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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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An automated pipeline for understanding how the brain is wired
To truly understand the brain, we need a roadmap of how it’s wired. The gold standard for studying the cellular architecture and the connectivity of...
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Q&A with a bioinformatics expert on the challenges of studying human immunology
Xiaojun Li shares the career path that brought him to become Director of Bioinformatics at the Allen Institute for Immunology, and why he’s excited...
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16 inspiring scientific images
The Allen Institute recently celebrated 16 years of tackling the mysteries of bioscience, from the brain to human stem cells to the immune system,...
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Open Science Week | Michael Stryker, Ph.D.
Science has the maximum benefit to society when results & discoveries are made as quickly as possible. Our Board member Michael Stryker explains...
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Open Science Week | Denise Cai, Ph.D.
"The Allen Institute has been a leader in spearheading the open science movement," explains Next Generation Leader Denise Cai, Ph.D. This movement is...
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Open Science Week | Neville Sanjana, Ph.D.
Equal access to scientific resources is enabled by open science. Next Generation Leader Neville Sanjana, Ph.D., describes how this is especially...
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Open Science Week | Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Ph.D.
Saving scientists valuable time and resources - our commitment to open science is filling an important niche in the cell biology community...
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Open datasets can support virtual science education
As science classes move online, some teachers are turning to the Allen Institute’s public resources to build virtual experiments and prepare students for real-world research.
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The future of brain cell types research: A Q&A with Hongkui Zeng
New efforts to understand the human brain, the ‘why’ behind the cell types, and how technology drives neuroscience
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New image-reading software to level the microscopy image playfield
Open-source AICSImageIO library, developed for cell biologists, faithfully converts proprietary microscope image files into an open format
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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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