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· Jun 16
Simons Foundation 2024 Annual Report
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Last year, we supported programs that advanced the frontiers of research in #math and basic #science around the world. Our 2024 annual report dives deep into a handful of these endeavors: annualreports.simonsfoundation.org/2024/
Grupo Cultural Latinos en Rochester's Pilar Osorio-Godoy discusses her community’s #math journey, including her role as an ambassador for our #InfiniteSums initiative: https://infinitesums.simonsfoundation.org/math-ambassadors-pilar-osorio-godoy-from-the-grupo-cultural-latinos-en-rochester/
December 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Grupo Cultural Latinos en Rochester's Pilar Osorio-Godoy discusses her community’s #math journey, including her role as an ambassador for our #InfiniteSums initiative: https://infinitesums.simonsfoundation.org/math-ambassadors-pilar-osorio-godoy-from-the-grupo-cultural-latinos-en-rochester/
When Simons Searchlight began 15 years ago, it aimed to establish resources for scientists to study the impact of genes linked to autism and neurodevelopmental disorders. Today, it has grown into a large bank of resources: https://www.sfari.org/simons-searchlight-at-15-a-researchers-guide/ #science
SFARI | Simons Searchlight at 15: A Researcher’s Guide
Now celebrating 15 years, Simons Searchlight offers open-source data and tools to researchers worldwide who study autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
When Simons Searchlight began 15 years ago, it aimed to establish resources for scientists to study the impact of genes linked to autism and neurodevelopmental disorders. Today, it has grown into a large bank of resources: https://www.sfari.org/simons-searchlight-at-15-a-researchers-guide/ #science
At Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Fellows-to-Faculty awardee Zoé Christenson Wick investigates how brain waves can provide clues to seizure vulnerability: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/autism-and-neuroscience-innovators-awardees-share-their-research-at-the-annual-retreat #neuroscience
Autism and Neuroscience Innovators: Awardees Share Their Research at the Annual Retreat
Last spring, members of the Simons Foundation’s Fellows-to-Faculty program met for the 2025 meeting to share their latest findings and make connections.
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December 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
At Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Fellows-to-Faculty awardee Zoé Christenson Wick investigates how brain waves can provide clues to seizure vulnerability: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/autism-and-neuroscience-innovators-awardees-share-their-research-at-the-annual-retreat #neuroscience
Our Fellows-to-Faculty program supports early career scientists transition into tenure-track positions. Former awardee Gabriela Rosenblau discusses her work & the program's impact: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/fellows-to-faculty-alum-gabriela-rosenblau-dives-deep-into-social-learning-in-autism/
Fellows-to-Faculty Alum Gabriela Rosenblau Dives Deep Into Social Learning in Autism
Simons Foundation Fellows-to-Faculty alumna Gabriela Rosenblau spoke with the foundation about her experiences with the fellowship.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Our Fellows-to-Faculty program supports early career scientists transition into tenure-track positions. Former awardee Gabriela Rosenblau discusses her work & the program's impact: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/fellows-to-faculty-alum-gabriela-rosenblau-dives-deep-into-social-learning-in-autism/
The initial titles from @quantabooks.org include David Tong's "Everything Is Fields," which will illuminate quantum field theory: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/12/08/quanta-books-to-publish-popular-math-and-physics-titles-by-terence-tao-and-david-tong/ #science
Quanta Books to Publish Popular Math and Physics Titles by Terence Tao and David Tong
New offerings from Quanta Books will invite readers on a tour of transformational ideas that have shaped our modern understanding of the universe.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The initial titles from @quantabooks.org include David Tong's "Everything Is Fields," which will illuminate quantum field theory: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/12/08/quanta-books-to-publish-popular-math-and-physics-titles-by-terence-tao-and-david-tong/ #science
