Mapping the brain to improve lives

Jul 17, 2025

A collaborative effort between UW and the Allen Institute is creating a first-of-its-kind brain atlas, paving the way for breakthroughs in brain...

Collaboration Expands Research Tool to Help Crack the Code on Parkinson’s and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases

Jul 16, 2025

A new view of Parkinson’s disease

Allen Institute names Sarah Norris Hall as next Chief Financial Officer

Jul 14, 2025

Norris Hall’s experience and insight into financial operations will help enable and propel transformative science at the Allen Institute.

Uncovering insights into brain health: An Allen Institute and AARP collaboration

Jul 11, 2025

Discovering the science of the aging brain with the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and University of Washington.

Scientists can now target the cells at the center of ALS

Jun 16, 2025

For the first time ever, scientists have developed a precise genetic toolkit that can target the exact nerve cells destroyed by ALS—a discovery that...

Sink or Swim: Navigating the deep waters of neuroscience research

Jun 5, 2025

Charting a course to understand brain function and neurodegenerative disease through the Shanahan Fellowship.

Serendipity and Synapses: How a part-time job unlocked a passion for brain-mapping

May 28, 2025

For Sven Dorkenwald, Ph.D., mapping the brain's connections was more than a job; it became a passion sparked by a simple twist of fate.

Allen Institute opens Education Lab to support and inspire next generation of scientists in Seattle and beyond

May 23, 2025

The 13-hundred-square-foot lab integrates advanced equipment with the Allen Institute’s massive data resources to provide an unparalleled learning...

Scientists create next generation of tools in battle against brain disease: The Armamentarium

May 21, 2025

The findings contained in eight studies could lead to targeted gene therapies for brain disorders 

Allen Institute launches CellScapes initiative to transform our understanding of how human cells build tissues and organs

May 15, 2025