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Dec 10, 2025
Dr. Anton Arkhipov has spent the past 12 years at the Allen Institute working to replicate thousands of miles of mouse brain circuitry.
Dr. Tanya Daigle and Dr. Merit Cudkowicz join the NLS Podcast to reveal a future for ALS research that's closer than most people realize.
To understand the brain, it matters to precisely map how the brain’s neurons connect.
Dec 3, 2025
A rush of studies from labs in many subfields are revealing just how important astrocytes are in shaping our behavior, mood and memory.
A tech company is working on creating “micro-emotions” within AI to see how it effects their behavior, but not everyone buys into the idea.
Dec 2, 2025
Researchers collaborating on a BRAIN Initiative project unveiled the most comprehensive map of developing mammalian brains to date.
Nov 23, 2025
As many as 17 percent of people have had a near-death experience and these events can permanently affect a person’s life.
Nov 20, 2025
The first published virus-based gene therapy for SYNGAP1 deletion yields benefits despite the gene’s long length and complexity.
Nov 17, 2025
Scientists have unveiled the most detailed map of the brain ever created with Fugaku, Japan's ultra–fast supercomputer.
The simulation could eventually open the way to understanding the mechanisms behind brain disease.
Nov 13, 2025
The project aims to unify brain information from dozens of collaborators, species, and samples that span early development to old age.
Nov 12, 2025
This work sits alongside the U.S. NIH BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network to build a complete atlas of human brain cells.
More than 50 scientists came together to identify the key missing data needed to rigorously test theoretical models.
Nov 11, 2025
Dr. Susan Kaech, the newly named EVP of the Allen Institute’s Immunology Moonshot joined ‘ARC Seattle’ to discuss immune memory.
Nov 6, 2025
Scientists have created the most detailed maps yet of how our brains differentiate from stem cells during embryonic development and early life.
The research charts brain development in humans and mice and could help scientists tackle brain-related disorders.
Founder Paul G. Allen believed in answering big, fundamental questions in biology (Big Science). The approach to tackling these questions is rooted in Team Science: where experts across multiple fields leverage unique talents in a coordinated, collaborative way to produce massive amounts of high-quality data. The data, tools, and resources created are freely available (Open Science) to the entire scientific community. Big, Team and Open Science–as practiced by the Allen Institute–accelerates progress, amplifies impact and benefits all.
