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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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This human neuron is on a different wavelength than its mouse counterpart
Researchers at the Allen Institute have uncovered subtle but intriguing differences between a mouse and human neuron of the same kind. The differences...
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What’s hot in neuroscience in 2018?
Given the vast array of tasks our brains and the rest of our nervous systems accomplish day in and day out - from movement to sensation to plain old...
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Inside the Human Immune System
To understand the human immune system - what makes us healthy and what goes wrong in disease - we need to first understand its parts.
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New Southeast University-Allen Institute collaboration uses VR to capture 3D shapes of mouse neurons
A new international collaboration between the Allen Institute for Brain Science, a division of the Allen Institute, and Southeast University in...
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A comprehensive 'parts list' of the brain built from its components, the cells
In-depth analysis sorts cells from the cerebral cortex into 133 types, lays groundwork to explore function.
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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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In memoriam: Allen Institute founder Paul G. Allen
Allen Institute founder Paul G. Allen died on Monday afternoon, October 15, 2018, from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in Seattle. He was 65...
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15 things you may not know about the Allen Institute
In September 2003, the Allen Institute - at the time, the Allen Institute for Brain Science - launched with just four employees, three-year job...
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Allen Institute Releases Data from 30,000 Brain Cells in Action
The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced new data aimed at helping researchers understand the various types of cells in the brain and how cells compute visual information.
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5 things we (still) don't know about cells
Picture one of your cells. If you’re not a biologist, chances are you’re thinking about the fried-egg-reminiscent illustration from your grade...
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How mapping teenagers’ brains has helped us understand more about schizophrenia
The Conversation - When I was studying for my PhD at the University of California at Berkeley, I spent an awful lot of my weekends asking teenagers to lie still in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner.
