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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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Sue Kaech elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Kaech’s work has advanced our understanding of how the immune system responds to infections and cancer
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first-of-its-kind stem cell and developmental biology symposium brought more than just science
Aspiring researchers learned that what happens outside the lab can be just as important as what happens within it
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from a single cell to 1.2 million: scientists successfully create the largest cellular "family tree" for a mammal
The new findings could provide valuable insights into birth defects and cancer
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mapping the motor cortex – where movement begins
New study provides the most detailed look at the brain region that controls movement and could help fight diseases like ALS and dementia
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Allen Institute announces 2026 Next Generation Leaders
This year’s researchers bring expertise in computational biology, immunology, neuroscience, and cellular engineering.
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out of the blue – and into the rest of the brain
While probing the mysterious “blue place,” scientists discover the longest neuron ever measured in a mouse and new insights into how the brain learns
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paying it forward: spreading science throughout Africa
A program supported by the Allen Institute is catalyzing learning, community, and helping to nurture the next generation of scientists
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AI BioDesign: advancing biology and accelerating evolution
A bold and innovative collaboration between the Allen Institute, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, and the University of Washington, AI BioDesign will engineer and build new biomolecules that don’t exist in nature to help find new treatments for disease.
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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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genetics and wiring play a role in Alzheimer’s disease
UC San Francisco study that used Allen Institute’s Human Brain Atlas could lead to better treatments and therapies
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Puget Sound Business Journal: Seattle biotech research hub launches with big goals for growth, scientific advances
The Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology is developing technology to monitor genomic changes in cells in real time, in turn showing cells' whole histories and the genetic causes of disease.
Inside Precision Medicine: How Single-Cell Omics is Revolutionizing Our View Of Neurobiology
(Photo credit: miakievy / Getty Images) The adult human brain is made up of billions of neurons and glial cells. Understanding the diversity of these cells and their distinctive gene-regulatory mechanisms is crucial for determining how the brain works and, in turn, for developing treatments for neurologic disorders
GeekWire: Inside the new Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, which uses DNA to ‘record biology over time’
(Photo credit: Charlotte Schubert) Researchers opened the doors Monday to the new Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, a collaboration between the Allen Institute, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the University of Washington.
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.
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