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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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When mice see faint objects approaching head on, certain neurons kick into gear - possibly to warn them
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Allen Institute for Cell Science announces leadership changes
Ruwanthi (Ru) Gunawardane, Ph.D., has been named Executive Director.
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Using a technique that simultaneously captures different kinds of features from each cell, researchers lay groundwork for a “family tree” of the brain.
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Astrocytes, once thought of as inert ‘brain glue,’ may turn out to be key players in Huntington’s and other neurodegenerative diseases
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Allen Distinguished Investigator Jennifer A. Doudna and her colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier won for developing CRISPR-cas9, a very simple technique for cutting a gene at a specific spot.
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Seattle scientists launch $95 million AI biology effort
The Allen Institute, University of Washington, and Fred Hutch Cancer Center are launching a $95 million effort to use AI to design biology that doesn’t exist in nature. Called AI BioDesign and led scientifically by Nobel laureate David Baker and genome scientist Jay Shendure, the initiative will use AI models to propose new DNA sequences and biological molecules.
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AI learns nature’s code: Allen Institute, UW and Fred Hutch launch $95M open science initiative
Three of Seattle’s top scientific institutions are launching a nearly $95 million research initiative that will generate data and train AI models to design proteins and genes that don’t exist in nature — sharing the results freely to help others develop new medicines and materials.
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Seattle science powerhouses bet big on AI-designed biology
A nearly $95 million Seattle research effort aims to use artificial intelligence to design biological molecules that don't exist in nature.
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AI BioDesign Initiative Aims To Design Proteins Nature Never Produced
Researchers set out on a bold new initiative to learn life’s instructions and begin designing new biological functions.
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‘It’s going to come quicker than we think’: Parkinson’s advocate shares hope for treatment as Allen Institute launches AI-powered initiative
The institute has launched the Brain Health Accelerator, an international collaboration involving about 30 research organizations that will use artificial intelligence, human brain tissue and advanced cellular mapping to better understand diseases including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s disease, ALS, Huntington’s disease and Lewy body dementia.
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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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