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Research funding will support six projects focused on how organelles within the cell communicate and cellular membrane form, function, and behavior.
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11.19.2024
Harmless viruses that encase short noncoding DNA elements called enhancers enable cell-type-specific gene delivery across the central nervous system...
11.07.2024
An analysis of brains at various stages of Alzheimer's found that neurons called inhibitory neurons are the first to be affected by the disease.
10.18.2024
Researchers led by the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle and University of Washington Medicine have identified cellular changes in the...
10.17.2024
Alzheimer's disease damages the brain before any symptoms begin to appear, new research suggests. This is part of a new two-step model of Alzheimer's...
10.14.2024
Scientists map Alzheimer’s advance at fine cellular level and identify some of the first neurons lost to disease, providing potential targets for...
10.03.2024
(Photo credit: Tyler Sloan for FlyWire, Princeton University) Scientists have mapped out how 140,000 neurons are wired in the brain of the fruit fly,...
10.02.2024
(Photo credit: Tyler Sloan and Amy Sterling for FlyWire, Princeton University) “This is a huge deal,” says Clay Reid, a neurobiologist at the...
10.01.2024
The BICAN Rapid Release Inventory provides early access to comprehensive single-cell data, aiming to accelerate brain research.
09.27.2024
Our immune cells change a lot as the decades progress, which could explain why we become more susceptible to certain conditions
09.24.2024
A two-week summer camp for neuroscience students building bridges, surfacing insights, and teaching cutting-edge computational methods
09.23.2024
Researchers develop a machine learning approach to classify brain cells more precisely, which could aid studies into their role in health and disease.
Impact Story
09.19.2024
Two sisters, from seemingly different worlds, have joined forces in a unique collaboration to visualize the healthy immune system across age.
Comprehensive dataset maps the landscape of healthy immune cells across the human lifespan
09.17.2024
How open science tools helped a personal journey into Alzheimer’s research
09.11.2024
Scientists will look especially closely at how such warming impacts brain development
Scientists at the new Allen Discovery Center will seek to identify the mechanisms behind resilience or vulnerability among species and populations as...
09.10.2024
(Photo credit: Getty/Inc.) Inc. spoke with Kaitlyn Casimo, a doctor and neuroscientist who leads the education and engagement program at the Allen...
New research center at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography will study how climate change affects marine life
09.04.2024
Partnership combines advanced cellular tagging with ethnically diverse stem cell lines, addressing critical gaps in biomedical research
