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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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Allen Institute adds leading authority on bioethics to board of directors
Alta Charo brings background and expertise in the law, bioethics and government relations to the nonprofit research organization’s governing board
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Allen Institute launches fellowship for data scientists to study the brain
The Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data and Neuroscience, a 3-year fellowship program co-hosted by the Allen Institute and the University of Washington, is now accepting applications
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Eric Isaac | #BlackExcellence
Black History Month 2021, we celebrated Black Excellence across the Allen Institute in a video series featuring members of our team in their own...
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Celebrating #BlackExcellence at the Allen Institute
Black History Month 2021, we celebrated Black Excellence across the Allen Institute in a video series featuring members of our team in their own...
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Alice Mukora | #BlackExcellence
Black History Month 2021, we're celebrating Black Excellence across the Allen Institute. Here in her own words is Data Analyst Alice Mukora.
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Delissa McMillen | #BlackExcellence
Black History Month 2021, we celebrated Black Excellence across the Allen Institute in a video series featuring members of our team in their own words.
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New Allen Distinguished Investigators will tackle unanswered questions about metabolism and the immune system
Awards announced today by The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group will fund research in health, disease, and technology development all centered on the...
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Tiny high-tech probes reveal how information flows across the brain
In the largest study of its kind to date, scientists use ‘Neuropixels’ probes to capture details of how the mouse brain sees the world
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3 immune mysteries of COVID-19 - and 1 big success story
The pandemic has revealed how much we really don’t know about our own immune systems, experts say
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Science in Sixty | Kathy Richmond
Kathryn Richmond, Senior Director of The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, is looking for the best ideas out there to change how we think about biology...
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Popular Mechanics: Consciousness Begins in the Body, Not the Mind, Groundbreaking Study Finds. Could That Save Countless Coma Patients?
A groundbreaking study challenges centuries of thinking, proposing consciousness originates from bodily feelings rather than cognitive thought.
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