The Transmitter: Expanding set of viral tools targets almost any brain cell type

11.19.2024

Harmless viruses that encase short noncoding DNA elements called enhancers enable cell-type-specific gene delivery across the central nervous system...

NPR: Timeline shows what happens to different brain cells as Alzheimer’s progresses

11.07.2024

An analysis of brains at various stages of Alzheimer's found that neurons called inhibitory neurons are the first to be affected by the disease.

Fox News: New Alzheimer’s research reveals ‘quiet’ phase of the disease, before symptoms appear

10.18.2024

Researchers led by the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle and University of Washington Medicine have identified cellular changes in the...

Newsweek: Alzheimer’s Hidden ‘Early’ Brain Damage Phase Revealed by Neuroscientists

10.17.2024

Alzheimer's disease damages the brain before any symptoms begin to appear, new research suggests. This is part of a new two-step model of Alzheimer's...

New York Times: After a Decade, Scientists Unveil Fly Brain in Stunning Detail

10.03.2024

(Photo credit: Tyler Sloan for FlyWire, Princeton University) Scientists have mapped out how 140,000 neurons are wired in the brain of the fruit fly,...

Nature: Largest brain map ever reveals fruit fly’s neurons in exquisite detail

10.02.2024

(Photo credit: Tyler Sloan and Amy Sterling for FlyWire, Princeton University) “This is a huge deal,” says Clay Reid, a neurobiologist at the...

NewScientist: Map of the immune system changing with age may help optimise vaccines

09.27.2024

Our immune cells change a lot as the decades progress, which could explain why we become more susceptible to certain conditions

San Diego Union-Tribune: UC San Diego gets $10 million to study how climate change affects marine animals

09.11.2024

Scientists will look especially closely at how such warming impacts brain development

Inside Philanthropy: Another Major Science Funder Dives into How Climate Change Affects Animal Brains

09.11.2024

Scientists at the new Allen Discovery Center will seek to identify the mechanisms behind resilience or vulnerability among species and populations as...

Inc.: 5 Tips for Neuroscience Majors According to a Leading Expert

09.10.2024

(Photo credit: Getty/Inc.) Inc. spoke with Kaitlyn Casimo, a doctor and neuroscientist who leads the education and engagement program at the Allen...

KOMO News: Seattle scientists travel to Rwanda to help build STEM network with students

08.26.2024

The goal is to diversify neuroscience, empower local students interested in STEM, and increase accessibility to science by bringing it to communities...

GeekWire: Allen Institute’s OpenScope team stirs up a brainstorm to study the mind’s mysteries

07.28.2024

The Allen Brain Observatory to play the same role in neuroscience that the Hubble Space Telescope plays in astronomy or that the Large Hadron Collider...

Axios: Scientists get a new tool to study a common genetic heart condition

06.09.2024

Disease-specific cells developed by the Allen Institute for Cell Science offer a new window into the world's most common genetic heart condition.

Fierce Biotech: Allen Institute’s cell lines could lead to new drugs for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

06.05.2024

(Photo credit: Fierce Biotech) By helping scientists make generalizations about the disease by unearthing the common denominator between mutations,...

GeekWire: Allen Institute and Seattle Children’s to study inflammatory bowel disorder in search of cure

05.14.2024

Technology Networks: BARSeq Reveals the Brain Is Like a Pointillism Painting

04.29.2024

(Photo credit: Technology Networks/iStock) BARseq reveals that peripheral inputs can alter the identity of cortical neurons during development.