Allen Institute President and Chief Executive Officer, Allan Jones, Ph.D., announces plan to step down in 2021
Today the Allen Institute’s founding CEO, Allan Jones, Ph.D., announced he will step down after nearly 18 years with the organization.
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Reflections on the beginnings of the Allen Institute
The Allen Institute houses some impressive statistics behind its glassy facade: more than 2.7 million high-resolution science images and nearly 1,400 hours of movies of brain activity shared with the global scientific community.
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