Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
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We foster path-breaking scientific discovery, environmental conservation, and preservation of the special character of the Bay Area.
New study co-authored by Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative Investigator Dr. Patrick Keeling used single-cell gene expression analysis to broadly sample uncultured Cercozoa (part of the supergroup Rhizaria)... 1/2 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Phylogenomic tree of Cercozoa based on single-cell transcriptomes from 100 uncultured cells - BMC Biology
Background Cercozoa are single-celled eukaryotes (protists) and are part of the supergroup Rhizaria. Cercozoans have vastly different morphologies and are defined by their phylogenetic affinity. While...
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February 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
New study co-authored by Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative Investigator Dr. Patrick Keeling used single-cell gene expression analysis to broadly sample uncultured Cercozoa (part of the supergroup Rhizaria)... 1/2 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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#aquaticsymbiosis #evolution #discoveryscience
Our latest newsletter looks at how bringing people together across disciplines, institutions, and perspectives helps sustain long-term progress — from stewarding landscapes to how Bay Area science museums are engaging communities, and why convenings matter.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Our latest newsletter looks at how bringing people together across disciplines, institutions, and perspectives helps sustain long-term progress — from stewarding landscapes to how Bay Area science museums are engaging communities, and why convenings matter.
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Research from grantee Markus Arndt shows that quantum wave-like behavior persists even in metallic nanoparticles made of thousands of atoms—placing strong new constraints on theories that quantum mechanics breaks down at larger scales www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Probing quantum mechanics with nanoparticle matter-wave interferometry - Nature
Quantum interference of sodium nanoparticles, which can each contain more than 7,000 atoms at masses greater than 170,000 Da, is demonstrated.
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February 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Research from grantee Markus Arndt shows that quantum wave-like behavior persists even in metallic nanoparticles made of thousands of atoms—placing strong new constraints on theories that quantum mechanics breaks down at larger scales www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Learn about the future of the Arctic Ocean and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the @moorefound.bsky.social
Wed, Feb 11 / 6 PM in downtown San Francisco
Free program; details & tickets; www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-...
Wed, Feb 11 / 6 PM in downtown San Francisco
Free program; details & tickets; www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-...
January 20, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Learn about the future of the Arctic Ocean and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the @moorefound.bsky.social
Wed, Feb 11 / 6 PM in downtown San Francisco
Free program; details & tickets; www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-...
Wed, Feb 11 / 6 PM in downtown San Francisco
Free program; details & tickets; www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-...
Interested in working in nonprofit and foundation law? Applications are open for the 2026–2027 Nonprofit Law Fellowship with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Interested in working in nonprofit and foundation law? Applications are open for the 2026–2027 Nonprofit Law Fellowship with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
🔗 ncpl.law.nyu.edu/gordon-and-b...
#NonprofitLaw #FoundationLaw #LegalFellowship #JDJobs #CareersInPhilanthropy
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📚💻The Computer History Museum launched OpenCHM, a new digital portal expanding public access to its computing history collections. OpenCHM helps connect learners, researchers and the public to the people and ideas behind modern technology. computerhistory.org/press-releas... #ScienceMuseums
Computer History Museum Launches Digital Portal to Its Vast Collection
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 21, 2026 – The Computer History Museum (CHM), a leader in decoding technology—its computing past, digital present, and future impact on humanity—announced the launch of...
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January 22, 2026 at 10:27 PM
📚💻The Computer History Museum launched OpenCHM, a new digital portal expanding public access to its computing history collections. OpenCHM helps connect learners, researchers and the public to the people and ideas behind modern technology. computerhistory.org/press-releas... #ScienceMuseums
Our new 2026 report on #greenchemistry shows R&D and technology leaders see it as a driver of long-term economic growth and competitiveness. Read more: www.moore.org/article-deta....
Green chemistry: Unlocking the next American industrial boom
Chemistry is everything. It’s everything we see, touch and feel. From our clothes and our devices to ourselves. From research labs to large manufacturing plants…
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January 21, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Our new 2026 report on #greenchemistry shows R&D and technology leaders see it as a driver of long-term economic growth and competitiveness. Read more: www.moore.org/article-deta....
Remembering Doug McConnell — a storyteller who loved nature and the people who care for it. Doug helped preserve the Moore Foundation’s early history and captured stories across the Bay Area and the world. We're grateful for his legacy. news.mongabay.com/2026/01/doug...
Doug McConnell, interpreter of Northern California, has died, aged 80
Doug McConnell spent much of his adult life doing something that sounds simple and is not: he helped people look closely at the places where they lived. For decades he turned Northern California’s ope...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Remembering Doug McConnell — a storyteller who loved nature and the people who care for it. Doug helped preserve the Moore Foundation’s early history and captured stories across the Bay Area and the world. We're grateful for his legacy. news.mongabay.com/2026/01/doug...
