
Virtual classroom visits for students
Enjoy videos from this webinar series for educators and students, geared towards students at the high school and early college/community college level. You'll go behind the scenes of science to meet the professionals who make our research possible, and get a glimpse of the many different careers in science.
We also offer webinars for educators showcasing lesson plans that use our open data resources. For more information, please see The Virtual Science Lab: Open lessons for biology educators.
Please contact communications@alleninstitute.org with any questions.
Helen Anderson
Helen Anderson is a Research Associate in the Allen Institute for Cell Science. She helps produce and care for fluorescently tagged cell lines. Helen has been at the Allen Institute since 2019 and is from Mukilteo, WA.
Mackenzie Coston
Mackenzie Coston is a Research Associate in the Allen Institute for Cell Science. She helps run the automated cell culture platform, running a robot that takes care of cells. She also works in microscopy, taking high-magnification fluorescent images of our gene-edited, which help visualize the structures within these cells. Mackenzie has been at the Allen Institute since 2019 and is from Bellingham, WA.
Resources to learn more
- View 3D cell images like the ones Mackenzie collects in her work
- Dive into cellular data in the Cell Feature Explorer
- Explore human cells using the Visual Guide to Human Cells
Resources to learn more
- View 3D cell images like the ones Mackenzie collects in her work
- Dive into cellular data in the Cell Feature Explorer
- Explore human cells using the Visual Guide to Human Cells
Melissa Hendershott, PhD
Melissa Hendershott is a Scientist in the Allen Institute for Cell Science. Her work contributes to the Institute's goal of developing a comprehensive understanding of the human cell. She studies how human cells behave by taking pictures of them as they undergo various processes, like growing, moving around or becoming a different type of cell. Melissa has been at the Allen Institute since 2016 and is from Colorado.
Resources to learn more
- View 3D images of cells like those Melissa works with
- View movies of beating heart cells that Melissa grew in a dish
- Explore human cells using the Visual Guide to Human Cells
Resources to learn more
- View 3D images of cells like those Melissa works with
- View movies of beating heart cells that Melissa grew in a dish
- Explore human cells using the Visual Guide to Human Cells
Jocelin Malone
Jocelin Malone is a Research Associate in the Allen Institute for Brain Science. She works in the histology lab, where her work supports many research projects and pipelines. She has been at the Allen Institute since 2020 and is from Alaska.
Delissa McMillen, MS, MBA
Delissa McMillen is a Research Associate in the Allen Institute for Brain Science. She works in the molecular biology lab and uses single cell RNA sequencing to determine cell types on a molecular level. Her work contributes to the "parts list" of the brain being developed as part of the publicly available Allen Cell Types Database. She has been at the Allen Institute since 2017 and is from St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Queens, NY.
Resources to learn more
- Watch Delissa's #BlackInNeuro introduction video
- Explore some open single cell RNAseq data Delissa helped collect
Resources to learn more
- Watch Delissa's #BlackInNeuro introduction video
- Explore some open single cell RNAseq data Delissa helped collect
Jeremy Miller, PhD
Jeremy Miller is a Senior Scientist in the Allen Institute for Brain Science. Jeremy works on several projects related to the publicly available Allen Cell Types Database, with the goal of identifying and characterizing cell types in the brain based on their properties. With other scientists, he is working on 1, naming these cell types, 2, understanding how different properties of cells relate to one another, and 3, learning how features of these cell types change with disease. Jeremy has been at the Allen Institute since 2011 and is from Maryland.
Resources to learn more
- Read about a rare type of neuron in the human brain that Jeremy helped characterize
- Read about the new Alzheimer's Disease research center opening at the Allen Institute, which Jeremy will contribute to
- Explore some open single cell RNAseq data Jeremy helped analyze
Resources to learn more
- Read about a rare type of neuron in the human brain that Jeremy helped characterize
- Read about the new Alzheimer's Disease research center opening at the Allen Institute, which Jeremy will contribute to
- Explore some open single cell RNAseq data Jeremy helped analyze
Jamie Sherman, PhD
Jamie Sherman is an Engineer for Modeling and Theory in the Allen Institute for Cell Science. He creates open source software related to accessing and analyzing images of human cells like those in the 3D Cell Viewer. He also contributes to mathematical data analysis and research on phase transitions in the nucleolus. Jamie has been at the Allen Institute since 2018 and is from Connecticut.
Greg Szeto, PhD
Greg Szeto is an Assistant Investigator for Experimental Immunology in the Allen Institute for Immunology. He leads projects that investigate how the human immune system works in health and disease. He develops hypotheses, runs experiments, and analyzes data to take experiments from start to finish. Greg has been at the Allen Institute since early 2020 and is from Maryland.
Resources to learn more
- Read about 5 cool things your immune system can do, where Greg talks about how your immune system learns to recognize invaders
- Learn about the Allen Institute for Immunology's research
Resources to learn more
- Read about 5 cool things your immune system can do, where Greg talks about how your immune system learns to recognize invaders
- Learn about the Allen Institute for Immunology's research
Anna Marie Yanny
Anna Marie Yanny is a Research Associate in the Allen Institute for Brain Science. Her work contributes to the "parts list" of the human brain being developed as part of the publicly available Allen Cell Types Database. She concentrates on sorting human brain cells based on which genes are active. Anna Marie has been at the Allen Institute since 2018 and is from Seattle.
Resources to learn more
- Read a feature and watch a video about a study that Anna Marie's work was involved in
- Read an article by Anna Marie about neuroscientists' favorite neurons
- Explore some open single cell RNAseq data Anna Marie helped process
Resources to learn more
- Read a feature and watch a video about a study that Anna Marie's work was involved in
- Read an article by Anna Marie about neuroscientists' favorite neurons
- Explore some open single cell RNAseq data Anna Marie helped process