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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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A comprehensive 'parts list' of the brain built from its components, the cells
In-depth analysis sorts cells from the cerebral cortex into 133 types, lays groundwork to explore function.
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Reflections on the beginnings of the Allen Institute
The Allen Institute houses some impressive statistics behind its glassy facade: more than 2.7 million high-resolution science images and nearly 1,400 hours of movies of brain activity shared with the global scientific community.
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In memoriam: Allen Institute founder Paul G. Allen
Allen Institute founder Paul G. Allen died on Monday afternoon, October 15, 2018, from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in Seattle. He was 65...
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15 things you may not know about the Allen Institute
In September 2003, the Allen Institute - at the time, the Allen Institute for Brain Science - launched with just four employees, three-year job...
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Allen Institute Releases Data from 30,000 Brain Cells in Action
The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced new data aimed at helping researchers understand the various types of cells in the brain and how cells compute visual information.
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5 things we (still) don't know about cells
Picture one of your cells. If you’re not a biologist, chances are you’re thinking about the fried-egg-reminiscent illustration from your grade...
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Machine Learning Technique to Predict Human Cells' Organization Published in Nature Methods
Artificial intelligence approach could be used in cancer biology, regenerative medicine.
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A summer camp for computational neuroscience
On a small hill overlooking the Salish Sea, a group of students trickle into the dining hall of the University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Labs,...
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Scientists identify a new kind of human brain cell
One of the most intriguing questions about the human brain is also one of the most difficult for neuroscientists to answer: What sets our brains apart...
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Neuroscience data joins the cloud
Neuroscientists and open data experts have teamed up to make a new, and large set of mouse brain data publicly available and open for analysis on the...
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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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