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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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Chan Zuckerberg Biohub names Allen Distinguished Investigators in first set of awardees
Two Allen Distinguished Investigators and an ADI collaborator are among the recipients of more than $50 million in grant funding announced today by...
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Jennifer Doudna | Pioneer
Allen Distinguished Investigator Jennifer Doudna is pioneering the exploration of RNA targeting to manipulate the genome by examining the diverse...
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Color & Pattern
Great artists have a keen way of tapping into our visual system. They use color and pattern to stimulate our minds and evoke our emotions. But how?
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Brain Waves: Engineering big science
See how engineers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science make our big science happen.
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Allen Institute for Cell Science Releases Gene Edited Human Stem Cell Lines
Scientists at the Allen Institute for Cell Science used CRISPR/Cas9 technology to insert fluorescent tags for major cellular structures into human...
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Allen Institute for Brain Science announces mapping of the mouse cortex in 3D
The Allen Institute for Brain Science has completed the three-dimensional mapping of the mouse cortex as part of the Allen Mouse Common Coordinate...
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Allen Human Brain Reference Atlas published in Journal of Comparative Neurology
The Allen Human Brain Reference Atlas is the most structurally complete map of the human brain to date.
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Allen Institute publishes highest resolution map of the entire human brain to date
The Allen Institute for Brain Science has published the highest resolution atlas of the human brain to date in a stand-alone issue of the Journal of...
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Introducing the Allen Brain Observatory
“The Allen Institute is known for our atlases-deep, high quality data sets revealing where genes are expressed and how cells and connections are...
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Allen Institute Launches Brain Observatory
Dynamic resource to observe neurons in action provides unprecedented window into how the brain perceives the visual world
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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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