allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 12hHave you used our #OpenScience resources in your research or classroom? We want to highlight you! Share your story at bit.ly/4zmbJ01 010
Reposted by allen instituteStem Cell Podcast @stemcellpodcast.com · 19h🎙️Next week, we drop a special live recording from the @alleninstitute.org! We invited two guests to discuss realities they face as early career researchers. Dr. Crystal Rogers (@rogerslabucd.bsky.social): bit.ly/46Lny3u Dr. Ariel Waisman (@waisman-ar.bsky.social): bit.ly/4hNKlBS 0146
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 19hGlia gang, this is for you! In this video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team, shows a pyramidal neuron (PyC) surrounded by 8 glia brain cells – 5 microglia (MG) and 3 oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPC). 🧠📈 microns-explorer.org 0164
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 06/10/2026Applications are open for the #LakeConference on Modeling Life from Cells to Tissues – co-hosted with Circuit Neuroscience Basel. 📆 March 21-25, 2027 📍 Seattle, USA 🧠 All career stages welcomed. Apply to attend by December 10: lakeconferences.org/conf/8334d9bf-9… 081
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 05/10/2026Congratulations to Karl Deisseroth, who sits on our Brain Science Scientific Advisory Council! Alongside Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, Karl Deisseroth received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. 0143
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 04/10/2026Spend less time processing cell images with the Allen Cell Structure Segmenter. This #OpenScience python-based toolkit helps #cellscience researchers navigate complex images by automatically capturing the boundaries of structures. Access at: lnkd.in/gpWA7xWH 051
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 02/10/2026Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is PCNA - illuminating a protein involved in DNA replication and repair! Our cell lines & plasmids are openly available to accelerate scientific discovery: bit.ly/3MRCl60 📦 @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social 082
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 02/10/2026#openscience in action/ Using the Allen Brain Cell Atlas, Sora Mitamur is uncovering new insights into the cellular organization and gene expression patterns of the ventral striatum through computational analysis. Explore the ABC Atlas: brain-map.org/bkp/explore/abc-atlas 161
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 01/10/2026"For me, biology is ultimately a design challenge." Sanjay Srivatsan, principal investigator of AI BioDesign, says new accelerator will use AI to understand biological patterns and use those patterns to find solutions to biological problems. Inside Precision Medicine reports: bit.ly/4yoOmm9 000
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 30/09/2026How does a small pool of stem cells build a brain with hundreds of cell types, each in the right place? A new Nature paper from UCSF and the Allen Institute follows the forebrain's family tree to find out. Read the paper in Nature: go.nature.com/4hzn31v 061
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 29/09/2026"An exciting opportunity to make fundamental discoveries." Applications for the Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data and Neuroscience are now open! Experience in #neuroscience is not needed. Apply by Dec. 1: bit.ly/4h762LH 010
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 29/09/2026Applications are open for the Studio D3 Fellowship at the Allen Institute! This 3-year fellowship empowers recent PhDs with quantitative backgrounds to apply computational and theoretical approaches to biology's most complex challenges. Apply by 12/1 alleninstitute.org/studio-d3/fe... 022
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 28/09/2026"This is the best time in the history of humanity." AI BioDesign co-director Sanjay Srivatsan (@fredhutch) on why, via @KING5Seattle: AI is letting scientists design proteins nature never made, opening new paths to cancer therapies and vaccines. bit.ly/4yXZYfR 020
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 26/09/2026Twenty years ago, on this day in 2006, Allen Institute for Brain Science announced the completion of our inaugural project: a web-based, 3D map of gene expression in the mouse brain providing scientists with a level of data previously not available. #openscience 0419
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 25/09/2026SON is our cell line of the week! SON and its associated plasmid illuminates nuclear speckles, a real science word for proteins in the nucleus involved in gene expression. Thanks to @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social for helping us make our cell lines and plasmids accessible. 0121
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 24/09/2026Read @toddbishop.bsky.social coverage of AI BioDesign for @geekwire.com: bit.ly/4yfhQmIbit.lyAI learns nature’s code: Allen Institute, UW and Fred Hutch launch $95M open science initiativeThree of Seattle's top scientific institutions are launching a nearly $95 million research initiative that will generate data and train AI models to design proteins and genes that don't exist in natur... 000
