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Since 2003, the Allen Institute has pioneered an approach to science that unlocks discoveries and advances our understanding of human health.

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Founder Paul G. Allen believed in answering big, fundamental questions in biology (Big Science). The approach to tackling these questions is rooted in Team Science: where experts across multiple fields leverage unique talents in a coordinated, collaborative way to produce massive amounts of high-quality data. The data, tools, and resources created are freely available (Open Science) to the entire scientific community. Big, Team and Open Science–as practiced by the Allen Institute–accelerates progress, amplifies impact and benefits all.

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Scientific American: First Atlas of Every Mouse Brain Cell Could Improve Neuro Disease Treatments

12.15.2023

Neuroscientists have unveiled their most comprehensive and detailed map of cell types across the entire mouse brain, delivering the latest results of...

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Quanta Magazine: New Cell Atlases Reveal Untold Variety in the Brain and Beyond

12.15.2023

(Photo credit: Peter Greenwood for Quanta Magazine.) Recent efforts to map every cell in the human body have researchers floored by unfathomable...

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Seattle Times: Research that brings AI into human cells will soon expand in Seattle

12.10.2023

The Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, set to open in January, is a result of collaboration between the Allen Institute, the Chan Zuckerberg...

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Researchers at the Allen Institute for Immunology working in the lab

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NPR: Pain, fatigue, fuzzy thinking: How long COVID disrupts the brain

11.16.2023

Torgerson of the Allen Institute was part of a team that studied blood samples from 55 people who had symptoms at least 60 days after a COVID...

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Yahoo News: Allen Frontiers Group awards $10M to set up research center for neuroimmunology

11.10.2023

The neuroimmunology research center will be led by Brian Kim of Mount Sinai and David Artis of Weill Cornell Medicine. They’ll bring together a...

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KOMO News: Allen Institute awarded 3 grants to map brains in ‘incredible detail’

10.18.2023

The Allen Institute of Brain Science launched three new projects to study the brain at a higher caliber in the hopes of helping human health.

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Wall Street Journal: We Can Now See the Brain Like Never Before

10.18.2023

New, high-resolution map of the brain will help researchers better diagnose and treat diseases.

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Washington Post: New ‘brain atlas’ maps the highly complex organ in dazzling detail

10.18.2023

Photo credit: Leterrior/NeuroCyto Lab (A vast initiative documents the many types of cells, such as the neurons above, that exist in human brains.)

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New York Times: The Human Brain has a Dizzying Array of Mystery Cells

10.18.2023

Researchers have identified more than 3000 types of brain cells and human-specific features.

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FOX 13: ‘Open Science Day’ to honor the Allen Institute

09.15.2023

You're invited to celebrate 'Open Science Day' Saturday in Seattle in honor of the Allen Institute's 20th Anniversary. This morning, we're looking at...

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Scientific American: What Does It ‘Feel’ Like to Be a Chatbot?

09.07.2023

Generative AI has made giant strides toward machine intelligence. Can machine consciousness be far behind? (By Christof Koch)

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Technology Networks: The Quest To Discover the Cell Types of the Brain

08.30.2023

The goal is to uncover fundamental knowledge on diverse cell types and their three-dimensional organizational principles in these species’ brains.

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New York Times: 2 Leading Theories of Consciousness Square Off

07.01.2023

(Photo credit: Van Royko) Scientists revealed the results of experiments testing how our brains give rise to conscious thought — and ended a...

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CNBC: New research sheds light on cause behind long COVID

06.16.2023

Researchers from the Allen Institute and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center have discovered that an overactive inflammatory response could be at the root...

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