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No lab? No problem for this neuroscience student

09.17.2024

How open science tools helped a personal journey into Alzheimer’s research 

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San Diego Union-Tribune: UC San Diego gets $10 million to study how climate change affects marine animals

09.11.2024

Scientists will look especially closely at how such warming impacts brain development

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Inside Philanthropy: Another Major Science Funder Dives into How Climate Change Affects Animal Brains

09.11.2024

Scientists at the new Allen Discovery Center will seek to identify the mechanisms behind resilience or vulnerability among species and populations as...

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Inc.: 5 Tips for Neuroscience Majors According to a Leading Expert

09.10.2024

(Photo credit: Getty/Inc.) Inc. spoke with Kaitlyn Casimo, a doctor and neuroscientist who leads the education and engagement program at the Allen...

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The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announces Allen Discovery Center for Neurobiology in Changing Environments

09.10.2024

New research center at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography will study how climate change affects marine life  

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Allen Institute for Cell Science and New York Stem Cell Foundation join forces to advance inclusive cellular biology

09.04.2024

Partnership combines advanced cellular tagging with ethnically diverse stem cell lines, addressing critical gaps in biomedical research  

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KOMO News: Seattle scientists travel to Rwanda to help build STEM network with students

08.26.2024

The goal is to diversify neuroscience, empower local students interested in STEM, and increase accessibility to science by bringing it to communities...

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Allen Institute scientists awarded $1 million to research gene therapy for Dravet syndrome

08.20.2024

Washington Research Foundation grant will accelerate gene therapy development for the rare, devastating disorder.

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SciShots: Lighting up neurons to combat ALS

08.14.2024

Scientists have found a way to selectively target neurons damaged in spinal motor diseases.

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Allen Institute partners to bring open science to Africa

08.02.2024

Computational neuroscience course, built on Allen Institute tools and data, aimed to empower next-gen researchers in Africa.

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GeekWire: Allen Institute’s OpenScope team stirs up a brainstorm to study the mind’s mysteries

07.28.2024

The Allen Brain Observatory to play the same role in neuroscience that the Hubble Space Telescope plays in astronomy or that the Large Hadron Collider...

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Mapping the brain’s visual world on psychedelics, texture and time

07.12.2024

New OpenScope projects aim to pioneer the future of neuroscience

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Axios: Scientists get a new tool to study a common genetic heart condition

06.09.2024

Disease-specific cells developed by the Allen Institute for Cell Science offer a new window into the world's most common genetic heart condition.

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Fierce Biotech: Allen Institute’s cell lines could lead to new drugs for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

06.05.2024

(Photo credit: Fierce Biotech) By helping scientists make generalizations about the disease by unearthing the common denominator between mutations,...

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Zapping the right brain cells: The path to improved stimulation

06.04.2024

New findings could help scientists develop better ways to treat brain disorders with electrical stimulation.

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Allen Institute for Cell Science launches first disease-specific cell line collections

06.04.2024

New tools will advance study—and hopefully treatment—of common genetic heart conditions.

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Allen Institute for Cell Science releases first disease cell line collection to accelerate discovery

06.04.2024

Developing a “disease in a dish” to help treat disease in the body.

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Quantum mechanics and the puzzle of human consciousness

05.30.2024

Exploring how quantum processes in the brain might shape our experiences.

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Lab Notes | Cells in Space!

05.30.2024

Reaching new heights, stem cells from the Allen Institute for Cell Science were flown into space for the first time ever. 

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