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 24/09/2026"What else is possible, and how can we test it?" David Baker on AI BioDesign — the new $95M Allen Institute, UW & Fred Hutch effort to design proteins nature never made, with all data shared freely. 211
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 23/09/2026This precision map gives researchers a shared reference for studying the motor cortex, and could help advance understanding of diseases such as ALS and frontotemporal dementia. The study was published today in Cell: bit.ly/4rpKaA0bit.lyRedirecting 021
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 23/09/2026The findings reveal new precision in how the brain controls movement. Built using 547 experiments and the Allen Institute’s foundational connectivity atlas, the map shows how motor cortex regions connect with areas involved in movement, sensation, planning, and decision-making. bit.ly/3V6sm0Rbit.lyMapping the motor cortex – where movement beginsA new study provides the most detailed look at the brain region that controls movement and could help fight diseases like ALS and dementia 251
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 23/09/2026Could this new brain map help fight diseases like ALS and dementia? Our scientists and collaborators have created the most detailed map yet of the mouse motor cortex, identifying 16 distinct subregions with their own patterns of connections. 180
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 22/09/2026Learn more about our 2026 cohort here: bit.ly/4xytdVrbit.lyAllen Institute announces 2026 Next Generation LeadersThis year’s researchers bring expertise in computational biology, immunology, neuroscience, and cellular engineering. 021
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 22/09/2026We are so excited to welcome @pryprk.bsky.social, @mccreery.bsky.social, @harrymcnamara.bsky.social, @ericdsun.bsky.social, @lauragrima.bsky.social, @juliabelk.bsky.social, Yuqi Tan, and Christopher Zimmerman! 111
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 22/09/2026Meet the 2026 cohort of Next Generation Leaders. This program recognizes emerging early career researchers in bioscience and is designed to foster community, exchange of ideas, innovation, and collaboration to make a broad, transformational impact on the future of science. 1288
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 22/09/2026Read Jorge Garay's coverage of AI BioDesign for @wired.com: bit.ly/4drEwrmbit.lyHe Won the Nobel Prize for Protein Design. Now He Uses AI to Create Molecules Not Found in NatureDavid Baker spoke with WIRED en Español about where biological design is headed next and the great potential and risks of taking biology outside the bounds of the natural world. 010
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 22/09/2026Nature has been inventing proteins for billions of years, but it hasn't tried everything. David Baker co-leads AI BioDesign, our new accelerator in collaboration with @uwmedicine.bsky.social and @fredhutch.org, to design molecules that could break down plastic and target cancer with precision. 130
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 22/09/2026A big thank you to @biolaminaab.bsky.social for sponsoring our Stem Cell and Developmental Biology Early Career Symposium! Support like this is what makes it possible to bring together the next generation of researchers to share their science, build connections, and launch what comes next. 010
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 21/09/2026In partnership with the Bezos family, Amazon Web services, Everything.ALS and a global network of collaborators, we aim to understand what drives brain disease starting with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS, Huntington's, and Lewy Body Dementia. #WorldAlzheimersDay #EndAlz 010
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 21/09/2026About 1 in 3 people lives with a neurological or brain condition such as Alzheimers, depression, or addiction. We need to speed up our understanding of how the human brain works to accelerate progress toward new treatments and therapies. We launched the Brain Health Accelerator to do just that. 284
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 18/09/2026Dive deeper into your cells with our explainer: alleninstitute.org/news/what-ar...alleninstitute.orgWhat Are the Parts of a Cell?From mitochondria to endoplasmic reticulum, this educational video explores the major cell organelles and their functions. 000
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 18/09/2026Explore the tiny structures that power life inside the human cell. #OpenScienceWeek. 130
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 18/09/2026In the lab, we're all TFAM. Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is mitochondrial transcription factor A or TFAM! 🧫✨ This cell line and plasmid illuminates mitochondrial nucleoids - clusters of DNA within the mitochondria. 📦 @coriellinstitute.bsky.social & @addgene.bsky.social #FluorescenceFriday 031
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 17/09/2026Read our story: bit.ly/3UT5ge5 Explore the Nature study: go.nature.com/4AeoISxbit.lyout of the blue – and into the rest of the brainWhile probing the mysterious “blue place,” scientists discover the longest brain cell ever measured in a mouse and new insight into how the brain learns 020
