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AI BioDesign accelerator combines experimental biology and artificial intelligence to learn nature’s design rules
Researchers from the Allen Institute, University of Washington, and Fred Hutch Cancer Center, supported by Fund for Science and Technology, will build open AI models, datasets, and tools to accelerate biological design for health, sustainability, and other global challenges

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Online simulations offer scientists new views inside cells
Simularium Viewer provides interactive visual outputs of computational, biological models
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SciShots: rare kraken cell line released
illuminating structures in Magnumlolligo glacies cells with unprecedented detail
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SciShots: one happy cell (nucleus)
Explorations of the nuclear envelope, the thin membrane surrounding a cell’s chromosomes, reveal unexpected wrinkles
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A day in the (neuroscience) life: OpenScope
Scientists on the OpenScope team help share the Allen Institute’s ‘observatory of the mind’ with the larger scientific community
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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Electron microscopy
Researchers on the EM team are viewing the brain in unprecedented detail
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Science in Sixty | Luke Campagnola
When Luke Campagnola isn't investigating the complexities of mammalian brain circuitry, he's spending time with family and practicing parkour.
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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Human cell types
Scientists in this laboratory are exploring the molecular details of human - and other primate - brain cells
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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Electrophysiology
The researchers in this laboratory spend their days eavesdropping on neurons’ electrical chatter
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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Tissue Processing
The researchers in this lab prepare brain tissue for several other teams at the Allen Institute
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SciShots: a sneak peek of a new Alzheimer’s disease project
Researchers are in the early stages of investigating the brain cells most vulnerable to this devastating form of dementia
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Seattle scientists launch $95 million AI biology effort
The Allen Institute, University of Washington, and Fred Hutch Cancer Center are launching a $95 million effort to use AI to design biology that doesn’t exist in nature. Called AI BioDesign and led scientifically by Nobel laureate David Baker and genome scientist Jay Shendure, the initiative will use AI models to propose new DNA sequences and biological molecules.

AI learns nature’s code: Allen Institute, UW and Fred Hutch launch $95M open science initiative
Three of Seattle’s top scientific institutions are launching a nearly $95 million research initiative that will generate data and train AI models to design proteins and genes that don’t exist in nature — sharing the results freely to help others develop new medicines and materials.

‘It’s going to come quicker than we think’: Parkinson’s advocate shares hope for treatment as Allen Institute launches AI-powered initiative
The institute has launched the Brain Health Accelerator, an international collaboration involving about 30 research organizations that will use artificial intelligence, human brain tissue and advanced cellular mapping to better understand diseases including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s disease, ALS, Huntington’s disease and Lewy body dementia.
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