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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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Science Matters | Science that stands the test of time
It’s almost impossible to make further scientific advances without basic - foundational - science. Baljit Khakh a scientist at UCLA and Allen...
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Allen Institute announces new phase of neuroscience research
Cell Types and MindScope research programs to enter new stages of resource generation and discovery; another neuroscience division to launch in 2022
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Scientists recreated part of the mouse brain on a computer - and showed it movies
The 230,000-cell simulation of part of the visual system can serve as a testbed for understanding general principles of the brain, its creators say
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what’s your favorite neuron? we asked five neuroscientists.
Once you’ve read this, you might have one too
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Data Stories | What our heartbeats reveal about our brains
The human brain pulses every time the heart beats. Scientists have used that tiny jiggle to reveal new insights about our neurons.
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Competition yields new approaches to trace development, cell by cell
The Allen Institute and Sage Bionetworks announced winners of the Allen Institute Cell Lineage Reconstruction DREAM Challenge
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New clues about a huge, rare human brain cell
Study finds human von Economo neurons’ closest cellular cousins and captures first electrical recordings from these large spindle-shaped brain cells
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The neurons that respond to novelty
When mice see unfamiliar images, certain neurons in the visual part of their brains kick into high gear. Scientists think these neurons could be...
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A new discovery about ALS
Stem cell researcher Evangelos Kiskinis and his colleagues discovered a strange — literal — wrinkle in neurons from ALS patients. Allen Institute for Cell Science resources are helping them study these features in more detail.
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From brains to big data: How neuroscientists scale up research
A neuron’s months-long journey through the many sterile-gloved hands that make up a science pipeline
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