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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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Brain Health accelerator to transform our understanding of brain disorders and develop new treatments
The global collaborative research initiative will initially target Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s disease, ALS, and Lewy body dementia
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Brain Health accelerator: a new way to study brain disease to find new treatments for it
Understanding brings hope—a new global research initiative to understanding the cells and circuits that drive brain disease so researchers can find new ways to rescue them.
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Neuropixels Opto sheds new light into deepest regions of the brain
A single tool measures and manipulates brain cell communication and democratizes advanced neuroscience
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how far are we from human brain simulation and what will it mean for science?
Scientists could re-create the brain function of a small animal in the next several years, and human brain emulation might happen in our lifetime
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SciShots: a burst of color shows where cells live and what they do
Spatial transcriptomics gives immunologists a fuller picture of one of life’s building blocks
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developing AI models that learn like a real brain
Shanahan Fellow Denis Turcu is using the world's most detailed brain map to rewrite how machines learn
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welcome to our brand revolution
Our new brand is rooted in our science, inspired by our impact, and built to scale with our ambitions.
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the genetic defect in cancer that turns cells into “rule breakers”
Scientists use Allen Institute cell lines to learn how the genetic defect spreads in stem cells
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charting a brand revolution
Our new brand is rooted in our science, inspired by our impact, and built to scale with our ambitions.
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The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group UC Berkeley's Jennifer Doudna a New Allen Distinguished Investigator
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group today named Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., at the University of California, Berkeley an Allen Distinguished Investigator (ADI) with an award for “Antiviral Machinery and Cell Editing Platforms” at the frontier of RNA targeting and cell editing.
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Names UC San Diego's Ethan Bier a New Allen Distinguished Investigator
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group today named Ethan Bier, Ph.D., at the University of California, San Diego, an Allen Distinguished Investigator (ADI) with an award for research at the frontier of evolutionary developmental biology titled “Biological Innovation and Active Genetics.”
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Names MIT's James J. Collins a New Allen Distinguished Investigator
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced today the award of an Allen Distinguished Investigator (ADI) award for “Synthetic Biology Applications to Antimicrobial Resistance” to James J. Collins, Ph.D., at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for research at the frontier of antibiotic resistance.
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