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Connectomes make the map

Sep 30, 2015

Nature - Working at a variety of scales and with disparate organisms and technologies, researchers are mapping how parts of the brain connect.

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What is consciousness?

Sep 10, 2015

The Economist (interview with Christof Koch, Ph.D.) - Understanding what consciousness is, and why and how it evolved, is perhaps the greatest mystery...

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How Brain Science Explains the Way We See #TheDress

Mar 3, 2015

HuffPost - Upon the electronic distribution of a picture of nothing more than a dress, we saw the birth of the stalwart White-and-golders and the...

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Rick Horwitz: Words do not suffice

Mar 2, 2015

Horwitz is leading the Allen Institute for Cell Science in its quest to comprehend the cell.

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Stem cells: disease models that show and tell

Jan 29, 2015

Nature - The cells looked beautiful—and that was bad news, recalls Clive Svendsen, a stem cell researcher and neurobiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical...

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Horwitz Interview Zooms in on Allen Cell Institute

Jan 9, 2015

One of the most exciting developments in the biomedical sciences in 2014 was the announcement of the new Allen Institute for Cell Science.

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10 people who mattered this year

Dec 17, 2014

As head of a new US$100-million venture funded by philanthropist Paul Allen, Rick Horwitz must push cell biology to a new frontier.

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Paul Allen donates $100M to create cell science institute

Dec 10, 2014

Having overcome early skepticism to create a successful brain research institute, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has once again dipped into his...

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Paul Allen donates $100 million to start cell research institute​

Dec 9, 2014

Paul Allen is giving $100 million to start an institute to focus on the workings of human cells as a way to battle disease.

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Microsoft Co-Founder Gives $100 Million to Research Roots of Cancer

Dec 9, 2014

Billionaire Paul Allen's new institute in Seattle will examine how the cells in your body work — and how and why they malfunction, leading to...

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