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Research teams at the Allen Institute are part of newly launched efforts to understand the cell nucleus. Here, an image from the Allen Institute for Cell Science shows models of nuclei from human stem cells, highlighting two different structures inside each nucleus: nuclear speckles (yellow) and nucleoli (cyan and magenta).

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Projects launch to map the nucleus, the information center of our cells

Oct 15, 2020

Teams from two divisions of the Allen Institute, the Allen Institute for Cell Science and the Allen Institute for Brain Science, are participating in...

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The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Announces New Allen Distinguished Investigators

Oct 8, 2020

Collaborative projects funded by the awards will address important questions about neurodegenerative disease, nucleus biology, and protein turnover

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Microns image from the Neural Coding team at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. This image shows colorful renderings of neurons and their synaptic connections.

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An automated pipeline for understanding how the brain is wired

Oct 2, 2020

To truly understand the brain, we need a roadmap of how it’s wired. The gold standard for studying the cellular architecture and the connectivity of...

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Q&A with a bioinformatics expert on the challenges of studying human immunology

Sep 28, 2020

Xiaojun Li shares the career path that brought him to become Director of Bioinformatics at the Allen Institute for Immunology, and why he’s excited...

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Open datasets can support virtual science education

Sep 15, 2020

For the nearly 17 million U.S. college students and their teachers who recently started back to school, everything about this fall has been a scramble...

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Hongkui Zeng, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Director of the Allen Institute for Brain Science at the Allen Institute headquarters in 2019.

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The future of brain cell types research: A Q&A with Hongkui Zeng

Sep 3, 2020

New efforts to understand the human brain, the ‘why’ behind the cell types, and how technology drives neuroscience

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New image-reading software to level the microscopy image playfield

Aug 26, 2020

Open-source AICSImageIO library, developed for cell biologists, faithfully converts proprietary microscope image files into an open format

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New ‘Cell Science Junior Fellows Program’ launches

Aug 18, 2020

Three researchers from UCSF, UCSD and Caltech join the inaugural group of early-career advisors for the Allen Institute for Cell Science

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Image of files flying out of file cabinet, titled immune records

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5 cool things your immune system can do

Aug 11, 2020

Hack evolution, keep lifelong exposure records and more — immunologists share some of the far-out cellular feats happening in your body on a regular...

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Accelerating Frontier Science | The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group

Aug 7, 2020

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of the Allen Institute, seeks pioneers and explorers willing to make big advancements, take risks, ask...

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