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From scientific breakthroughs to new open‑source tools, the Allen Institute’s work is reshaping how science is done—and who it’s for. Explore the latest news, stories, and highlights from across our research, partnerships, and open science efforts.
Brain Health accelerator to transform our understanding of brain disorders and develop new treatments
The global collaborative research initiative will initially target Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s disease, ALS, and Lewy body dementia
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rogue DNA can move from cell to cell and change how they function
Scientists used Allen Institute cell lines to discover an important new way that cells trade genetic material
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Karel Svoboda elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences
Svoboda’s work has advanced our understanding of the neural mechanisms of learning, movement, and complex brain behavior
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SciShots: amber waves of the brain
New video illustrates how neural activity in a mouse brain travels in aesthetically pleasing waves and spirals
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BioCentury Grand Rounds conference highlights importance of big data
The conference hosted Nobel Laureates, researchers, and biotech leaders in Seattle looking to advance better treatments in medicine
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science unites us – come see how
Visit the Allen Institute in south Lake Union for hands-on activities for the whole family
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Brain Health accelerator to transform our understanding of brain disorders and develop new treatments
The global collaborative research initiative will initially target Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s disease, ALS, and Lewy body dementia
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Brain Health accelerator: a new way to study brain disease to find new treatments for it
Understanding brings hope—a new global research initiative to understanding the cells and circuits that drive brain disease so researchers can find new ways to rescue them.
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Neuropixels Opto sheds new light into deepest regions of the brain
A single tool measures and manipulates brain cell communication and democratizes advanced neuroscience
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how far are we from human brain simulation and what will it mean for science?
Scientists could re-create the brain function of a small animal in the next several years, and human brain emulation might happen in our lifetime
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SciShots: a burst of color shows where cells live and what they do
Spatial transcriptomics gives immunologists a fuller picture of one of life’s building blocks
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Science Friday: 3,000 Types Of Brain Cells Categorized In Massive Brain Cell Atlas
In October 2023, an international group of scientists released an impressively detailed cell atlas of the human brain, published in 21 papers in the journals Science, Science Advances and Science Translational Medicine.
STAT: Allen Institute CEO Rui Costa on mapping the brain and paying early-career scientists decent salaries
Mapping the billions of cells that make up the brain is a task mammoth enough to keep hundreds of researchers across continents busy for years. But it’s just one of several ambitious projects the Allen Institute is helping tackle.
Scientific American: First Atlas of Every Mouse Brain Cell Could Improve Neuro Disease Treatments
Neuroscientists have unveiled their most comprehensive and detailed map of cell types across the entire mouse brain, delivering the latest results of a six-year-long scientific effort in which Seattle’s Allen Institute has played a leading role.
Quanta Magazine: New Cell Atlases Reveal Untold Variety in the Brain and Beyond
(Photo credit: Peter Greenwood for Quanta Magazine.) Recent efforts to map every cell in the human body have researchers floored by unfathomable diversity, with many thousands of subtly different types of cells in the human brain alone.
Seattle Times: Research that brings AI into human cells will soon expand in Seattle
The Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, set to open in January, is a result of collaboration between the Allen Institute, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the University of Washington that aims to build new technologies to record the history of our bodies’ cells.
Yahoo News: Allen Frontiers Group awards $10M to set up research center for neuroimmunology
The neuroimmunology research center will be led by Brian Kim of Mount Sinai and David Artis of Weill Cornell Medicine. They’ll bring together a multidisciplinary team to trace interactions between the nervous system and the immune system that occur at sites distant from the brain.
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