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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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Open Science Week | Michael Stryker, Ph.D.
Science has the maximum benefit to society when results & discoveries are made as quickly as possible. Our Board member Michael Stryker explains...
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Open Science Week | Denise Cai, Ph.D.
"The Allen Institute has been a leader in spearheading the open science movement," explains Next Generation Leader Denise Cai, Ph.D. This movement is...
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Open Science Week | Neville Sanjana, Ph.D.
Equal access to scientific resources is enabled by open science. Next Generation Leader Neville Sanjana, Ph.D., describes how this is especially...
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Open Science Week | Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Ph.D.
Saving scientists valuable time and resources - our commitment to open science is filling an important niche in the cell biology community...
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Open datasets can support virtual science education
As science classes move online, some teachers are turning to the Allen Institute’s public resources to build virtual experiments and prepare students for real-world research.
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The future of brain cell types research: A Q&A with Hongkui Zeng
New efforts to understand the human brain, the ‘why’ behind the cell types, and how technology drives neuroscience
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New image-reading software to level the microscopy image playfield
Open-source AICSImageIO library, developed for cell biologists, faithfully converts proprietary microscope image files into an open format
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Science is...
Science is everywhere. Science is all of us. See what science is to our Allen Institute team.
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5 cool things your immune system can do
Hack evolution, keep lifelong exposure records and more - immunologists share some of the far-out cellular feats happening in your body on a regular...
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Cytiva licenses Allen Institute’s advanced machine learning technology to develop new cell imaging techniques
Strategic license to advance the field of 3D and live cell imaging
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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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