An avid drummer since childhood, Daniel Alabi is passionate about communication in all forms, which is why his work has focused on privacy in areas ranging from the U.S. census to AI deepfakes: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/daniel-alabi-privacy-computation-and-beating-the-drum-for-mentorship/
Daniel Alabi: Privacy, Computation and Beating the Drum for Mentorship
Former Junior Fellow in the Simons Society of Fellows Daniel Alabi supports computer science education for teenagers in his home country of Nigeria
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December 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
An avid drummer since childhood, Daniel Alabi is passionate about communication in all forms, which is why his work has focused on privacy in areas ranging from the U.S. census to AI deepfakes: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/daniel-alabi-privacy-computation-and-beating-the-drum-for-mentorship/
Fellows-to-Faculty alum Abhilasha Joshi maps cognitive-motor flexibility across the aging brain. Hear more about her research and how she used her award: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/fellows-to-faculty-awardee-abhilasha-joshi-maps-cognitive-motor-flexibility-across-the-aging-brain #neuroscience
December 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Fellows-to-Faculty alum Abhilasha Joshi maps cognitive-motor flexibility across the aging brain. Hear more about her research and how she used her award: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/fellows-to-faculty-awardee-abhilasha-joshi-maps-cognitive-motor-flexibility-across-the-aging-brain #neuroscience
In 2025, our researchers pushed science into new territory through bold inquiry & transformative science. Look back at our biggest stories this year, highlighting the people and ideas reshaping our understanding of the universe — and of ourselves: simonsfoundation.org/from-ringing... #science #math
From Ringing Black Holes to Restoring Gut Health: Science at Simons in 2025
From Ringing Black Holes to Restoring Gut Health: Science at Simons in 2025 on Simons Foundation
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December 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In 2025, our researchers pushed science into new territory through bold inquiry & transformative science. Look back at our biggest stories this year, highlighting the people and ideas reshaping our understanding of the universe — and of ourselves: simonsfoundation.org/from-ringing... #science #math
Currently accepting apps for funding of Patient Advocacy Group Family Conferences, with a focus on groups in the Simons Searchlight community. Learn more: https://www.sfari.org/grant/conference-support-for-rare-neurodevelopmental-disorder-communities-in-simons-searchlight/ #science #autismresearch
SFARI | Conference Support for Rare Neurodevelopmental Disorder Communities Participating in Simons Searchlight
SFARI is accepting applications for funding of Patient Advocacy Group Family Conferences, with a focus on groups in the Simons Searchlight community.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Currently accepting apps for funding of Patient Advocacy Group Family Conferences, with a focus on groups in the Simons Searchlight community. Learn more: https://www.sfari.org/grant/conference-support-for-rare-neurodevelopmental-disorder-communities-in-simons-searchlight/ #science #autismresearch
We interviewed the San Antonio Botanical Garden's Katie Erickson and Andrew Labay about their Math in Bloom program, part of our #InfiniteSums math initiative: infinitesums.simonsfoundation.org/math-ambassa... #math
Math Ambassadors: Katie Erickson and Andrew Labay From the San Antonio Botanical Garden
Erikson and Labay discuss how botanical gardens across the country are inviting people to experience the beauty of math through nature.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We interviewed the San Antonio Botanical Garden's Katie Erickson and Andrew Labay about their Math in Bloom program, part of our #InfiniteSums math initiative: infinitesums.simonsfoundation.org/math-ambassa... #math
Fellows-to-Faculty awardee Chen Ran maps the senses of internal organs. Receiving this award — which is currently open for apps — has been crucial in enabling his work: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/autism-and-neuroscience-innovators-awardees-share-their-research-at-the-annual-retreat/ #science
December 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Fellows-to-Faculty awardee Chen Ran maps the senses of internal organs. Receiving this award — which is currently open for apps — has been crucial in enabling his work: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/autism-and-neuroscience-innovators-awardees-share-their-research-at-the-annual-retreat/ #science
