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1. adam marblestone · convergent-research-people

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     "note": "cofounder and ceo. a schmidt futures innovation fellow who proposed the incubator; before that an fas fellow, a research scientist at google deepmind, chief strategy officer at kernel (bci), and a research scientist in ed boyden's synthetic neurobiology group at mit — where the fro idea was jointly conceived with the boyden-lab circle. harvard biophysics phd with george church; yale theoretical physics with devoret; helped start biobright; advised open philanthropy; consulting research director for longevity at astera. boards: norn group, new science, and (per his personal site) speculative technologies. hertz fellowship interviewer; tr35 (2018), hertz (2010), goldwater (2008). cats: lyra, neo.",
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2. anastasia gamick · convergent-research-people

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     "name": "anastasia gamick",
     "note": "cofounder and president — 'helped pioneer the fro model.' prior roles at neuralink, creator, segovia, and curative — frontier-tech and global-health operations before the incubator. sits on the boards of forest neurotech, eve bio, cultivarium, dragonfly, [c]worthy, and the unitary fund — the governance half of 'mission control.' gave the day-3 opening keynote at metascience 2025; her signature elicitation question: 'what would you do with $50 million to fundamentally change your field?'",
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3. sam rodriques · convergent-research-people

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     "note": "the co-inventor, not staff. mit physics phd (boyden and gore, 2019) — his thesis's final chapter is the first written fro proposal; co-authored the day one memo and the nature comment. now a crick group leader and a futurehouse co-founder — building his own version of the private lab outside the convergent line.",
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4. tom kalil · convergent-research-people

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     "name": "tom kalil",
     "note": "board chair. ceo of renaissance philanthropy; formerly schmidt futures' chief innovation officer, where he 'supported the launch of convergent research.' a clinton- and obama-era ostp veteran — the national nanotechnology initiative, the brain initiative, incentive-prize authority — and a future house board member. mit news credits him alongside the co-founders in convergent's launch.",
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5. the board · convergent-research-people

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     "note": "megan blewett (iris medicine cofounder; ex-venrock; scripps phd in the cravatt lab), morgan levine (altos labs founding pi; ex-yale; aging biology), cheryl martin (harwich partners; ex-arpa-e acting director; kleiner perkins eir; nature-comment coauthor), richard murray (caltech everhart professor; ebrc cofounder), and kalil as chair.",
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6. the mission-control staff · convergent-research-people

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     "note": "about twenty-five people on the current team page: mary wang (head of strategic initiatives, joined 2024; ex-scripps/calibr chief of staff), sabrina singh (chief of staff), kait picco (people & ops), mir masud-elias (general counsel), david lansky (legal, fros), danna luo (finance), lisa girard (communications), scott benton (philanthropic advisor), avery holland (portfolio success). joseph fridman joined in 2025 as head of communications but is absent from the current page — likely departed; milan cvitkovic, the early strategy lead and nature/tbi coauthor, departed by ~2026.",
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7. the fro founders · convergent-research-people

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8. the missing middle · convergent-research-themes

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9. institutional innovation · convergent-research-themes

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10. public goods over papers · convergent-research-themes

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11. milestone-driven science · convergent-research-themes

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12. the fro-shaped problem · convergent-research-themes

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13. metascience · convergent-research-themes

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14. the innovation orchard · convergent-research-themes

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15. mapping cell types, dynamics, and connections in neural circuits · convergent-research-writings · 2019-05-17 (day)

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          "text": "a structure for basic science research, complementary to the academic structure, based on the systematic establishment of well-funded, highly focused research projects with clear goals, an incentive to rapidly disseminate information, and limited lifetimes"
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      "summary": "the mit physics phd whose final chapter is the first written fro proposal — the connectomics work inside it became e11 bio, 'the original inspiration for the focused research organization model.'",
      "themes": [
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        "the fro-shaped problem"
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      "title": "mapping cell types, dynamics, and connections in neural circuits",
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16. focused research organizations to accelerate science, technology, and medicine · convergent-research-writings · 2020-09-24 (day)

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      "summary": "the rodriques-and-marblestone white paper through the day one project at fas — asking the next administration for sixteen fros, four a year, overseen by ostp.",
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17. these 'focused research organizations' are taking on gaps in scientific discovery · convergent-research-writings · 2021-10-12 (day)

