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What is Open Science?
Sharing knowledge accelerates innovation and advances discovery
This video shows an Allen Institute researcher examining a tissue sample for experimentation.
We built a microscope that can image the whole brain…and then gave away the instructions for free. Why?
Open science means open for all.
The power and promise of open science
In recent decades, fueled by increasing global collaborations and technological advancements including the internet and cloud computing, there has been a growing movement to remove paywalls and barriers to sharing scientific data and resources to accelerate research.
This movement is called: Open Science.
Access for all
Open Science aims to make scientific resources available to everyone.
Often this includes sharing data, but it also applies to any other scientific resource including custom microscope designs, stem cell lines, machine learning algorithms, software, and more.
Leading in open science
The Allen Institute has been a leader in open science since our founding in 2003.
Open science is core to our mission and all we do at the Allen Institute. We share our science – formatted, visualized, and published to enable usability – along with software, lab protocols, cell lines, and more.
More collaboration in science through open resources leads to faster discoveries, such as treatments for diseases.
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about the allen institute
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.
