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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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Uncovering insights into brain health: An Allen Institute and AARP collaboration
Discovering the science of the aging brain with the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and University of Washington.
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Empowering the next generation through open science
The Allen Institute's Education and Engagement Program is designed to open the doors of discovery to students, educators, and working scientists alike...
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Scientists can now target the cells at the center of ALS
For the first time ever, scientists have developed a precise genetic toolkit that can target the exact nerve cells destroyed by ALS-a discovery that...
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Sink or Swim: Navigating the deep waters of neuroscience research
Charting a course to understand brain function and neurodegenerative disease through the Shanahan Fellowship.
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Serendipity and Synapses: How a part-time job unlocked a passion for brain-mapping
For Sven Dorkenwald, Ph.D., mapping the brain's connections was more than a job; it became a passion sparked by a simple twist of fate.
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Allen Institute opens Education Lab to support and inspire next generation of scientists in Seattle and beyond
The 13-hundred-square-foot lab integrates advanced equipment with the Allen Institute’s massive data resources to provide an unparalleled learning...
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Allen Institute Education Lab to offer innovative training and workshops to current and future scientists
The custom-built learning space immerses students, educators, and scientists in authentic learning experiences
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Scientists create next generation of tools in battle against brain disease: The Armamentarium
The findings contained in eight studies could lead to targeted gene therapies for brain disorders
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CellScapes: Launching a new era of cellular biology
CellScapes introduces a groundbreaking approach that will combine cutting-edge imaging and powerful computer models to track how cells change, communicate, and organize.
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Allen Institute launches CellScapes initiative to transform our understanding of how human cells build tissues and organs
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Allen Institute for Brain Science awarded ~$100 million to lead global collaborations that will build comprehensive atlases of brain cell types
National Institutes of Health funding expands work to identify and catalog the building blocks of the brain, and creates global center for data sharing
Cool Jobs: Puzzling over proteins to study life and death
Ru Gunawardane's team is studying how proteins help our cells divide, move and communicate. These scientists also are making their maps of living cells and other information available to researchers elsewhere around the world.
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