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A summer camp for computational neuroscience
On a small hill overlooking the Salish Sea, a group of students trickle into the dining hall of the University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Labs,...
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Scientists identify a new kind of human brain cell
One of the most intriguing questions about the human brain is also one of the most difficult for neuroscientists to answer: What sets our brains apart...
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Neuroscience data joins the cloud
Neuroscientists and open data experts have teamed up to make a new, and large set of mouse brain data publicly available and open for analysis on the...
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Allen Cell Methods: Thawing human iPS cells
To ensure researchers have success working with our gene-edited human induced pluripotent stem cell lines in their lab, our Jacqueline Smith...
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Researcher Joel Zylberberg studies how the brain encodes and computes visual information.
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The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced the release of new data, tools to analyze those data and a new web-based 3D viewer to explore...
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The Allen Cell Collection now contains five new fluorescently tagged stem cell lines, including the first cells in the collection with a tag specific...
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Last month, Allen Institute for Cell Science researchers debuted the Visual Guide to Human Cells, a 3D interactive tool that aims to help scientists see what a human cell looks like.
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Yahoo News: A new batch of 'brain atlases' shows how brain cells change from embryo to maturity
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Fox 13 Seattle: Why flu shots work differently in older adults
It is flu season and there is some new insight into why vaccines may work less effectively in older adults.
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Science: Can AI capture the mind-boggling complexity of a human cell?
Researchers have started to build systems of equations meant to simulate some of the cell’s workings.
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KOMO: Allen Institute scientists crack code on why flu shots work differently in older adults
Scientists at the Allen Institute are learning more about why vaccines can trigger a weaker response in some older adults.
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The Scientist: Aging Reprograms T Cell Behavior, Weakening Vaccine Responses
By profiling over 16 million immune cells after flu vaccination, scientists discovered that memory T cell function changes with age.
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Using spatial transcriptomics and AI, researchers redefined the mouse brain’s geography, uncovering hundreds of new subregions.
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GeekWire: Tech Moves: Allen Institute gets new exec
Award-winning immunologist ​​Susan Kaech is the new executive vice president of the Allen Institute’s Immunology Moonshot.
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FOX Chicago: Can you really trust your gut? The science behind our 'sixth sense'
This NIH-supported project aims to uncover the body’s true “sixth sense” — the subconscious communication between the brain and organs.
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Time: Why AI Companies Are Racing to Build a Virtual Human Cell
Cells are so complex, which is why some researchers are using AI to take new steps towards the goal of a “virtual cell.”
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