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Flatiron Institute @flatironinstitute.org · 1d

Our Initiative for Computational Catalysis recently hosted a meeting on Ab Initio Quantum Electrodynamics for Quantum Materials Engineering. Thanks to all that attended! #physics

Careers on Simons Foundation

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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 6d

The Simons Foundation is #hiring! Check out our open opportunities including Senior Software Engineer, Science Reporting Intern for @thetransmitter.bsky.social, and Office Services Coordinator: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/careers/ #science #math

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CCM Distinguished Research Scientist Stéphane Mallat Awarded CNRS Gold Medal

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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 8d

@flatironinstitute.org Distinguished Research Scientist Stéphane Mallat was recently awarded the @cnrs.fr Gold Medal in recognition of his scientific contributions: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/ccm-distinguished-research-scientist-stephane-mallat-awarded-cnrs-gold-medal/ #science #math

The French National Centre for Scientific Research has awarded Flatiron Institute mathematician Stéphane Mallat the 2025 CNRS Gold Medal.

Flatiron Institute @flatironinstitute.org · 8d

One month left to apply for a postdoc position at #FlatironCCA! Applications due 10/31: https://apply.interfolio.com/173403 #science #astrophysics

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Flatiron Institute Scientists Named Blavatnik Regional Award Honorees

Flatiron Institute @flatironinstitute.org · 16d

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

Clear Signal Sheds Light on Black Holes infographic

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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 16d

@flatironinstitute.org scientist Valentin Crépel recently won the 2025 Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists while Ore Gottlieb was named a finalist: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/flatiron-institute-scientists-valentin-crepel-and-ore-gottlieb-named-blavatnik-regional-award-honorees/

Two Simons Foundation Flatiron Institute researchers were honored as a laureate and a finalist in the 2025 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists.

Peer pressure shapes the gut

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 19d

Peer pressure shapes the gut: latest publication in @pnas.org by @lepuslapis.bsky.social, @zhaoshh.bsky.social from @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social with colleagues from @flatironinstitute.org and Princeton University. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

International research team develops mechanical model to explain the shaping of the fruit fly hindgut by forces from neighbouring tissues

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pilarcossio.bsky.social @pilarcossio.bsky.social · 19d

*Job Alert*: postdoc positions available @flatironinstitute.org in Computational Mathematics: apply.interfolio.com/173401

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surimk92.bsky.social @surimk92.bsky.social · 20d

Accepted to #NeurIPS25! 🥳 Big congrats to Stephen !! glad to be part of it @flatironinstitute.org

surimk92.bsky.social @surimk92.bsky.social · May 21

🚀Excellent follow-up by Stephen extending Probability Flow Inference to account for cell proliferation. SOTA performance on time-resolved scRNA-seq to infer transcriptional flow dynamics.

In short: inverting the Fokker-Planck in 10–20D with cell growth @ arxiv.org/pdf/2505.13197

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Flatiron Institute @flatironinstitute.org · 20d

As part of the @simonsfoundation.org's Researcher Engagement program, Flatiron scientists teamed up with filmmakers to create 6 short films about basic science. Watch: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/06/18/watch-6-science-short-films-created-by-flatiron-institute-researchers-and-filmmakers/

Watch: 6 Science Short Films Created by Flatiron Institute Researchers and Filmmakers

The two-week-long Symbiosis program yielded six experimental short films about basic science.

CCM Distinguished Research Scientist Stéphane Mallat Awarded CNRS Gold Medal

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Flatiron Institute @flatironinstitute.org · 20d

#FlatironCCM distinguished research scientist Stéphane Mallat was awarded the 2025 @cnrs.fr Gold Medal for his “exceptional contributions to the dynamism and influence of French research." Congratulations, Stéphane! www.simonsfoundation.org/ccm-distingu... #science #math

The French National Centre for Scientific Research has awarded Flatiron Institute mathematician Stéphane Mallat the 2025 CNRS Gold Medal.

Coherent dynamics of thalamic head-direction neurons irrespective of input

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Guillaume Viejo @guillaumeviejo.bsky.social · 22d

Finally preprinted! TL;DR: thalamic head-direction neurons can shape their activity regardless of input. Big thanks to @apeyrache.bsky.social and master experimentalist @sskromne.bsky.social .

Adrien Peyrache @apeyrache.bsky.social · 22d

🚨New preprint alert!

