CryoSCAPE: Allen Institute scientists develop ‘suspended animation’ technique for blood draws that will aid research for underserved populations

01.06.2025

A new approach that keeps blood cells alive in deep freeze promises to expand reach of cutting-edge single-cell technologies to underserved...

Key players in brain aging: New research identifies age-related damage on a cellular level 

01.01.2025

Allen Institute announces 2024 Next Generation Leaders

12.19.2024

Fostering collaboration and innovation from emerging leaders in bioscience 

Allen Institute names Julie Harris, Ph.D., as new Vice President of The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group

12.17.2024

Harris is a leader in non-profit, biotech and academic science sectors with a passion for accelerating early discovery efforts in service of human...

A Decade of Discovery at the Allen Institute for Cell Science

12.11.2024

Celebrating 10 Years of Impact

Allen Institute CFO Marjorie Thomas Announces Retirement

12.10.2024

Thomas has served as the Institute’s CFO since May 2017

Canadian Ph.D. student, Sam Mestern, wins first MapMySpikes challenge

12.09.2024

The Allen Institute for Brain Science’s MapMySpikes challenge aimed to address a key challenge in neuroscience by making connections between...

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Awards $9 Million to new Allen Distinguished Investigators

12.03.2024

Research funding will support six projects focused on how organelles within the cell communicate and cellular membrane form, function, and behavior.

New study traces Alzheimer’s ‘pathology clock’ at unprecedented cellular resolution

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...

Global effort to map the human brain releases first data

10.01.2024

The BICAN Rapid Release Inventory provides early access to comprehensive single-cell data, aiming to accelerate brain research.

Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain: Ten years of collaboration and community

09.24.2024

A two-week summer camp for neuroscience students building bridges, surfacing insights, and teaching cutting-edge computational methods

New AI method sheds light on brain cell diversity

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.

Nature’s Palette: A tale of science and art

09.19.2024

Two sisters, from seemingly different worlds, have joined forces in a unique collaboration to visualize the healthy immune system across age.

Allen Institute for Immunology unveils landmark Human Immune Health Atlas

09.19.2024

Comprehensive dataset maps the landscape of healthy immune cells across the human lifespan 

No lab? No problem for this neuroscience student

09.17.2024

How open science tools helped a personal journey into Alzheimer’s research 

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announces Allen Discovery Center for Neurobiology in Changing Environments

09.10.2024

New research center at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography will study how climate change affects marine life  

Allen Institute for Cell Science and New York Stem Cell Foundation join forces to advance inclusive cellular biology

09.04.2024

Partnership combines advanced cellular tagging with ethnically diverse stem cell lines, addressing critical gaps in biomedical research  

Allen Institute scientists awarded $1 million to research gene therapy for Dravet syndrome

08.20.2024

Washington Research Foundation grant will accelerate gene therapy development for the rare, devastating disorder.

SciShots: Lighting up neurons to combat ALS

08.14.2024

Scientists have found a way to selectively target neurons damaged in spinal motor diseases.

Allen Institute partners to bring open science to Africa

08.02.2024

Computational neuroscience course, built on Allen Institute tools and data, aimed to empower next-gen researchers in Africa.