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Allen Institute

Allen Institute’s big new bet: $400M effort aims to go from mapping the brain to treating disease

The Allen Institute is launching a $400 million initiative, the Brain Health Accelerator, to develop gene therapies for neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, and ALS. It marks the first time the Seattle research organization, founded by Paul Allen in 2003, has made treating disease its goal. Read More

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Scientists create a supercomputer simulation that can reveal how the brain works, neuron by neuron

A computer model developed by researchers from Japan and Seattle’s Allen Institute could lead to new methods for studying brain diseases Read More

Allen Institute taps AWS, Google to spur ‘aha moments’ in neuroscience with new brain research platform

Seattle’s Allen Institute has released the Brain Knowledge Platform, a research aid described as the most comprehensive AI tool available for neuroscience. Read More

Tech Moves: Allen Institute gets new exec; AWS leader shifts roles; NuScale names legal officer

In the latest Pacific Northwest tech moves, Allen Institute gets a new VP, an AWS leader shifts roles and NuScale names a legal officer. Read More

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Scientists enlist AI to map regions of the brain in unprecedented detail — and that’s just the start

An artificial intelligence program identifies previously uncharted subregions of the mouse brain. Read More

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Scientists shine a laser light on the brain cells that show us illusions 

Neuroscientists are zeroing in on how special kinds of brain cells help us see things that aren’t actually there. Read More

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The Idea Man’s Last Big Idea: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in his own words

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: In light of his estate’s launch of the new $3.1 billion Fund for Science… Read More

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s final act: New $3.1B foundation bets big on science and tech

Even in the final years of his life, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen was as excited as ever about what the… Read More

Seattle’s Allen Institute provides stem cells for historic experiments in space

Seattle’s Allen Institute will play a key role in a groundbreaking space mission this weekend.  The Allen Institute for Cell… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins Tola Capital; Amperity names CPO; Edelman exec joins Boeing

— Vahé Torossian has joined Seattle firm Tola Capital as a venture partner. Torossian was at Microsoft for more than… Read More

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Researchers develop a new set of genetic tools designed to treat brain diseases

Scientists say they’ve put together a new kind of molecular toolkit that could eventually be used to treat a variety… Read More

Seattle’s Allen Institute launches ‘moonshot’ to create new approach to cell biology research

Human cells, like the people they create, are dynamic and complex. And while researchers can create images and videos of… Read More

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Study turns up new clues, new questions in the search for the roots of consciousness

Seven years after they started, neuroscientists have published the results of a landmark study that was designed to determine which… Read More

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Scientists unveil new wiring diagram tracing millions of connections in a bit of brain tissue

Researchers say they’ve accomplished a feat that was said to be impossible 46 years ago: mapping the cells in a… Read More

Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology lands $10M to support ‘DNA Typewriter’ technology

The Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology is receiving a $10 million grant to support the training of new scientists and… Read More

Tech Moves: Allen Institute names new VP; Nordstrom board member steps down; and more

Julie Harris has been appointed vice president of The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group at the Seattle-based Allen Institute. Harris… Read More

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Can AI agents become conscious? Experts look ahead to artificial general intelligence

There’s no question that artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming more intelligent, thanks to software platforms including ChatGPT, Google Gemini and… Read More

The biology of addiction: Scientists use brain studies in pursuit of therapies amid fentanyl crisis

Christian Luscher has spent years trying to figure out why people chase a fix that comes at such a high… Read More

Jerome Lecoq

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

The Allen Institute’s OpenScope program lets scientists study the weird workings of the brain — for instance, how magic mushrooms work their… Read More

Inside the new Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, which uses DNA to ‘record biology over time’

Researchers opened the doors Monday to the new Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, a collaboration between the Allen Institute, the Chan Zuckerberg… Read More

Combined visualizations of mouse brain cell types

Researchers map the entire mouse brain, cataloging 5,322 different types of cells

Neuroscientists have unveiled their most comprehensive and detailed map of cell types across the entire mouse brain, delivering the latest… Read More

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Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology plans to transform cells into tiny recording devices

The Allen Institute, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the University of Washington have launched a collaboration called the Seattle Hub… Read More

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Allen Frontiers Group awards $10M to set up research center for neuroimmunology

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of the Seattle-based Allen Institute, is launching a research center in New… Read More

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Allen Institute hits 20 years on the frontier of bioscience, and Seattle will be all aglow

Twenty years after Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen created the bioscience research center that bears his name, Seattle’s Allen Institute is… Read More

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Allen Institute takes on a supporting role in experiment to grow stem cells in space

Space: The final frontier … for stem cells? Seattle’s Allen Institute for Cell Science says cells from its collection are… Read More

Tech Moves: Salesforce-backed Oleria hires CTO; Microsoft vet joins Lyra Health; and more

— Salesforce-backed cybersecurity startup Oleria hired Siva Garudayagari as its chief technology officer. Garudayagari has more than 20 years of… Read More

Peering deep into the cellular universe: Allen Institute researchers map cell parts in 3D

Our cells are built from smaller structures that specialize in the key tasks of life, from cell division to cellular… Read More

Tech Moves: Allen Institute hires COO; DexCare adds CTO; and more

— The Allen Institute appointed Chris Beaudoin as its new chief operations officer. Beaudoin was previously chief operating officer at… Read More

Allen Institute aims to map whole human brain as part of $173M NIH project

Seattle’s Allen Institute will spearhead a project to create an atlas of the cells in the human brain as part… Read More

Allen Institute and Google team up to build platform exploring the immune system

The Allen Institute for Immunology unveiled a new interactive platform on Wednesday to showcase the human immune system, the Human… Read More

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