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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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The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Announces Allen Discovery Center at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced today the creation of an Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution at Boston Children’s Hospital...
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Getting deep into the brain
As we try to uncover how many cell types are in the brain, researchers are recognizing the importance of characterizing neurons by several features:...
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Allen Institute for Brain Science releases new data and visualizations for Allen Brain Observatory
The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced the release of new data and analysis tools for the Allen Brain Observatory: a highly...
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Allen Discovery Center researchers use space-traveling worms to understand regenerative health
Researchers led by the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts have used space-traveling worms to gain insights on how gravity and geomagnetic fields can impact anatomy.
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A wiring diagram for sleep
Anyone who suffers from insomnia knows how sleep is not so easily untangled from being awake-and recent research shows that the brain’s own wiring...
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A turbo engine for tracing neurons
Putting a turbo engine into an old car gives it an entirely new life-suddenly it can go further, faster.
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Svante Pääbo | Explorer
Dr. Svante Pääbo is using the Neanderthal genome to identify genomic and gene differences that are truly human-specific and separate modern humans...
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Allen Cell Explorer launched
The Allen Institute for Cell Science today announces the launch of the Allen Cell Explorer: a one-of-a-kind portal and dynamic digital window into the...
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Eyes on tadpole tails may revolutionize regenerative medicine
Researchers demonstrate that blind tadpoles can now process visual information, providing a potentially valuable roadmap for encouraging nerves to serve various parts of the body: a key milestone in regenerative medicine.
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New knowledge on how the brain develops
Researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science and Harvard University have published a series of papers that identify patterns in the gene...
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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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