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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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SciShots: how the brain plugs leaks
A delicate molecular dance maintains the blood-brain barrier, protecting the brain while allowing transport of necessary resources
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why is the human brain so difficult to understand? we asked four neuroscientists.
Thoughts, memories, sensations - why are we still in the dark about how they work?
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SciShots: gentle imaging for delicate cells
Examining fine cellular details for longer time periods
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SciShots: modeling for the masses
New tool helps scientists see how E. coli finds its center
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Online simulations offer scientists new views inside cells
Simularium Viewer provides interactive visual outputs of computational, biological models
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SciShots: rare kraken cell line released
illuminating structures in Magnumlolligo glacies cells with unprecedented detail
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SciShots: one happy cell (nucleus)
Explorations of the nuclear envelope, the thin membrane surrounding a cell’s chromosomes, reveal unexpected wrinkles
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A day in the (neuroscience) life: OpenScope
Scientists on the OpenScope team help share the Allen Institute’s ‘observatory of the mind’ with the larger scientific community
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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Electron microscopy
Researchers on the EM team are viewing the brain in unprecedented detail
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Science in Sixty | Luke Campagnola
When Luke Campagnola isn't investigating the complexities of mammalian brain circuitry, he's spending time with family and practicing parkour.
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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.
Allen Institute for Brain Science announces 2017 Next Generation Leaders
The Allen Institute for Brain Science announces the newest cohort of Next Generation Leaders: a group of six distinguished early-career researchers who will provide feedback in both formal and informal settings to scientists at the Allen Institute.
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