Last month, our new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE) held their first annual meeting at the foundation. Learn more about SCENE: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/neuroscience/simons-collaboration-on-ecological-neuroscience/ #science #neuroscience
December 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Last month, our new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE) held their first annual meeting at the foundation. Learn more about SCENE: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/neuroscience/simons-collaboration-on-ecological-neuroscience/ #science #neuroscience
Former Fellows-to-Faculty awardee Tomasz Nowakowski used his grant to jumpstart his new independent lab at UCSF. Read more about his work and our Fellows-to-Faculty program: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/fellows-to-faculty-alum-tomasz-nowakowski-studies-human-cortical-development/
Fellows-to-Faculty Alum Tomasz Nowakowski Studies Human Cortical Development
Simons Foundation Fellows-to-Faculty alumnus Tomasz Nowakowski spoke with the foundation about his experiences with the program.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Former Fellows-to-Faculty awardee Tomasz Nowakowski used his grant to jumpstart his new independent lab at UCSF. Read more about his work and our Fellows-to-Faculty program: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/fellows-to-faculty-alum-tomasz-nowakowski-studies-human-cortical-development/
Fellows-to-Faculty awardee Abhilasha Joshi used her award establish her lab at the National Center for Biological Sciences. Read more about her work: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/fellows-to-faculty-awardee-abhilasha-joshi-maps-cognitive-motor-flexibility-across-the-aging-brain/ #neuroscience
Fellows-to-Faculty Awardee Abhilasha Joshi Maps Cognitive-Motor Flexibility Across the Aging Brain
Fellows-to-Faculty Awardee Abhilasha Joshi Maps Cognitive-Motor Flexibility Across the Aging Brain on Simons Foundation
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December 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Fellows-to-Faculty awardee Abhilasha Joshi used her award establish her lab at the National Center for Biological Sciences. Read more about her work: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/fellows-to-faculty-awardee-abhilasha-joshi-maps-cognitive-motor-flexibility-across-the-aging-brain/ #neuroscience
By studying how rats make choices, @princeton.edu researchers and colleagues hope to reveal the basic principles of decision-making — insights that could eventually help explain how the human brain does: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/scientists-pinpoint-the-moment-of-decision-in-the-rat-brain/
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
By studying how rats make choices, @princeton.edu researchers and colleagues hope to reveal the basic principles of decision-making — insights that could eventually help explain how the human brain does: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/scientists-pinpoint-the-moment-of-decision-in-the-rat-brain/
Our Fellows-to-Faculty awardees met this spring to share their latest findings and make scientific connections. Read highlights of exciting work from some of the fellows: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/autism-and-neuroscience-innovators-awardees-share-their-research-at-the-annual-retreat/ #science
Autism and Neuroscience Innovators: Awardees Share Their Research at the Annual Retreat
Last spring, members of the Simons Foundation’s Fellows-to-Faculty program met for the 2025 meeting to share their latest findings and make connections.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Our Fellows-to-Faculty awardees met this spring to share their latest findings and make scientific connections. Read highlights of exciting work from some of the fellows: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/autism-and-neuroscience-innovators-awardees-share-their-research-at-the-annual-retreat/ #science
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Don't miss this Q&A with Leslie Sibener of the #RajasethupathyLab from the @simonsfoundation.org. In it, Sibener discusses her research on how our brains prioritize which memories to hold onto and which to let go.
Leslie Sibener and How Our Brains Choose Which Memories to Keep
Leslier Sibener, a member of the Simons Foundation's Simons Society of Fellows, sat down for a conversation about her work on memory.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Don't miss this Q&A with Leslie Sibener of the #RajasethupathyLab from the @simonsfoundation.org. In it, Sibener discusses her research on how our brains prioritize which memories to hold onto and which to let go.
