Happy Halloween! Please enjoy this spooky jack-o-lantern-like brain image from our scientists. Although the slices from the Allen Mouse Brain Atlas are cut in a standardized fashion, sometimes tears happen and can result in some spooky images. The team that performs quality control checks spotted this 20x magnified mouse brain image from our patch-seq pipeline. This research is part of a holistic approach to classifying brain cell types; examining the shape, electrical properties and gene expression of individual neurons.
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Allen Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit medical research organization dedicated to accelerating science for a healthier world. Through large-scale, multidisciplinary research initiatives, the Institute generates foundational knowledge, data, tools, and models that are shared openly with the world to advance our understanding of life and health. Founded by Jody Allen and the late Paul G. Allen, Allen Institute is supported primarily by the Fund for Science and Technology.
