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Schmidt Science Fellows @schmidtfellows.bsky.social · 27d

Reliving inspiring moments from our 2025 Interdisciplinary Science Summit with @Caltech.

In The Pivot Point, Schmidt Science Fellows and Polymaths shared bold pivots that sparked interdisciplinary science, from nano-neuro tech to intelligent systems.

Read more: shorturl.at/ZAW17

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Barak Hirshberg @barakhirshberg.bsky.social · 23d

What an unexpected and pleasant surprise is receiving the Israel Chemical Society Excellent Young Scientist Prize. Thank you!
Would have never happened without my amazing students and incredible department and colleagues.
@biosofttau.bsky.social
Congrats also to Graham!

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Yotam Feldman @yotamfe.bsky.social · Aug 8

יאס. ופיג'י

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Mattia Serra @mattiaserra.bsky.social · Jul 31

We’re recruiting PhD students & postdocs excited about nonlinear dynamics and the physics of living systems. Help us spread the word!

UC San Diego School of Physical Sciences @ucsdphysci.bsky.social · Jul 31

💥CONGRATS💥 to @mattiaserra.bsky.social on receiving a $1.6M NIH MIRA award. Mattia's project will integrate math and physics to develop data-driven frameworks for discovering the mechanisms of biological processes.

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Bussi Lab @bussilab.org · Jul 14

📢 New #preprint alert! Our review "RNA Dynamics and Interactions Revealed through Atomistic Simulations" is now available on arxiv.org/abs/2507.08474 ! Written by @bussigio.bsky.social and @ollyfutur.bsky.social

RNA Dynamics and Interactions Revealed through Atomistic Simulations

RNA function is deeply intertwined with its conformational dynamics. In this review, we survey recent advances in the use of atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to characterize RNA dynamics in di...

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Barak Hirshberg @barakhirshberg.bsky.social · Jul 8

Very few things make me prouder than having Jacob and @yotamfe.bsky.social's paper published today in JCP in the special issue honoring one of my personal heroes, Abraham Nitzan.

Abe is a giant of theoretical chemistry (in Israel and globally) and an inspiration to us all.
doi.org/10.1063/5.02...

Periodic boundary conditions for bosonic path integral molecular dynamics

We develop an algorithm for bosonic path integral molecular dynamics (PIMD) simulations with periodic boundary conditions (PBC) that scales quadratically with t

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Yair Shokef @yairshokef.bsky.social · Jul 1

And paper #2 here: Defect Positioning in Combinatorial Metamaterials doi.org/10.1103/mvrj...

Defect positioning in combinatorial metamaterials

Combinatorial mechanical metamaterials are made of anisotropic, flexible blocks, such that multiple metamaterials may be constructed using a single block type, and the system's response depends on the...

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Yair Shokef @yairshokef.bsky.social · Jul 1

Read open access paper #1 here: Breaking mechanical holography in combinatorial metamaterials doi.org/10.1103/wtgy...

Breaking mechanical holography in combinatorial metamaterials

Combinatorial mechanical metamaterials are made of anisotropic, flexible blocks, such that multiple metamaterials may be constructed using a single block type, and the system's response strongly depen...

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Yair Shokef @yairshokef.bsky.social · Jul 1

Defect Positioning in Combinatorial Metamaterials combined rigorous mathematical analysis with Yotam Feldman and Guy Cohen’s ability to translate our questions on mechanical incompatibility within the metamaterial to a constraint satisfaction problem.

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Yair Shokef @yairshokef.bsky.social · Jul 1

Breaking Mechanical Holography in Combinatorial Metamaterials started from Naomi Spiro’s undergraduate summer project and Ofri Palti’s highschool final project. Breaking the link between the lattice's boundary & inside allows to design deformation texture on the entire boundary.

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Yair Shokef @yairshokef.bsky.social · Jul 1

Our two sister papers on combinatorial metamaterials published today in @physrevresearch.bsky.social, a result of a fantastic SKCM2 collaboration with Chaviva Sirote-Katz at Tel Aviv and Tamás Kálmán at Tokyo shokef.tau.ac.il

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Schmidt Science Fellows @schmidtfellows.bsky.social · Jun 20

What if mental health support could be as flexible as the lives we lead? Our 2023 Fellow Asim Gazi is building intelligent algorithms to help wearable devices, like smartwatches, provide real-time support, bridging critical gaps in mental healthcare. #mentalhealth www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z59...