The thalamus has long been seen as a relay of sensory signals to cortex.
But could it also generate its own structured activity?
Our study explores this question in the head-direction (HD) system.

Some explanation 🧵👇 1/13

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

While the thalamus is known to relay and modulate sensory signals to the cortex, whether it also participates in active computation and intrinsic signal generation remains unresolved. The anterodorsal...

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Charles Margossian @charlesm993.bsky.social · 22d

Application for a postdoc research fellowship in computational mathematics at the Flatiron Institute in New York are now open!

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📆 Deadline is December 1st.

🔭 This is an excellent place to do research at the interface of ML, stats and the natural sciences.

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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 21d

@flatironinstitute.org astrophysicist Maximiliano Isi and colleagues have used measurements from @ligo.org to reveal insights into the properties of black holes and the fundamental nature of space-time: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/ringing-black-hole-confirms-einstein-and-hawkings-predictions/

Flatiron Institute Scientists Named Blavatnik Regional Award Honorees

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Adrian Price-Whelan @adrian.pw · 21d

The CCA @flatironinstitute.org is hiring postdocs!

We have two types, both independent fellowships:
FRF: 3 year research fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173403
FSRF: 5 year research+software fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173402

See here for more info!
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Flatiron Institute @flatironinstitute.org · 21d

#FlatironCCQ scientist Valentin Crépel won a 2025 Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists. #FlatironCCA's Ore Gottlieb was named a finalist. Read more:
https://www.simonsfoundation.org/flatiron-institute-scientists-valentin-crepel-and-ore-gottlieb-named-blavatnik-regional-award-honorees/

Two Simons Foundation Flatiron Institute researchers were honored as a laureate and a finalist in the 2025 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists.

BBC Four - The Sky at Night, The Expanding Universe

Flatiron Institute @flatironinstitute.org · 22d

The @simonsobservatory.org was recently highlighted on BBC Four's The Sky at Night program: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002j9vz #science #astronomy #cosmology

The team explores the expansion of the universe and its role in how the cosmos works.

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Flatiron Institute @flatironinstitute.org · 23d

Our Center for Computational Astrophysics is #hiring postdocs! Come undertake independent research in areas that have strong synergy with #FlatironCCA or our other computational centers. Apply by 10/31: https://apply.interfolio.com/173403 #science #astrophysics

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Philip Mocz @philipmocz.bsky.social · 23d

We're hiring Flatiron Research Fellows & Software Fellows at the @flatironinstitute.org CCA. These independent postdoc positions offer outstanding opportunities for collaboration, computation, and scientific growth in NYC: apply.interfolio.com/173402 apply.interfolio.com/173403

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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 26d

For decades, scientists have sought ways to probe the fundamental properties of black holes. New gravitational wave observations by @ligo.org provide the best look yet: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/09/10/r... #science #astrophysics #FlatironCCA @flatironinstitute.org

Ringing Black Hole Confirms Einstein and Hawking’s Predictions

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Jonathan Pillow @jpillowtime.bsky.social · 27d

Great opportunity to learn to use fancy neural data analysis tools developed at the @flatironinstitute.org. Sign up for this workshop at SFN 2025!

Pynapple @pynapple.bsky.social · 27d

🎉 Deadline is *tomorrow*!
Join the @flatironinstitute.org workshop on pynapple & NeMos @sfn.org this November to analyze and model neural data

pynapple: analyze neural time series
NeMoS: model neural population dynamics
Meals + accommodation included
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surimk92.bsky.social @surimk92.bsky.social · 27d

Excited to share our paper on learning stochastic processes from cross-sectional biological data, now out in @pnas.org
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Pynapple @pynapple.bsky.social · 27d

🎉 Deadline is *tomorrow*!
Join the @flatironinstitute.org workshop on pynapple & NeMos @sfn.org this November to analyze and model neural data

pynapple: analyze neural time series
NeMoS: model neural population dynamics
Meals + accommodation included
👉 neurorse.flatironinstitute.org/events/2025/...

SfN 2025

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Flatiron Institute @flatironinstitute.org · 28d

New observations of a merger of two black holes confirm decades-old predictions by Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking & Roy Kerr. Led by #FlatironCCA's Maximiliano Isi & @farrwill.bsky.social: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/09/10/ringing-black-hole-confirms-einstein-and-hawkings-predictions/

Ringing Black Hole Confirms Einstein and Hawking’s Predictions

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