Paul Allen’s new cell-science institute will share more than a building with the brain-research center the Microsoft mogul established in his hometown 11 years ago.

Paul Allen is again dolling out a huge chunk of money to fuel scientific research.

Science - Eleven years after he established an institute dedicated to mapping the brain, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is announcing a sequel: the Allen Institute for Cell Science. Just like its predecessor, the new institute will be seeded with $100 million from Allen himself; will embrace big-team science, bringing together cell biologists, mathematicians, computational biologists, and other specialists; and will seek to decipher a world whose complexity is still largely uncharted.

Discover Magazine - Scientists imaged more than 1,700 mouse brains to build the most comprehensive mammalian brain map yet.

NPR - Patterns of gene expression in human and mouse brains suggest that cells known as glial cells may have helped us evolve brains that can acquire language and solve complex problems.

Scientific America - Scientific American MIND reflects on the major discoveries of the past decade that have transformed how we think about the brain.

The Globe and Mail - For a place designed to explore what makes us who we are, the Allen Institute for Brain Science could hardly be in a more fitting location.

Puget Sound Business Journal - The Allen Institute for Brain Science has won a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for Alzheimer’s research.

The Healthy - A look at the neuroscience of our most human traits—love, anger, compassion—and how to harness your mental muscle for a more fulfilling life.