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News Highlights

Read more about the Allen Institute in the news and stories highlighting accomplishments and partnerships. 

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Jacquie Estep | #BlackExcellence

February 23, 2021

Black History Month 2021, we're celebrating Black Excellence across the Allen Institute. Here in her own words is Program Manager Jacquie Estep

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Alice Mukora | #BlackExcellence

February 17, 2021

Black History Month 2021, we're celebrating Black Excellence across the Allen Institute. Here in her own words is Data Analyst Alice Mukora.

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Delissa McMillen | #BlackExcellence

February 8, 2021

Black History Month 2021, we're celebrating Black excellence across the Allen Institute. Here in her own words is Research Associate Delissa McMillen.

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New Allen Distinguished Investigators will tackle unanswered questions about metabolism and the immune system

February 3, 2021

Awards announced today by The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group will fund research in health, disease, and technology development all centered on the emerging field of immunometabolism

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Yeme Bishaw | #BlackExcellence

February 1, 2021

Black History Month 2021, we're celebrating Black Excellence across the Allen Institute. Here in her own words is Research Associate Yeme Bishaw.

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Tiny high-tech probes reveal how information flows across the brain

January 21, 2021

In the largest study of its kind to date, scientists use ‘Neuropixels’ probes to capture details of how the mouse brain sees the world

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Our Impact on Science, and our World

Our knowledge, data and tools have been a catalyst across the world, allowing other scientists to accelerate their research and advance our understanding of human health and disease.

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See how researcher Kathryn McGuckin Wuertz is trying to understand the relationship between infectious diseases and neurological diseases
Researchers have succeeded in growing the most lifelike human skin in the lab to date. Allen Institute for Cell Science cell lines formed the basis for the human skin organoids.


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Our Revolutionary Scientific Resources

Atlases that map the brain, a “periodic table” of cell types in the brain, and an observatory allowing for a large-scale approach to understanding the brain and watching neurons fire in real time, are all available on Allen Brain Map.
We created the first predictive and integrated 3D cell explorer and a collection of human stem cells to help improve the collective understanding of human cells in health—and ultimately disease, all available on the Allen Cell Explorer.

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