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@AsteraInstitute
Astera Institute
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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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Fostering a world-scale biosphere on Mars: a research agenda.
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@AsteraInstitute
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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.
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Energy IOT Open Source
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⚡️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:.
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Edwin Kite
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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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