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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.
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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SciShots: how the brain plugs leaks
A delicate molecular dance maintains the blood-brain barrier, protecting the brain while allowing transport of necessary resources
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why is the human brain so difficult to understand? we asked four neuroscientists.
Thoughts, memories, sensations - why are we still in the dark about how they work?
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SciShots: gentle imaging for delicate cells
Examining fine cellular details for longer time periods
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SciShots: modeling for the masses
New tool helps scientists see how E. coli finds its center
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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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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.
FOX 13: 'Open Science Day' to honor the Allen Institute
You're invited to celebrate 'Open Science Day' Saturday in Seattle in honor of the Allen Institute's 20th Anniversary. This morning, we're looking at its role in scientific breakthroughs, and how it helped shape the city as we know it.
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