
Astera Institute
@AsteraInstitute
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We empower visionary, high-leverage science and technology projects with the capacity to create transformative progress for human civilization.
Joined December 2020
While AI is short for Artificial Intelligence, it's also short for Astera Institute!. We're hiring an AI researcher. If you're interested in doing high-impact research in an institution with the ability to take a long-term view, check out our open role. Link in next tweet ⬇️.
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RT @rtk254: 1/ 📢 @CosmikNetwork has been awarded $1M in grant funding by @open_phil and @AsteraInstitute! These generous grants will suppo….
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RT @CornellCAS: Funded by @AsteraInstitute, a new $5M initiative aims to make diffuse scattering–a signal in X-ray crystallography that re….
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RT @diffUSEproject: Announcing the Diffuse Project! We're unlocking protein dynamics through diffuse X-ray scattering - the overlooked sign….
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RT @seemaychou: Systems/tool builders will be the alphas of the next era of biology. Thinking more about what data is useful and scalable,….
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@diffUSEproject @FraserLab We are also thrilled that the team will be experimenting with new modes of publishing, entirely outside of traditional journals!.
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Astera is committing a seed fund of $5M, in addition to compute access through Voltage Park. These resources are distributed across @diffUSEproject team and several research groups, including those of James Fraser at University of California, San Francisco (@FraserLab), Nozomi.
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It centers around the development of methods and infrastructure that better leverage X-ray crystallography to collect data on how proteins move. This work aims to accelerate predictive, AI-driven protein motion modeling. It could lead to a step change in our understanding of.
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RT @seemaychou: What’s the next PDB? Maybe it’s …the PDB. We just launched @diffUSEproject, a structural biology initiative exploring prot….
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We’re excited to support @diffUSEproject with a $5M grant and compute access through Voltage Park. The project takes a first-principles approach to improving the study of protein motion 🧵.
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RT @catehall: Excited to be able to support Adam and Paul’s valuable work on understanding AI systems at @AsteraInstitute.
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RT @adamimos: I spoke with @AsteraInstitute about how studying intelligence led me from neuroscience to AI, and the work I’m now doing with….
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RT @RiechersPaul: A sketch of our vision and a nice conversation with @AsteraInstitute alongside @adamimos about belief-state geometry, com….
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What’s going on inside large AI models?. Astera grantees @adamimos and @RiechersPaul are building a new theory of internal structure to better understand intelligence. We sat down with them to learn more about their work as co-founders of Simplex, a research organization:
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Have you been waiting for a technical blog detailing a research agenda for terraforming Mars to come online? Well, the wait is over:.
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We’re excited to support Energy IoT Open Source’s work to democratize access to microgrids — a decentralized, open-source platform can change lives and deliver real-world impact.
⚡️Big news! @AsteraInstitute awarded a $100K grant to @EnergyIOT to expand open-source microgrids—starting with a new energy lab at Port Labs in Oakland. Decentralized. Resilient. Open for all. 🌍.👉 Learn more: #ClimateTech #Microgrids #OpenSourceEnergy.
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RT @edwinkite: New Q&A from @asterainstitute on our approach to applied astrobiology:.
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For more, check out this terraforming session at @theAGU in December:.
Terraforming session @theAGU conference: P008 - Creating sustainable habitats and ecosystems beyond Earth. Conveners: Edwin Kite (@AsteraInstitute + @UChicago ), Nina Lanza (@LosAlamosNatLab ), Robin Wordsworth (@Harvard), and Chuanfei Dong (@BU_Tweets)
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