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          "text": "your job is to publish scientific papers... if you can't yet tweak them... that's a pretty long path"
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      "summary": "the launch interview — marblestone's academia-versus-industry framing of the gap fros fill, with schmidt futures ceo eric braverman alongside.",
      "themes": [
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      "title": "these 'focused research organizations' are taking on gaps in scientific discovery",
      "traction": "the canonical launch-press hit",
      "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/90684882/these-focused-research-organizations-are-taking-on-gaps-in-scientific-discovery",
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18. selected mentions of the focused research organization (fro) concept online · convergent-research-writings · 2021-10-18 (day)

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      "summary": "marblestone's self-compiled index of launch-week fro mentions — the link-log as institutional memory, updated into 2025.",
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19. fro & parpa: innovating in scientific innovation · convergent-research-writings · 2021-10-19 (day)

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      "summary": "the launch-week joint session with ben reinhardt — the fro and the parpa presented as the two templates of the same scene.",
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20. adam marblestone on idea machines · convergent-research-writings · 2021 (year)

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      "summary": "the idea machines podcast episodes — the fro thesis told in the metascience scene's own venue, twice.",
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        "the missing middle"
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21. unblock research bottlenecks with non-profit start-ups · convergent-research-writings · 2022-01-11 (day)

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          "text": "'focused research organizations' can take on mid-scale projects that don't get tackled by academia, venture capitalists or government labs"
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      "summary": "the six-author nature world view — marblestone, gamick, kalil, martin, cvitkovic, rodriques — the canonical fro manifesto in mainstream science press.",
      "themes": [
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        "milestone-driven science",
        "public goods over papers"
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      "title": "unblock research bottlenecks with non-profit start-ups",
      "traction": "nature 601:188–190; ~15 citations per the coverage lane",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00018-5",
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22. how schmidt futures is innovating philanthropic funding for scientific advancement · convergent-research-writings · 2022 (year)

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      "summary": "kalil's account of the fro origin — rodriques plus marblestone — from inside schmidt futures' philanthropy-innovation seat.",
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      "title": "how schmidt futures is innovating philanthropic funding for scientific advancement",
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      "url": "https://tytonpartners.com/how-schmidt-futures-is-innovating-philanthropic-funding-for-scientific-advancement-part-2/",
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23. a new model for science · convergent-research-writings · 2022-08-04 (day)

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      "summary": "'a new model for science' — co-published by the tony blair institute, the entrepreneurs network, and convergent (cvitkovic, marblestone, gamick among the authors). 'seal teams for science'; the document that seeded uk adoption.",
      "themes": [
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        "the fro-shaped problem"
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      "title": "a new model for science",
      "traction": "cited by uk strategy work; seeded the aria/rvc line",
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24. three learnings about focused research organizations · convergent-research-writings · 2023-06-14 (day)

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          "text": "the fros as a concept or as a 'metascience experiment' will always be less important than the science they enable"
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      "summary": "the insider self-critique — the 5–7-year sunset 'generated more concern than i had expected,' fros should be free to grow if they succeed, and the real win is professional research careers outside the academy.",
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25. optical microscopy provides a path to a $10m mouse brain connectome · convergent-research-writings · 2023-07-15 (day)

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      "summary": "the optical-connectomics post — the $10m mouse brain connectome path and the admission that e11 was the model's original inspiration.",
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        "the fro-shaped problem"
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      "title": "optical microscopy provides a path to a $10m mouse brain connectome",
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26. how to build essential technology · convergent-research-writings · 2025-02-07 (day)

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      "summary": "the essential technology launch manifesto — 'bridge-scale' science between grants and megaprojects, a claimed ~100 fro-shaped projects in the backlog, and the trillion-dollar societal-value arithmetic (self-reported estimates).",
      "themes": [
        "the fro-shaped problem",
        "institutional innovation",
        "public goods over papers"
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      "url": "https://www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/how-to-build-essential-technology",
      "venue": "essential technology"
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27. introducing the convergent research gap map · convergent-research-writings · 2025-04-15 (day)

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      "summary": "introducing the gap map — the public v1.0 database of 'fundamental development' bottlenecks, the thesis turned into an enumerable list.",
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        "metascience"
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      "title": "introducing the convergent research gap map",
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28. inside the uk fro founder residency · convergent-research-writings · 2025-09-16 (day)

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      "summary": "inside the uk fro founder residency — roughly ninety to a hundred applications distilled to five teams for a six-month program with aria.",
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        "the innovation orchard"
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      "venue": "essential technology"
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29. forging new institutions and alliances · convergent-research-writings · 2025-10-02 (day)

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      "summary": "'forging new institutions and alliances' — gamick's metascience 2025 day-3 opening keynote: the e11 prism reveal, the metascience alliance launch, and the aria fro plan.",
      "themes": [
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        "the innovation orchard",
        "metascience"
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      "url": "https://www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/forging-new-institutions-and-alliances",
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30. field notes on moving focused research organizations forward · convergent-research-writings · 2025-10-13 (day)

