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Convergent Research
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Convergent Research enables fundamental research that requires unusual levels of scale and coordination.
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Sumner L. Norman @sumnerln.bsky.social · 4d
Thrilled to finally share this work on how ultrasound BCIs function under the hood. 🧠

It was an honor working with Whitney the pièce de résistance of his PhD work at @caltech.edu
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Whitney Griggs @whitneygriggs.bsky.social · 4d
🧠Excited to share our latest ultrasound & neurotech paper @natureportfolio.nature.com

🦾 Our previous papers demonstrated the HOW of an ultrasonic brain-machine interface in monkeys and humans. This paper highlights WHY it works.
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Nikolai Slavov @slavov-n.bsky.social · 5d
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
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Ben Reinhardt @benjaminreinhardt.com · 7d
Applications for the 2026 cohort of the Brains Research Accelerator are now open!

If you have a deep technical background and an ambitious research idea that's beyond the scope of a startup or academic lab, you should apply!

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Speculative Technologies
Speculative Technologies is a nonprofit resarch organization unlocking new materials and manufacturing technologies
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Addgene @addgene.bsky.social · 7d
New AAV tools from @e11bio.bsky.social! PRISM uses protein-tag barcodes for high-throughput reconstruction of neurons and other cell-labeling applications. https://twp.ai/4iruEB
A 3D rendering of a network of neurons from a rectangular volume. Each neuron is filled with a slightly different color, making each cell body and its projections distinct from its neighbors.
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Adam Marblestone @adammarblestone.bsky.social · 7d
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.
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Andrew Payne @andrewcpayne.bsky.social · 7d
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
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Andrew Payne @andrewcpayne.bsky.social · 7d
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
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Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) @aria-research.bsky.social · 12d
👀 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
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.
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Quantum Biology Institute @quantumbioorg.bsky.social · 15d
1/4 We are delighted & honored to share that @quantumbioorg.bsky.social has been highlighted in @convergentresearch.bsky.social's Fundamental Development Gap Map v1.0
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Lean Focused Research Organization @lean-lang.org · 15d
Two great talks at #HLF25 last week: Sanjeev Arora on superhuman AI mathematicians using #LeanLang, and David Silver on AI learning through experience with #LeanProver verification.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9MJ...

#AI #FormalMath #ReinforcementLearning
Spark Session | September 15
YouTube video by Heidelberg Laureate Forum
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Parallel Squared Technology Institute @parallelsq.bsky.social · 15d
@jasonderks.bsky.social is presenting at iSCMS! Come by this Saturday afternoon around 2pm to hear his talk: "Increasing proteomics throughput by multiplexing in the mass and time domains".

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Conference Program – iSCMS
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Parallel Squared Technology Institute @parallelsq.bsky.social · 19d
Science communication is a key part of our mission, so thank you @juliabauman.bsky.social for this video about PTI's single cell proteomics research!
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Nikolai Slavov @slavov-n.bsky.social · 19d
A clear summary of our approach & progress towards scaling up (single-cell) proteomics.
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Parallel Squared Technology Institute @parallelsq.bsky.social · 19d
Science communication is a key part of our mission, so thank you @juliabauman.bsky.social for this video about PTI's single cell proteomics research!
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Parallel Squared Technology Institute @parallelsq.bsky.social · 22d
PTI is growing and we are looking for more scientists to join our team!

Neurodegenerative Disease Senior Scientist: jobs.lever.co/convergentre...

Computational Biologist: jobs.lever.co/convergentre...

Research Chemist: jobs.lever.co/convergentre...
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Nikolai Slavov @slavov-n.bsky.social · 22d
Join our team and help realize a bold vision.
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Convergent Research @convergentresearch.bsky.social · 22d
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...
Inside the UK FRO Founder Residency with ARIA
a big step forward in how we source and incubate new FRO projects
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IMPRINT @imprintlabs.bsky.social · 29d
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
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Convergent Research @convergentresearch.bsky.social · Aug 12
How can we identify what capabilities will matter most in an increasingly intelligence-saturated world?

1. Avoid fast obsolescence
2. Complement AI
3. Use the steering wheel, not just the pedals
4. Imagine good futures

+ our AI-inflected priorities across 7 fields.
Prioritizing Fundamental Capabilities for the Intelligence Age
What science & technology should we steer towards?
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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · Jul 23
Interesting to see @convergentresearch.bsky.social FROs in the government's "AI Action Plan" 👀
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🎶Jaaane says... 🎶 🇨🇦 @cportgrrl.bsky.social · May 29
The hits keep on coming from @parallelsq.bsky.social! Today we released an exciting use-case for plexDIA in single cell analysis of #alzheimer's disease, characterizing dysregulation of the 20S proteasome. #TeamMassSpec #Proteomics

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Ubiquitin-Proteasome System Dysregulation in Alzheimer's Disease Impacts Protein Abundance
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a relentlessly progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disorder associated with widespread aberrant proteomic changes. The full extent of protein dysfunctions in AD and their ...
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Lean Focused Research Organization @lean-lang.org · Jul 7
📣 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
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Lisa DeBruine @debruine.bsky.social · Jul 2
Anastasia Garnick from @convergentresearch.bsky.social presents the “gap map” and how Focussed Research Organisations (FROs) can help #MetaScience2025

www.gap-map.org
Gap Map
Explore R&D Gaps and their related Foundational Capabilities.
www.gap-map.org
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Convergent Research @convergentresearch.bsky.social · Jun 25
Catch @anastasiag.bsky.social and @adammarblestone.bsky.social chatting with @ashleevance.bsky.social on Core Memory today:

www.corememory.com/p/fixing-ame...
Fixing American Science Funding
EP 22 - Our chat with the Convergent Research founders
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Jun Axup @junbio.bsky.social · Jun 10
People often ask how FROs started. Here's the origin story! Honored to be a part of this movement!
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Convergent Research @convergentresearch.bsky.social · Jun 9
"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
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Convergent Research @convergentresearch.bsky.social · Jun 9
...as well as @medialab.bsky.social, @scientistsorg.bsky.social, and of course some of the 10 Convergent-supported FROs themselves: @e11bio.bsky.social, @cultivarium.bsky.social, @cworthy.bsky.social, and @lean-lang.org.

news.mit.edu/2025/former-...
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
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Convergent Research @convergentresearch.bsky.social · Jun 9
- @ZachinBoston, for @mit.edu News, on the story of Convergent Research and our FROs

feat. @eboyden3.bsky.social, @adammarblestone.bsky.social, @andrewcpayne.bsky.social, @sgrodriques.bsky.social, Tom Kalil, @anastasiag.bsky.social...

news.mit.edu/2025/former-...
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
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