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Brain Health accelerator to transform our understanding of brain disorders and develop new treatments

The global collaborative research initiative will initially target Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s disease, ALS, and Lewy body dementia

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SciShots: the labyrinthian protein factory of the cell

Graphics software for microscope imagery lights up the endoplasmic reticulum

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SciShots: how the brain plugs leaks

A delicate molecular dance maintains the blood-brain barrier, protecting the brain while allowing transport of necessary resources

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why is the human brain so difficult to understand? we asked four neuroscientists.

Thoughts, memories, sensations - why are we still in the dark about how they work?

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SciShots: gentle imaging for delicate cells

Examining fine cellular details for longer time periods

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SciShots: modeling for the masses

New tool helps scientists see how E. coli finds its center

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Online simulations offer scientists new views inside cells

Simularium Viewer provides interactive visual outputs of computational, biological models

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SciShots: rare kraken cell line released

illuminating structures in Magnumlolligo glacies cells with unprecedented detail

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SciShots: one happy cell (nucleus)

Explorations of the nuclear envelope, the thin membrane surrounding a cell’s chromosomes, reveal unexpected wrinkles

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A day in the (neuroscience) life: OpenScope

Scientists on the OpenScope team help share the Allen Institute’s ‘observatory of the mind’ with the larger scientific community

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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Electron microscopy

Researchers on the EM team are viewing the brain in unprecedented detail

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Science in Sixty | Luke Campagnola

When Luke Campagnola isn't investigating the complexities of mammalian brain circuitry, he's spending time with family and practicing parkour.

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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Human cell types

Scientists in this laboratory are exploring the molecular details of human - and other primate - brain cells

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Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta

When Lionel Messi and fellow stars of the FIFA World Cup enter "the zone," what's happening in their brains? Today, neuroscientist Dr. Rui Costa tells Sanjay how you can think like a top athlete and find your own "flow state."

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Allen Institute launches $400M effort to turn brain atlas lessons into medicines

A Seattle-based nonprofit is launching an initiative to translate its knowledge into drug development for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s.

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The Brain Health Accelerator Seeks to Revolutionize Neuroscience Research

The Allen Institute launched a new project to accelerate the mechanistic understanding of neurodegenerative diseases and develop potential therapies.

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Allen Institute sets sights on treatments for five brain diseases

The Brain Health Accelerator program aims to harness single-cell transcriptomics and cell-type-specific genetic tools to develop treatments for Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Parkinson’s diseases, Lewy body dementia and ALS.