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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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SciShots: neurons in crisp, clear detail
Electron microscopy reveals the stunning 3D shapes of mouse visual neurons
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SciShots: a crown of neurons
Brain-wide neuron tracing of cells in the mouse claustrum, a mysterious structure that’s highly connected to the rest of the brain
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SciShots: a neuron’s love connection
A specialized team of neuroscientists at the Allen Institute spend their days painstakingly tracing neurons’ complex branching structures
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A map of all our brains’ blood vessel cells finds new clues to Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists release the first cell-by-cell atlas of the human blood-brain barrier.
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SciShots: a cell’s fate
Synthetic biology is helping scientists understand development
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The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announces 23 new Allen Distinguished Investigators
$15.5M in research funding will support cutting-edge projects in mammalian synthetic biology, the neuroscience of under-studied animals, and tiny...
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SciShots: cellular scaffolding
Computer animation techniques light up cells’ inner workings
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SciShots: a star-shaped human brain cell
Scientists catch a glimpse of a rare kind of human astrocyte
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SciShots: an assortment of heart cells
Scientists are capturing the wide visual diversity of human cells
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SciShots: mini-brains
Organoids are miniature versions of organs grown in the lab from stem cells - in many cases, from human stem cells.
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Allen Institute for Brain Science Database Release Nearly Doubles Mouse Brain Cell Data
The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced the release of new data, tools to analyze those data and a new web-based 3D viewer to explore anatomy and connections in the mouse brain, the Allen Brain Explorer.
Researchers reveal new details on aged brain, Alzheimer's and dementia
In a comprehensive analysis of samples from 107 aged human brains, researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, UW Medicine and Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute have discovered details that will help researchers better understand the biological bases for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in older populations.
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