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      "summary": "the four-year retrospective in issues in science and technology — marblestone, gamick, wang, and fridman on what broke: rigid milestones, scientist-founder management gaps, midstream fundraising, and dissemination. the most important primary self-assessment.",
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      "title": "field notes on moving focused research organizations forward",
      "traction": "issues in s&t, fall 2025, 42(1):43–48",
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31. nsf plans to supercharge fro-style independent labs · convergent-research-writings · 2025-12-12 (day)

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      "summary": "correa interviews marblestone and rodriques the day nsf announces tech labs — 'more than 30 philanthropic organizations... and several government organizations, have put funding into fros.'",
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        "institutional innovation",
        "the fro-shaped problem"
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      "title": "nsf plans to supercharge fro-style independent labs",
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      "url": "https://fas.org/publication/nsf-supercharge-independent-tech-labs/",
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32. our responses to the nsf tech labs rfi · convergent-research-writings · 2025-12 (month)

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      "summary": "convergent's published rfi responses to nsf tech labs — program design and translational bottlenecks, plus the offer to serve as implementation partner.",
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        "institutional innovation",
        "milestone-driven science"
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      "title": "our responses to the nsf tech labs rfi",
      "traction": null,
      "url": "https://www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/our-responses-to-the-nsf-tech-labs",
      "venue": "essential technology"
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33. building science's missing infrastructure · convergent-research-writings · 2026 (year)

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      "summary": "the frameshifts interview — 'building science's missing infrastructure': the gap map, 'intellectual dark matter,' and the late-2025 nsf announcement in the rear view.",
      "themes": [
        "the missing middle",
        "metascience"
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      "title": "building science's missing infrastructure",
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      "url": "https://frameshifts.bio/p/building-sciences-missing-infrastructure",
      "venue": "frameshifts"
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34. adam marblestone | solving science's biggest gaps · convergent-research-writings · 2025 (year)

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      "summary": "the existential hope episode — 'solving science's biggest gaps' for the foresight audience.",
      "themes": [
        "the missing middle",
        "institutional innovation"
      ],
      "title": "adam marblestone | solving science's biggest gaps",
      "traction": null,
      "url": "https://www.existentialhope.com/podcasts/adam-marblestone",
      "venue": "existential hope"
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35. the tools-first essays · convergent-research-writings · pre-2021 (approximate)

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      "summary": "the pre-convergent essays — 'architecting discovery' (neuron), 'how to study the brain' (chronicle review), 'designing tools for assumption-proof brain mapping' (neuron): tools-first neuroscience and the third path between basic and translational, written before the org existed to fund it.",
      "themes": [
        "public goods over papers",
        "the missing middle"
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      "title": "the tools-first essays",
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      "url": "https://adammarblestone.org/",
      "venue": "neuron / chronicle review"
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36. we shall finally map the brain · convergent-research-writings · 2025-10-01 (day)

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      "summary": "ashlee vance interviews e11's andrew payne at the prism launch — 'we shall finally map the brain.'",
      "themes": [
        "the fro-shaped problem"
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      "title": "we shall finally map the brain",
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      "url": "https://www.corememory.com/p/we-shall-finally-map-the-brain-e11bio-andrew-payne-prism",
      "venue": "core memory"
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37. the miscount risk · people-controversies · 2021– (approximate)

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      "date": "2021–",
      "detail": "who founded what is easy to get wrong: the research brief's claim that andrew payne co-founded convergent is a misattribution — marblestone and gamick founded the incubator; payne co-founded its first fro, e11 bio. the october 2021 'three fros' count includes astera's rejuvenome, not a third convergent subsidiary, and e11's establishment year is self-reported inconsistently (2021 on convergent's page, 'launched in 2022' on e11's own).",
      "id": "cty-founder-credit",
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38. the quiet departures · people-controversies · 2025–2026 (approximate)

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      "detail": "staff churn at the mission control is visible only in silhouette: joseph fridman joined in 2025 as head of communications — his byline is on the issues field notes — but is absent from the current team page (likely departed; lisa girard now holds comms), and early strategy lead milan cvitkovic is described as 'then strategy lead' by the melody launch post, departed by ~2026.",
      "id": "cty-staff-churn",
      "reaction": "neither departure is announced anywhere public; the org chart is reconstructed from bios and bylines, and the uncertainty stays flagged.",
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        "src-hp-convergent-team",
        "src-ci-melody-fro",
        "src-hp-nature-comment"
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