Materials Library

General Science

What is a UMAP?

Learn how to interpret and analyze these colorful 2-dimensional graphs

Neuroscience

Brain Donation & Bioethics

An interactive and reflective lesson for high school or undergraduate students on brain donation, bioethics, and their role in neuroscience research.

Neuroscience

Educator Spotlight: Sleepy Mice Case Study

Learn how educators from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Crown College used Allen Institute data to develop a valuable teaching tool...

Image from the Allen Cell Collection of human iPS cells expressing Tubulin

Cell Biology

Introduction to Microscopy in Biology

Viewing cells in 3D with the Allen Institute for Cell Science 3D Cell Viewer

This image of Convallaria, also known as lily of the valley, was converted from a mosaic file to a more standard image format using AICSImageIO, a new open-source software developed by the Allen Institute for Cell Science.

Cell Biology

Healthy Cells, Healthy Bodies

Introduce fundamental concepts in cell biology using images of human cells from the Allen Institute for Cell Science

Cell Biology

Cell Biology Bingo

This bingo game pairs images of real human cells from the Allen Institute with descriptions of important cell structures and concepts in cell biology.

Immunology

Introduction to Immunology

This lesson introduces basic knowledge of functions, cell types, and disorders of the human immune system, and describes a common technique used to...

Integrated Mitotic Stem Cell by the Allen Institute for Cell Science showing key cellular structures during mitosis

Cell Biology

Does Organelle Shape Matter?

With this unit, teach organelle morphology, analysis of large high-throughput cell datasets, and interpretation of cell image datasets.

Cell Biology

Educator Spotlight: A virtual laboratory on cell division

Teach mitosis with Allen institute cell images. Students quantify the amount of time it takes a cell to progress through the stages of mitosis using...

Alpha tubulin illuminated in healthy human iPS cells

Cell Biology

Mitosis and Microscopy

This unit helps advance students’ understanding of mitosis with real data, and drives students to evaluate types of data, data interpretation, and...

Cell Biology

Introduction to Cell Biology

This collection introduces fundamental concepts in cell biology using images of human cells from the Allen Institute for Cell Science.

Cell Biology

Interactive Tools for Studying Cells in the Classroom

Learn about our interactive tools that allow educators and students to access and analyze up to 200,000 images of human induced pluripotent stem...

Researchers in the human cell types team at the Allen Institute

Neuroscience

Educator Spotlight: Using Allen Institute Data to Teach Neurophysiology

Learn how educators from Cornell University designed a final semester research project for students in their undergraduate neurophysiology lab using...

Kathleen Esfahany, an intern in the Allen Institute’s MindScope Program, presents her poster at the interns' final project presentation day. Esfahany's poster describes how the brain’s response to the same stimulus changes over time, also known as representational drift. Photo by Jenny Burns / Allen Institute

Neuroscience

Educator Collaboration: Independent Student Research Using the Allen Brain Map

Explore how undergraduate students can use the Allen Brain Map to conduct independent, student-led research about gene expression in human and mouse...

Data gathered with Neuropixels, tiny silicon probes capable of recording electrical activity from hundreds of neurons at a time.

Neuroscience

Educator Spotlight: Using the Allen Brain Map to Teach Data Science

Access individual lesson plans and a full-term data science course modeled around the open data featured in the Allen Brain Map.

Neuroscience

Exploring Pathways in the Brain

This unit advances students’ understanding of neuroanatomy, explores the relationship between gene expression and brain region function, and guides...