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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Human cell types

Mar 16, 2022

Scientists in this laboratory are exploring the molecular details of human — and other primate — brain cells

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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Electrophysiology

Mar 15, 2022

The researchers in this laboratory spend their days eavesdropping on neurons’ electrical chatter

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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Tissue Processing

Mar 14, 2022

The researchers in this lab prepare brain tissue for several other teams at the Allen Institute

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A specialized microscope 'rig' allows neuroscientists to record electrical properties from and map connections between up to eight neurons simultaneously.

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How do our neurons connect? New study probes the details of human and mouse synapses

Mar 10, 2022

‘Multipatch’ technique catalogs more than 1700 connections between neurons in publicly released dataset

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A new technique developed by AHA-Allen Initiative-funded researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine is shining light on the blood vessels that supply the brain. Illustration by Valentina Galata.

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A map of all our brains’ blood vessel cells finds new clues to Alzheimer’s disease

Feb 14, 2022

Scientists release the first cell-by-cell atlas of the human blood-brain barrier.

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The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announces 23 new Allen Distinguished Investigators

Feb 9, 2022

$15.5M in research funding will support cutting-edge projects in mammalian synthetic biology, the neuroscience of under-studied animals, and tiny...

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New technique sorts out what different kinds of neurons do in the brain

Jan 7, 2022

Study pinpoints a mouse neuron’s role in sensing touch

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Naked mole rats don’t show signs of old age, but their DNA says otherwise

Dec 23, 2021

‘Queens’ of the rodent colonies age even more slowly than the extremely long-lived naked mole rat

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Hundreds of small molecules known as neuromodulators might influence how we learn

Dec 17, 2021

New models that capture how the brain retains information could also improve machine learning

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Allen Institute announces Rui Costa as next President and Chief Executive Officer

Dec 16, 2021

The Allen Institute today named Rui Costa, D.V.M., Ph.D., as its next president and chief executive officer.

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