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From scientific breakthroughs to new open‑source tools, the Allen Institute’s work is reshaping how science is done—and who it’s for. Explore the latest news, stories, and highlights from across our research, partnerships, and open science efforts.
Zapping the right brain cells: The path to improved stimulation
New findings could help scientists develop better ways to treat brain disorders with electrical stimulation.
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New study traces Alzheimer's 'pathology clock' at unprecedented cellular resolution
Scientists map Alzheimer’s advance at fine cellular level and identify some of the first neurons lost to disease, providing potential targets for...
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Global effort to map the human brain releases first data
The BICAN Rapid Release Inventory provides early access to comprehensive single-cell data, aiming to accelerate brain research.
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Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain: Ten years of collaboration and community
A two-week summer camp for neuroscience students building bridges, surfacing insights, and teaching cutting-edge computational methods
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New AI method sheds light on brain cell diversity
Researchers develop a machine learning approach to classify brain cells more precisely, which could aid studies into their role in health and disease.
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Nature’s Palette: A tale of science and art
Two sisters, from seemingly different worlds, have joined forces in a unique collaboration to visualize the healthy immune system across age.
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Allen Institute for Immunology unveils landmark Human Immune Health Atlas
Comprehensive dataset maps the landscape of healthy immune cells across the human lifespan
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Nature’s Palette: A tale of science and art
Two sisters, from seemingly different worlds, have joined forces in a unique collaboration to visualize the healthy immune system across age.
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No lab? No problem for this neuroscience student
How open science tools helped a personal journey into Alzheimer’s research
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Allen Institute for Cell Science and New York Stem Cell Foundation join forces to advance inclusive cellular biology
Partnership combines advanced cellular tagging with ethnically diverse stem cell lines, addressing critical gaps in biomedical research
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Allen Institute scientists awarded $1 million to research gene therapy for Dravet syndrome
Washington Research Foundation grant will accelerate gene therapy development for the rare, devastating disorder.
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Fierce Biotech: Allen Institute's cell lines could lead to new drugs for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
(Photo credit: Fierce Biotech) By helping scientists make generalizations about the disease by unearthing the common denominator between mutations, the cells could ultimately lead to more personalized treatment approaches.
KIRO Radio: Breakthroughs in Synthetic Biology
(Interview starts 11:35 in) Troy McDiarmid from the Seattle Center for Synthetic Biology describes the innovative research underway to create cellular recorders that will track the full life histories of human cells to better understand disease.
Puget Sound Business Journal: Seattle biotech research hub launches with big goals for growth, scientific advances
The Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology is developing technology to monitor genomic changes in cells in real time, in turn showing cells' whole histories and the genetic causes of disease.
Inside Precision Medicine: How Single-Cell Omics is Revolutionizing Our View Of Neurobiology
(Photo credit: miakievy / Getty Images) The adult human brain is made up of billions of neurons and glial cells. Understanding the diversity of these cells and their distinctive gene-regulatory mechanisms is crucial for determining how the brain works and, in turn, for developing treatments for neurologic disorders
GeekWire: Inside the new Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, which uses DNA to ‘record biology over time’
(Photo credit: Charlotte Schubert) Researchers opened the doors Monday to the new Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, a collaboration between the Allen Institute, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the University of Washington.
