinds of science communication!
Grateful to have helped organize this event and heard from these minds in one room. 🧠 🧪
Grateful to have helped organize this event and heard from these minds in one room. 🧠 🧪
August 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This week's Science to Impact symposium at Ohio State hosted experts in all kinds of science communication!
Grateful to have helped organize this event and heard from these minds in one room. 🧠 🧪
Grateful to have helped organize this event and heard from these minds in one room. 🧠 🧪
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📣 We're excited to share the new lean-lang.org!
Relaunching our website was a key deliverable in our Year 2 roadmap to provide "improved navigation and access to valuable content, resources, and tools." We hope you like it!
#LeanLang #LeanProver
Relaunching our website was a key deliverable in our Year 2 roadmap to provide "improved navigation and access to valuable content, resources, and tools." We hope you like it!
#LeanLang #LeanProver
July 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
📣 We're excited to share the new lean-lang.org!
Relaunching our website was a key deliverable in our Year 2 roadmap to provide "improved navigation and access to valuable content, resources, and tools." We hope you like it!
#LeanLang #LeanProver
Relaunching our website was a key deliverable in our Year 2 roadmap to provide "improved navigation and access to valuable content, resources, and tools." We hope you like it!
#LeanLang #LeanProver
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What is consciousness? What are the challenges of studying it scientifically? Can we ‘dissolve’ them? @anilseth.bsky.social gives us some answers in this new #INMINDS interview for @cienciacog.bsky.social about *problems of consciousness (and how to handle them)*! www.cienciacognitiva.org?p=2549
July 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
What is consciousness? What are the challenges of studying it scientifically? Can we ‘dissolve’ them? @anilseth.bsky.social gives us some answers in this new #INMINDS interview for @cienciacog.bsky.social about *problems of consciousness (and how to handle them)*! www.cienciacognitiva.org?p=2549
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Anastasia Garnick from @convergentresearch.bsky.social presents the “gap map” and how Focussed Research Organisations (FROs) can help #MetaScience2025
www.gap-map.org
www.gap-map.org
Gap Map
Explore R&D Gaps and their related Foundational Capabilities.
www.gap-map.org
July 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Anastasia Garnick from @convergentresearch.bsky.social presents the “gap map” and how Focussed Research Organisations (FROs) can help #MetaScience2025
www.gap-map.org
www.gap-map.org
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Two-day, fully-funded opportunity led by @nytimes.com editor James Ryerson & featuring scientists @lisafeldmanbarrett.com and @daviddesteno.bsky.social and one-man band @josephfridman.bsky.social. Applications for the next workshop open till July 7th! (2/2)
June 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Two-day, fully-funded opportunity led by @nytimes.com editor James Ryerson & featuring scientists @lisafeldmanbarrett.com and @daviddesteno.bsky.social and one-man band @josephfridman.bsky.social. Applications for the next workshop open till July 7th! (2/2)
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Had a great time attending the Beyond the Ivory Tower workshop at @northeasternu.bsky.social! If you're a scientist or philosopher looking to turn your ideas into short articles for a general audience, check it out! (1/2)
www.beyondtheivorytower.com
www.beyondtheivorytower.com
Beyond the Ivory Tower
www.beyondtheivorytower.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Had a great time attending the Beyond the Ivory Tower workshop at @northeasternu.bsky.social! If you're a scientist or philosopher looking to turn your ideas into short articles for a general audience, check it out! (1/2)
www.beyondtheivorytower.com
www.beyondtheivorytower.com
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"Academic research groups and startups are essential drivers of scientific progress. But some projects, like the Hubble Space Telescope or the Human Genome Project, are too big for any one academic lab or loose consortium..."
Former MIT researchers advance a new model for innovation
Developed by former MIT researchers, focused research organizations (FROs) undertake large research efforts and have begun to contribute to scientific advances.
news.mit.edu
June 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"Academic research groups and startups are essential drivers of scientific progress. But some projects, like the Hubble Space Telescope or the Human Genome Project, are too big for any one academic lab or loose consortium..."
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Also: we’re #hiring! 🎊To learn more about Imprint and view open roles on our team, visit imprint.org.
🤝 If you are a clinical or computational research group interested in partnering with Imprint, please follow us for future updates and opportunities.
#Immunology #Biotech #BiotechResearch
🤝 If you are a clinical or computational research group interested in partnering with Imprint, please follow us for future updates and opportunities.
#Immunology #Biotech #BiotechResearch
Imprint FRO
IMPRINT is developing tools to read and analyze immune memory signatures, providing a new approach to identify hidden causes of chronic disease.
imprint.org
May 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Also: we’re #hiring! 🎊To learn more about Imprint and view open roles on our team, visit imprint.org.
🤝 If you are a clinical or computational research group interested in partnering with Imprint, please follow us for future updates and opportunities.
#Immunology #Biotech #BiotechResearch
🤝 If you are a clinical or computational research group interested in partnering with Imprint, please follow us for future updates and opportunities.
#Immunology #Biotech #BiotechResearch
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IMPRINT is the first Focused Research Organization (FRO) in New York City. We are supported by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, Convergent Research, Peter Reinhart, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
@convergentresearch.bsky.social
@convergentresearch.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
IMPRINT is the first Focused Research Organization (FRO) in New York City. We are supported by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, Convergent Research, Peter Reinhart, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
@convergentresearch.bsky.social
@convergentresearch.bsky.social
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With teams in Europe and North America, we are building experimental and machine learning tools to identify the hidden causes of and cures for chronic diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
May 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
With teams in Europe and North America, we are building experimental and machine learning tools to identify the hidden causes of and cures for chronic diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
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The immune system is not just an army — it’s also an archive. IMPRINT aims to decode this archive using an innovative forensic immunology approach, enabling new diagnostics, treatments, and cures for conditions ranging from autoimmune disorders to mental illness.
May 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The immune system is not just an army — it’s also an archive. IMPRINT aims to decode this archive using an innovative forensic immunology approach, enabling new diagnostics, treatments, and cures for conditions ranging from autoimmune disorders to mental illness.