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AI BioDesign accelerator combines experimental biology and artificial intelligence to learn nature’s design rules

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The Allen Institute for Brain Science, a division of the Allen Institute, has debuted a new data exploration tool for brain cell type data.
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How do living creatures take shape?
Think of the shape of life. Living creatures have forms ranging from a tiny rod-shaped bacterium, to a wrinkled, tusked behemoth of an elephant, to a...
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Scientists everywhere are struggling with data. Paul Meijer, Ph.D., Director of Software Development at the newly launched Allen Institute for...
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Gene drives, a method to “drive” a new gene through a population in a way that bypasses the natural order of inheritance, were first developed...
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Allen Institute for Cell Science researchers have developed a new technique that will enable better understanding of human heart muscle cells.
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What happens when an immunologist gets a life-threatening, immune-related disease? In Bumol’s case, he doubles down on his research.
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The very early days of growth, long before we are born, are a time of incredible development.
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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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