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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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Look in the labs | Immunology
What makes the human immune system healthy, and what goes wrong in disease?
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Look in the labs | Neural Dynamics
How do different brain regions connect and communicate? Researchers at the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics are 3D imaging whole mouse brains in...
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23 interns, 4 coffee machines, 1 summer: Through the eyes of this year’s cohort of budding science professionals
Allen Institute welcomes interns on-site for the first time since 2019 - these are some of their stories
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From 300,000 mouse neurons, scientists hope to glean how the brain drives behavior
New public dataset captures billions of electrical spikes from brains of animals trained to identify ‘oddball’ photos
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A prescription for exercise: Scientists want to help you find the best workout for your brain
Researchers are developing a fitness wearable to personalize exercise and lower the risks of dementia
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SciShots: clusters of Alzheimer’s cells
New data explores the cellular landscape of Alzheimer’s disease
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where does Alzheimer's begin?
pinpointing the cellular roots of Alzheimer's disease to find new targets for treatments and therapies
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Cell by cell, scientists are building a high-resolution map of brain changes in Alzheimer’s disease
A massive dataset of 1.2M brain cells shines a light on disease’s cellular roots
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DNA Typewriter keeps a record of cells’ long histories
Molecular recording device could be used to trace cell-by-cell growth of an entire animal
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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.
Billionaire Paul Allen donates $100m to new ‘industrial scale’ effort to understand human cells
Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen is donating $100 million of his fortune to launch what he calls an “industrial-scale” effort to understand the basic building block of all living things: the cell.
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