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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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SciShots: An assortment of heart cells
Scientists are capturing the wide visual diversity of human cells
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SciShots: Mini-brains
Organoids are miniature versions of organs grown in the lab from stem cells - in many cases, from human stem cells.
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New technique sorts out what different kinds of neurons do in the brain
Study pinpoints a mouse neuron’s role in sensing touch
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Naked mole rats don’t show signs of old age, but their DNA says otherwise
‘Queens’ of the rodent colonies age even more slowly than the extremely long-lived naked mole rat
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Hundreds of small molecules known as neuromodulators might influence how we learn
New models that capture how the brain retains information could also improve machine learning
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Allen Institute announces Rui Costa as next President and Chief Executive Officer
The Allen Institute today named Rui Costa, D.V.M., Ph.D., as its next president and chief executive officer.
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Allen Institute announces 2021 Next Generation Leaders
Six early-career neuroscientists will participate in unique advisory council for the Institute
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Announcing the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, a new neuroscience division of the Allen Institute
New Institute will study how the brain’s circuitry and activity give rise to complex behavior, decision making and memory
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Now in stunning, whole-brain resolution: neurons
A new study traced the 3D shape of more than 1700 complete mouse neurons across the entire brain
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Living brain donors are helping us better understand our own neurons - including those potentially linked to Alzheimer’s disease
As part of an international effort to map cell types in the brain, scientists identified increased diversity of neurons in regions of the human brain that expanded during our evolution
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Biologists Get $100 Million From Billionaire Paul Allen To Investigate Cells
With a gift of $100 million from billionaire philanthropist Paul G. Allen, scientists will embark on an effort to understand how cells work and how they malfunction in disease. Leaders of this new endeavor announced the launch of the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Cell Science today at the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology in Philadelphia.
Billionaire Paul Allen donates $100m to new ‘industrial scale’ effort to understand human cells
Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen is donating $100 million of his fortune to launch what he calls an “industrial-scale” effort to understand the basic building block of all living things: the cell.
Microsoft mogul to create new cell science center
Science - Eleven years after he established an institute dedicated to mapping the brain, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is announcing a sequel: the Allen Institute for Cell Science. Just like its predecessor, the new institute will be seeded with $100 million from Allen himself; will embrace big-team science, bringing together cell biologists, mathematicians, computational biologists, and other specialists; and will seek to decipher a world whose complexity is still largely uncharted.