Nature’s recovery is possible when we invest for the long term. Return of Coho salmon in Sonoma County marks an important milestone in regional ecosystem restoration & years of coordinated effort by scientists, public agencies, community partners and funders. wildlandsconservancy.org/stories/coho...
Coho Salmon Return to Jenner Headlands! » The Wildlands Conservancy
For the first time in decades, something truly special is happening at Russian Gulch Creek in Jenner Headlands Preserve — juvenile coho salmon have returned. These tiny, silvery fish are making their ...
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January 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Nature’s recovery is possible when we invest for the long term. Return of Coho salmon in Sonoma County marks an important milestone in regional ecosystem restoration & years of coordinated effort by scientists, public agencies, community partners and funders. wildlandsconservancy.org/stories/coho...
🌿 The Integrated Legacy of the Amazonian Region (LIRA) project aims to secure long-term conservation gains in the Brazilian Amazon while ensuring its communities and ecosystems can thrive together.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🌿 The Integrated Legacy of the Amazonian Region (LIRA) project aims to secure long-term conservation gains in the Brazilian Amazon while ensuring its communities and ecosystems can thrive together.
Learn more about LIRA’s positive impacts in the Amazon ➡️ www.moore.org/article-deta...
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Thanks to a generous @moorefound.bsky.social grant, @agu.org Thriving Earth Exchange created 4 short videos showcasing recent community science projects. 📽️🌎💫
We hope you will join us in celebrating and sharing these videos.
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We hope you will join us in celebrating and sharing these videos.
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Celebrating the Stories Behind Community Science
Thanks to a generous grant for the Moore Foundation, AGU Thriving Earth Exchange commissioned four videos about recent community science projects. Each video shares the people, stories…
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December 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Thanks to a generous @moorefound.bsky.social grant, @agu.org Thriving Earth Exchange created 4 short videos showcasing recent community science projects. 📽️🌎💫
We hope you will join us in celebrating and sharing these videos.
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We hope you will join us in celebrating and sharing these videos.
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Through our 2025 Community Fund, the Moore Foundation supported local nonprofit orgs in Santa Clara & San Mateo counties whose work addresses essential community needs and contributes to long-term community resilience. ➡️ Learn about the 2025 Community Fund recipients:
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December 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Through our 2025 Community Fund, the Moore Foundation supported local nonprofit orgs in Santa Clara & San Mateo counties whose work addresses essential community needs and contributes to long-term community resilience. ➡️ Learn about the 2025 Community Fund recipients:
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⚛️ With Moore Foundation support, M. Zahid Hasan and his team identified materials that host the elusive Weyl fermions — massless, free-flowing quasiparticles — a breakthrough that helped launch a new direction in quantum materials research.
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December 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
⚛️ With Moore Foundation support, M. Zahid Hasan and his team identified materials that host the elusive Weyl fermions — massless, free-flowing quasiparticles — a breakthrough that helped launch a new direction in quantum materials research.
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🌿 Moore Foundation grantees are driving transformative conservation across the Amazon through innovative Project Finance for Permanence initiatives in Colombia, Peru and Brazil. These efforts are securing the future of the Amazon rainforest.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🌿 Moore Foundation grantees are driving transformative conservation across the Amazon through innovative Project Finance for Permanence initiatives in Colombia, Peru and Brazil. These efforts are securing the future of the Amazon rainforest.
Learn more ➡️ www.moore.org/article-deta...
#Moore25
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In 2002, we invested $9.1 million in grant funding to establish the Laboratory for Adaptive Optics at @ucsantacruz.bsky.social — an investment that helped strengthen UCSC’s position as a national center for advancing astronomy research.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
In 2002, we invested $9.1 million in grant funding to establish the Laboratory for Adaptive Optics at @ucsantacruz.bsky.social — an investment that helped strengthen UCSC’s position as a national center for advancing astronomy research.
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🛰️ In 2013, with our support, Greg Asner and his team at the Global Airborne Observatory launched CLASlite Classroom, a collection of free and open-to-the-public advanced forest monitoring tools — enabling people to monitor forests globally. 🌳
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December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🛰️ In 2013, with our support, Greg Asner and his team at the Global Airborne Observatory launched CLASlite Classroom, a collection of free and open-to-the-public advanced forest monitoring tools — enabling people to monitor forests globally. 🌳
Learn more about the tools ➡️ tr.ee/7M90Lb
#Moore25
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“Protecting the places we love is not only about the land itself but also about the people who commit themselves to its care. The future of conservation lives in those who will inherit these landscapes.” — Adilene Moreno, Moore Foundation
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December 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“Protecting the places we love is not only about the land itself but also about the people who commit themselves to its care. The future of conservation lives in those who will inherit these landscapes.” — Adilene Moreno, Moore Foundation
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Museums Reimagined, part of our 25th Anniversary Symposia series, brought together Bay Area science museums to explore how they can continue engaging communities in a rapidly changing world. #Moore25 #ScienceLearning www.moore.org/article-deta...
