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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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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Human cell types
Scientists in this laboratory are exploring the molecular details of human - and other primate - brain cells
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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Electrophysiology
The researchers in this laboratory spend their days eavesdropping on neurons’ electrical chatter
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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Tissue Processing
The researchers in this lab prepare brain tissue for several other teams at the Allen Institute
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SciShots: a sneak peek of a new Alzheimer’s disease project
Researchers are in the early stages of investigating the brain cells most vulnerable to this devastating form of dementia
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How do our neurons connect? New study probes the details of human and mouse synapses
‘Multipatch’ technique catalogs more than 1700 connections between neurons in publicly released dataset
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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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Billionaire Paul Allen Donates $100 Million To Fund A 'Manhattan Project' For Human Disease
Paul Allen, the Microsoft cofounder turned billionaire philanthropist, will donate $100 million to create a research center tasked with investigating the inner workings of human cells. The ultimate goal is to deepen our understanding of how diseases emerge and how they can be treated and prevented.
Biologists Get $100 Million From Billionaire Paul Allen To Investigate Cells
With a gift of $100 million from billionaire philanthropist Paul G. Allen, scientists will embark on an effort to understand how cells work and how they malfunction in disease. Leaders of this new endeavor announced the launch of the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Cell Science today at the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology in Philadelphia.
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