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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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How the brain learns to find its next reward: Warm, warmer, hot!
Rewards don’t just reinforce a specific action-they quickly change the whole pattern of how we behave
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Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology launched by Allen Institute, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the University of Washington will turn cells into recording devices to unlock secrets of disease
First-of-its-kind research initiative will develop technologies to reveal how changes in cells and genes over time influence human health and...
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Delving into the science of a mystifying optical illusion: visual masking
A new study sheds light on how our brains perceive - or fail to perceive - what we see
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The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Announces Allen Discovery Center for Neuroimmune interactions at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Multidisciplinary research center to define, map, and understand the health consequences of interactions between the nervous system and the immune...
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Society for Neuroscience to honor Michael Stryker, Allen Institute board member, with 2023 Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience
The award, which recognizes outstanding career and research achievements, is the highest honor bestowed by the Society for Neuroscience.
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Cancer Research Institute awards Ananda Goldrath, Ph.d., with the 2023 Frederick W. Alt Award
The annual honor recognizes outstanding success in academia or industry for research that has had a major impact in the field of immunology.
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What makes us human? Detailed cellular maps of the entire human brain reveal clues
You have 3,000+ different kinds of brain cells, and more insights from the largest human brain cell atlases created to date
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Hongkui Zeng, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Director of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, elected to National Academy of Medicine
Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes leaders who have demonstrated...
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Projects launch to map brain connections in mouse and macaque
NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded research will lay the groundwork to map entire brains in incredible detail
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and Executive of King County, Dow Constantine, declare Saturday, September 16 "Open Science Day"
This honor marks Allen Institute's 20th Anniversary
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What Causes Alzheimer’s? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer
Scientists have long held onto the idea that sticky blobs of proteins sitting between brain cells are the cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Now, however, many are turning their attention to deeper dysfunctions happening within cells.
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