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As part of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s 25th anniversary symposium series, staff from across the Bay Area's five largest science museums — Californi…
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December 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Museums Reimagined, part of our 25th Anniversary Symposia series, brought together Bay Area science museums to explore how they can continue engaging communities in a rapidly changing world. #Moore25 #ScienceLearning www.moore.org/article-deta...
We’re delighted to announce that Aileen S Lee has been appointed president of the Moore Foundation, effective January 1, 2026. Aileen’s two decades of leadership and vision embody the foundation’s mission to create positive outcomes for future generations.
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Aileen S Lee named president of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Palo Alto, Calif. — [December 9, 2025] — The Board of Trustees of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announced today the appointment of Aileen S Lee as the f…
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December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We’re delighted to announce that Aileen S Lee has been appointed president of the Moore Foundation, effective January 1, 2026. Aileen’s two decades of leadership and vision embody the foundation’s mission to create positive outcomes for future generations.
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Our Data-Driven Discovery Initiative advanced transparent, reproducible research — uniting academic institutions, funders and scientific associations — and filled a critical gap through investment in quality, user-friendly tools that enable reliable, accessible science.
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Lessons from our work in data-driven science
The Data-Driven Discovery Initiative was initially approved in 2012 by the Moore Foundation’s board of trustees to explore ways of accelerating research that us…
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December 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Our Data-Driven Discovery Initiative advanced transparent, reproducible research — uniting academic institutions, funders and scientific associations — and filled a critical gap through investment in quality, user-friendly tools that enable reliable, accessible science.
#Moore25 #Philanthropy
#Moore25 #Philanthropy
🌳 Avecita Chicchón leads the Moore Foundation’s Andes-Amazon Initiative, which has helped conserve 400 million+ hectares in the Amazon since 2001. In this interview from The Future of Amazonia, Avecita underscores the urgent need for continued support in the Amazon region.
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The Future of Amazonia Reflections: Avecita Chicchón, Moore Foundation
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December 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🌳 Avecita Chicchón leads the Moore Foundation’s Andes-Amazon Initiative, which has helped conserve 400 million+ hectares in the Amazon since 2001. In this interview from The Future of Amazonia, Avecita underscores the urgent need for continued support in the Amazon region.
Watch the interview ⤵️
Watch the interview ⤵️
Identidad Madidi — a Moore Foundation-supported series of expeditions in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park — investigated 14 habitats spanning 6K meters from the Andes to the Amazon in one of Earth’s most biodiverse protected areas.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Identidad Madidi — a Moore Foundation-supported series of expeditions in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park — investigated 14 habitats spanning 6K meters from the Andes to the Amazon in one of Earth’s most biodiverse protected areas.
Read more ➡️ www.moore.org/article-deta...
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We’re grateful for the partners and grantees whose dedication and insight make meaningful progress possible. Thank you for all you do. We look forward to what we can continue to accomplish together. #Moore25
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We’re grateful for the partners and grantees whose dedication and insight make meaningful progress possible. Thank you for all you do. We look forward to what we can continue to accomplish together. #Moore25
📡 The Moore Foundation enabled the global Event Horizon Telescope by supporting development of ultrafast data acquisition electronics that made it possible to link telescopes around the world to create an Earth-sized virtual observatory capable of imaging #BlackHoles.
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Early funding transformed a scientific dream into reality
On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, black holes were transformed from an abstraction to reality when the Event Horizon Telescope presented the first-ever image of a b…
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November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
📡 The Moore Foundation enabled the global Event Horizon Telescope by supporting development of ultrafast data acquisition electronics that made it possible to link telescopes around the world to create an Earth-sized virtual observatory capable of imaging #BlackHoles.
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#Moore25
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Moore Inventor Fellow Gozde Durmus is developing label-free tools to analyze millions of cells in real time. Her work contributed to the breakthrough Electro-LEV platform, which offers new possibilities for cell analysis and label-free cell sorting in various biomedical fields.
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Scientists Classify Cells Based on Levitation Height
In a remarkable leap forward for cellular biology and biomedical engineering, researchers at Stanford Medicine have unveiled a groundbreaking device that can manipulate cells mid-air with invisible
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November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Moore Inventor Fellow Gozde Durmus is developing label-free tools to analyze millions of cells in real time. Her work contributed to the breakthrough Electro-LEV platform, which offers new possibilities for cell analysis and label-free cell sorting in various biomedical fields.
Learn more ⤵️
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