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Inside Precision Medicine: How Single-Cell Omics is Revolutionizing Our View Of Neurobiology

Apr 8, 2024

(Photo credit: miakievy / Getty Images) The adult human brain is made up of billions of neurons and glial cells. Understanding the diversity of these...

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Scientist at the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology explaining how one of their machines works to a crowd

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GeekWire: Inside the new Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, which uses DNA to ‘record biology over time’

Apr 2, 2024

(Photo credit: Charlotte Schubert) Researchers opened the doors Monday to the new Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, a collaboration between the Allen...

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The Scientist: A Cell-by-Cell Map of the Entire Mouse Brain

Apr 1, 2024

This comprehensive map laid the foundation for the next stage of investigations, such as scaling up efforts to chart nonhuman primates and human...

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ABC News: Scientists take on ‘moonshot’ project mapping the human brain in hopes of fighting disease

Mar 16, 2024

Researchers say this could lead to more targeted treatment approaches.

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Q13 FOX: Learn why with PacSci: How muscles, nerves, and the brain works together

Mar 12, 2024

The Pacific Science Center is celebrating Brain Awareness Week with its BrainFest event on March 16.

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Science Friday: 3,000 Types Of Brain Cells Categorized In Massive Brain Cell Atlas

Jan 16, 2024

In October 2023, an international group of scientists released an impressively detailed cell atlas of the human brain, published in 21 papers in the...

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STAT: Allen Institute CEO Rui Costa on mapping the brain and paying early-career scientists decent salaries

Jan 3, 2024

Mapping the billions of cells that make up the brain is a task mammoth enough to keep hundreds of researchers across continents busy for years. But...

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

Dec 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

Dec 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

Dec 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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