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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 do you name a neuron?
A new brain cell lexicon aims to provide a common language for neuroscientists
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Allen Institute adds leading authority on bioethics to board of directors
Alta Charo brings background and expertise in the law, bioethics and government relations to the nonprofit research organization’s governing board
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Allen Institute launches fellowship for data scientists to study the brain
The Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data and Neuroscience, a 3-year fellowship program co-hosted by the Allen Institute and the University of Washington, is now accepting applications
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Eric Isaac | #BlackExcellence
Black History Month 2021, we celebrated Black Excellence across the Allen Institute in a video series featuring members of our team in their own...
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Celebrating #BlackExcellence at the Allen Institute
Black History Month 2021, we celebrated Black Excellence across the Allen Institute in a video series featuring members of our team in their own...
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Alice Mukora | #BlackExcellence
Black History Month 2021, we're celebrating Black Excellence across the Allen Institute. Here in her own words is Data Analyst Alice Mukora.
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Delissa McMillen | #BlackExcellence
Black History Month 2021, we celebrated Black Excellence across the Allen Institute in a video series featuring members of our team in their own words.
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New Allen Distinguished Investigators will tackle unanswered questions about metabolism and the immune system
Awards announced today by The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group will fund research in health, disease, and technology development all centered on the...
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Tiny high-tech probes reveal how information flows across the brain
In the largest study of its kind to date, scientists use ‘Neuropixels’ probes to capture details of how the mouse brain sees the world
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3 immune mysteries of COVID-19 - and 1 big success story
The pandemic has revealed how much we really don’t know about our own immune systems, experts say
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Seattle researchers lead ambitious project to map the human brain
We could be on the cusp of breakthrough treatments for brain diseases, from Alzheimer's Disease to depression and ADHD. Local scientists from the Allen Institute for Brain Science are spearheading a five-year project to map the human brain.
NIH launches the next stage of its ‘human genome project’ for the brain
The National Institutes of Health on Thursday announced more than $600 million in fresh funding for an expansive and ongoing push to unravel the mysteries of the human brain, bankrolling efforts to create a detailed map of the whole brain, and devise new ways to target therapeutics and other molecules to specific brain cell populations.
Data Trove Released by Seattle Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Cell Atlas
Neuroscientists at the Allen Institute for Brain Science and their collaborators have released their first research data set on Alzheimer’s disease, in which they categorized cell types based on gene activity. The team hope this approach could ultimately identify new targets for better therapies.
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