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Science Matters | Basic science is not basic

Apr 15, 2020

Understanding science -- at the basic level -- is extremely complex and sets the foundation necessary for advancements and discovery. Allen...

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‘For most of us, the immune system does the impossible’: Q&A with an immunology expert

Apr 14, 2020

It’s hard to see a bright side to the current coronavirus pandemic. But if you ask Allen Institute immunologist Troy Torgerson, M.D., Ph.D., how an...

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Science Matters | Science that stands the test of time

Apr 9, 2020

It’s almost impossible to make further scientific advances without basic — foundational — science. Baljit Khakh a scientist at UCLA and Allen...

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Allen Institute announces new phase of neuroscience research

Apr 6, 2020

Cell Types and MindScope research programs to enter new stages of resource generation and discovery; another neuroscience division to launch in 2022

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Random chance in early brain development sets adult fruit flies’ personalities

Mar 24, 2020

Brain wiring asymmetry established as animals grow influences their innate behavior, a new study finds

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A visualization of a large-scale model of a mouse visual cortex brain circuit, built at the Allen Institute and containing 230,000 neuron building-block models, recently published in the journal Neuron. Image courtesy of Sergey Gratiy, Ph.D.

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Scientists recreated part of the mouse brain on a computer — and showed it movies

Mar 18, 2020

The 230,000-cell simulation of part of the visual system can serve as a testbed for understanding general principles of the brain, its creators say

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Researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science label neurons with fluorescence so they can examine certain cell types.

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What’s your favorite neuron? We asked 5 neuroscientists.

Mar 16, 2020

Once you’ve read this, you might have one too

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Data Stories | What our heartbeats reveal about our brains

Mar 10, 2020

The human brain pulses every time the heart beats. Scientists have used that tiny jiggle to reveal new insights about our neurons.

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Competition yields new approaches to trace development, cell by cell

Mar 4, 2020

The Allen Institute and Sage Bionetworks announced winners of the Allen Institute Cell Lineage Reconstruction DREAM Challenge

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New clues about a huge, rare human brain cell

Mar 3, 2020

Study finds human von Economo neurons’ closest cellular cousins and captures first electrical recordings from these large spindle-shaped brain cells

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