Meet Pilar Osorio-Godoy from Grupo Cultural Latinos en Rochester! As a math ambassador for our #InfiniteSums initiative, she is creating community-led #math programs: https://infinitesums.simonsfoundation.org/math-ambassadors-pilar-osorio-godoy-from-the-grupo-cultural-latinos-en-rochester/
Math Ambassadors: Pilar Osorio-Godoy From the Grupo Cultural Latinos en Rochester
Osorio-Godoy discusses her community’s science and math journey — from the 2024 total solar eclipse to math and beyond.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Meet Pilar Osorio-Godoy from Grupo Cultural Latinos en Rochester! As a math ambassador for our #InfiniteSums initiative, she is creating community-led #math programs: https://infinitesums.simonsfoundation.org/math-ambassadors-pilar-osorio-godoy-from-the-grupo-cultural-latinos-en-rochester/
Just 3 days until Birth + Carnage comes alive! This collaboration between choreographer Marla Phelan and @flatironinstitute.org Blakesley Burkhart fuses dance with astrophysics to explore where cosmic forces meet human connection: https://www.lamama.org/birth-carnage #science #dance #astrophysics
Birth + Carnage - December 19-21
Birth + Carnage, a work by Marla Phelan, merges choreography and astrophysics– transforming computational simulations of stellar birth into visceral metaphor, digital landscape, and choreographic fram...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just 3 days until Birth + Carnage comes alive! This collaboration between choreographer Marla Phelan and @flatironinstitute.org Blakesley Burkhart fuses dance with astrophysics to explore where cosmic forces meet human connection: https://www.lamama.org/birth-carnage #science #dance #astrophysics
While popular AI models are trained on language or photographs, new models from @flatironinstitute.org and @polymathicai.bsky.social researchers are trained with scientific datasets: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/these-new-ai-models-are-trained-on-physics-not-words-and-theyre-driving-discovery/
These New AI Models Are Trained on Physics, Not Words, and They’re Driving Discovery
These New AI Models Are Trained on Physics, Not Words, and They’re Driving Discovery on Simons Foundation
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December 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
While popular AI models are trained on language or photographs, new models from @flatironinstitute.org and @polymathicai.bsky.social researchers are trained with scientific datasets: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/these-new-ai-models-are-trained-on-physics-not-words-and-theyre-driving-discovery/
The first three titles from @quantabooks.org include Terence Tao's "Six Math Essentials," his first #math book written for a popular audience. Arriving November 2026: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta-books-to-publish-popular-math-and-physics-titles-by-terence-tao-and-david-tong/
Quanta Books to Publish Popular Math and Physics Titles by Terence Tao and David Tong
New offerings from Quanta Books will invite readers on a tour of transformational ideas that have shaped our modern understanding of the universe.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The first three titles from @quantabooks.org include Terence Tao's "Six Math Essentials," his first #math book written for a popular audience. Arriving November 2026: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta-books-to-publish-popular-math-and-physics-titles-by-terence-tao-and-david-tong/
Former Fellows-to-Faculty awardee and George Washington University professor Gabriela Rosenblau studies social learning in autism. Read more about her work: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/fellows-to-faculty-alum-gabriela-rosenblau-dives-deep-into-social-learning-in-autism/ #science #autismresearch
Fellows-to-Faculty Alum Gabriela Rosenblau Dives Deep Into Social Learning in Autism
Simons Foundation Fellows-to-Faculty alumna Gabriela Rosenblau spoke with the foundation about her experiences with the fellowship.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Former Fellows-to-Faculty awardee and George Washington University professor Gabriela Rosenblau studies social learning in autism. Read more about her work: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/fellows-to-faculty-alum-gabriela-rosenblau-dives-deep-into-social-learning-in-autism/ #science #autismresearch
New AI ‘foundational models' from @polymathicai.bsky.social are leveraging knowledge from scientific fields to address seemingly completely different problems in others: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/these-new-ai-models-are-trained-on-physics-not-words-and-theyre-driving-discovery/ #AI #science
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New AI ‘foundational models' from @polymathicai.bsky.social are leveraging knowledge from scientific fields to address seemingly completely different problems in others: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/these-new-ai-models-are-trained-on-physics-not-words-and-theyre-driving-discovery/ #AI #science
How do organs acquire their signature shapes? New research on the fruit fly gut is helping answer this question: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/11/17/from-ring-to-keyhole-modeling-how-tissues-mold-the-fruit-flys-gut/ #science #biology
From Ring to Keyhole: Modeling How Tissues Mold the Fruit Fly’s Gut
A study on the fruit fly gut led by Flatiron Institute researchers gives insight into how tissues are shaped by bumping into their neighbors.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
How do organs acquire their signature shapes? New research on the fruit fly gut is helping answer this question: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/11/17/from-ring-to-keyhole-modeling-how-tissues-mold-the-fruit-flys-gut/ #science #biology
Humans have always looked to the moon, but there's so much left to discover. At our December Presents event, "Reflections on the Moon," @flatironinstitute.org's Adrian Bayer, sociologist Tracy Scott and NASA's Denise Hill explored what the moon still has left to teach us.
December 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Humans have always looked to the moon, but there's so much left to discover. At our December Presents event, "Reflections on the Moon," @flatironinstitute.org's Adrian Bayer, sociologist Tracy Scott and NASA's Denise Hill explored what the moon still has left to teach us.