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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen pledges $100 million toward cutting-edge biotech research

Mar 23, 2016

TechCrunch - Investor, entrepreneur, billionaire and Bill Gates’ other half in the founding of Microsoft Paul Allen has announced a $100 million...

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Billionaire Paul Allen bets $100 million on risky scientific research

Mar 23, 2016

STAT - The Frontiers Group, launched Wednesday, will start by bankrolling two Allen Discovery Centers; each will receive about $30 million over eight...

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Paul Allen launches $100M Frontiers Group program for ‘out-of-the-box’ bioscience

Mar 23, 2016

GeeWire - Seattle billionaire Paul Allen added another venture to his philanthropic portfolio today with the creation of the Paul G. Allen Frontiers...

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Paul Allen’s Plan To Pour $100M Into ‘Out-Of-The-Box’ Biotech Research

Mar 23, 2016

Forbes - Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has spent millions of dollars on research designed to unravel the intricacies of the human...

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Billionaire Allen Gives $100 Million for Bioscience Research

Mar 23, 2016

Bloomberg - Paul Allen, the billionaire owner of the Seattle Seahawks football team, will give away $100 million to fund risky life-science research.

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Sequencing approach bares large variety of brain cell types

Feb 24, 2016

Spectrum - Gene expression profiles for more than 1,600 cells from a small section of the mouse brain have revealed 49 different cell types, nearly...

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Microsoft pioneer invests big, again, in bioscience

Feb 23, 2016

Science - Two new centers and four investigators selected by Paul Allen's new funding group.

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Allen Institute for Cell Sciences announces new research directors

Feb 16, 2016

The Allen Institute for Cell Science announced the appointment of four new scientific directors who will lead teams of researchers in the study of the...

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A new way to classify the cells that make your brain go round

Jan 5, 2016

STAT - Scientists need to know what kind of cells are in the brain to understand its inner workings

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Constructing Brain Taxonomy One Cell at a Time

Jan 5, 2016

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News - When looking at any problem, it’s important to understand its individual parts.

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