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The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Names ICM’s Bassem Hassan a New Allen Distinguished Investigator

Mar 23, 2016

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group today named Bassem Hassan, Ph.D., at the Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM) in Paris an Allen...

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The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Announces Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University

Mar 23, 2016

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced today the creation of an Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University for Reading and Writing the...

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IARPA awards $18.7 million contract to Allen Institute for Brain Science, as part of project with Baylor College of Medicine and Princeton University, to reconstruct neuronal connections

Mar 10, 2016

Largest reconstruction of connections between cortical brain cells ever created will shed light on how the brain computes information

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Seeing eye to eye with cell types in the retina

Feb 17, 2016

Many types of cells are involved in visual tasks, from gaze control to eye movement reflexes, and even dictating circadian rhythms. This complexity...

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Introducing The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group

Jan 10, 2016

Philanthropist and entrepreneur Paul G. Allen announced an initial commitment of $100 million to create The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group.

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New Allen Institute headquarters

Dec 1, 2015

The Allen Institute headquarters was purpose built to support our science.

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Allen Institute for Brain Science researchers are working to develop a parts list, or “periodic table,” of cell types in the brain. Image by Benedicte Rossi.

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Allen Cell Types Database Launched

May 14, 2015

First-of-its-kind database of individual neurons enables scientists to understand fundamental building blocks of the brain

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BigNeuron project launched to advance 3D reconstructions of neurons

Mar 31, 2015

The three-dimensional shape of a neuron plays a pivotal role in how it connects to other neurons, integrates the signals it receives and fires signals...

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International Initiative Launched to Advance State-of-the-Art Digital Tracings of Neurons

Mar 31, 2015

BigNeuron project will ‘bench-test’ algorithms on large-scale datasets to define the best 3D methods of reconstructing individual neurons

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Alpha tubulin illuminated in healthy human iPS cells

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Paul G. Allen to give $100 million to create cell science institute

Dec 8, 2014

Allen Institute for Cell Science will create predictive models of cell behavior: a crucial step toward revolutionizing disease research

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