Could Your Smartwatch Support Your Mental Health?

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · Jun 19

I'm going to do some writing today

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Schmidt Science Fellows @schmidtfellows.bsky.social · Jun 18

Driven by her grandmother's experience, our 2023 Fellow Coco Newton’s work is focused on delivering effective dementia treatment to everyone. She pivoted from neuroscience to systems engineering to help build a better healthcare system. 📽️Explore her #research story www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiLT...

Can We Design a Better System for Dementia?

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Yotam Feldman @yotamfe.bsky.social · Jun 17

Today I learned
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginal...

Reginald Victor Jones - Wikipedia

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whtstar2 @whtstar2.bsky.social · Jun 15

הקשב מצבו: אבד באמצע פרק של בלואי

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Yotam Feldman @yotamfe.bsky.social · Jun 13

I can say from personal experience that this video is not quite as good as listening to Vesna for 14 minutes straight but it's still extremely fabulous

Schmidt Science Fellows @schmidtfellows.bsky.social · Jun 13

“If we’re able to listen to that conversation, I think we’ll be able to understand what they need and when they need it.” Vesna Bacheva, a 2023 Schmidt Science Fellow, bridges engineering and plant biology to decode how plants communicate. 🎬Watch our latest film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=plxs...

Schmidt Science Fellows | Vesna Bacheva

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Schmidt Science Fellows @schmidtfellows.bsky.social · Jun 13

“If we’re able to listen to that conversation, I think we’ll be able to understand what they need and when they need it.” Vesna Bacheva, a 2023 Schmidt Science Fellow, bridges engineering and plant biology to decode how plants communicate. 🎬Watch our latest film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=plxs...

Schmidt Science Fellows | Vesna Bacheva

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · Jun 12

Confession to an editor! #tcteac with EMBO editor @tlemberger.bsky.social

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Schmidt Science Fellows @schmidtfellows.bsky.social · Jun 11

Inspired by her family’s roots in sustainable aquaculture in Mexico, our 2022 Fellow Naomi Arita Merino’s interdisciplinary research blends personal passion with cutting-edge science to address food insecurity worldwide. Watch our latest film: youtu.be/EPxaTDhtNLI

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Yotam Feldman @yotamfe.bsky.social · Jun 10

Had a great time talking with Martin about the various astonishments I've experienced while thinking hard on invariant inference and finding myself studying learning theory. Also: SAT solving for metamaterials w/ @yairshokef.bsky.social, and the joys of feeling stupid. Hope you'll enjoy it.

ETAPS conferences @etapsconf.bsky.social · Jun 6

A new blog post is out:
etaps.org/blog/034-yot...

Yotam Feldman, winner of the 2024 ETAPS dissertation award, talks about his PhD research.

On the Theory of Learning Invariants

Interview with Yotam Feldman, the winner of the 2024 ETAPS Doctoral Dissertation Award.

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ETAPS conferences @etapsconf.bsky.social · Jun 6

A new blog post is out:
etaps.org/blog/034-yot...

Yotam Feldman, winner of the 2024 ETAPS dissertation award, talks about his PhD research.

On the Theory of Learning Invariants

Interview with Yotam Feldman, the winner of the 2024 ETAPS Doctoral Dissertation Award.

etaps.org

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limmerlab @limmerlab.bsky.social · May 22

Introducing CECAM-US-WEST, a new CECAM node located at UC Berkeley. Programing starting next calendar year! @cecamevents.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/new-int...

New international center for computational science at UC Berkeley | College of Chemistry

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Hila Peleg @hilacodes.bsky.social · May 29

"There is no study or sequence of studies, including the infinite sequence, that would convince a person that likes dynamic types to say I have seen the light, I like strong types now."
-- @shriram.bsky.social

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Hila Peleg @hilacodes.bsky.social · May 27

"Every time someone utters the words 'general purpose' what they mean is 'I've optimized for a thing but I don't know what that thing is'." --David Chisnall

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