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 17/09/2026Deep in the brain’s “blue place,” our scientists found something surprising: a tiny brain region once thought to broadcast one signal actually sends targeted messages through distinct routes, including via the longest neuron ever measured in a mouse. 1101
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 17/09/2026Read the article by @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social and @carlzimmer.com here: nyti.ms/4heuieYnyti.msThese Mice Have Partly Human BrainsThe animals may help reveal the causes of brain disease in people and point the way to treatments. But researchers already are calling for new ethical guidelines. 010
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 17/09/2026“That’s a big proof of concept, saying it’s possible to create this kind of human-dominated cortex in a mouse.” Executive Vice President and Director of Brain Science, @hongkuizeng.bsky.social, weighs in on a new study by researchers at Stanford. 220
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 17/09/202623 years ago today on Sept 16, 2003, we set out to build an open map of the brain & give it away free. Today we span cell science, immunology, neural dynamics, synthetic biology, AI biodesign, and more. For #OpenScienceWeek today, we're taking you inside the moments that made us. 0101
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 17/09/202623 years ago today on Sept 16, 2003, we set out to build an open map of the brain & give it away free. Today we span cell science, immunology, neural dynamics, synthetic biology, AI biodesign, and more. For #OpenScienceWeek today, we're taking you inside the moments that made us. 030
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 15/09/2026Applications are open for the Studio D3 Fellowship at the Allen Institute! This 3-year fellowship gives early-career scientists the freedom to pursue creative, high-impact ideas in biology alongside Institute scientists and Studio D3 Affiliates. 🌟Apply by Dec. 1: bit.ly/4rgbTmD 067
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 15/09/2026"An exciting opportunity to make fundamental discoveries." The Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data and Neuroscience. Experience in #neuroscience is not needed. 🌟Apply by Dec. 1: bit.ly/4h762LH 032
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 15/09/2026Brain tissue processing consistency is critical to quality data. Learn more about our collaborative effort, supported by the Brain Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN), to develop the most comprehensive cellular map of the human brain ever. 050
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 15/09/2026Why is your brain wrinkly? What is grey matter, actually? What's the "mini brain" at the back of your skull? For #OpenScienceWeek, we're taking you inside the brain in one handy explainer, plus the fun facts hiding in your head. bit.ly/4xZhQajbit.lywhat are the parts of the brainEnjoy this visual and informative journey as we explore the brain’s many regions and parts. Scientists at the Allen Institute around the world are working to uncover the secrets of this remarkable org... 152
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 15/09/2026The @rajlab.bsky.social at @ucsfimaging.bsky.social built a "Google Maps for tau" to predict how Alzheimer's spreads through the brain and found that both genetics and wiring drive the disease. The model was built using gene expression data from our Human Brain Atlas. 🔗 bit.ly/3Ul65vP 051
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 15/09/2026Read more about the future of computational neuroscience education across Africa: bit.ly/4rmV6ynbit.lyPaying it forward: spreading science throughout AfricaA program supported by the Allen Institute is catalyzing learning, community, and helping to nurture the next generation of scientists 011
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 15/09/2026What happens when access to training becomes a catalyst for something bigger? For Gideon Alex, a computational neuroscience workshop run by @trendcamina.bsky.social helped open the door to a network of students, faculty, and organizers working to expand scientific opportunity across Africa. 131
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 14/09/2026Now in its 7th year, #OpenScienceWeek is our annual celebration of science shared openly and this year, we're inviting you inside. Follow our campaign all week for a look at our science, our accelerators, our data, and our Seattle headquarters. alleninstitute.org/articles/wha...alleninstitute.orgWhat is open science?Sharing knowledge accelerates innovation and advances discovery 020
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 14/09/2026Open science means data, software, lab protocols, cell lines, and even custom microscope designs freely available to everyone, so researchers can build on each other's work instead of starting from scratch. More collaboration = faster discoveries. 121
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 14/09/2026It's #OpenScienceWeek! Research can be expensive, competitive, and surprisingly hard to share. Paywalls, data barriers, and the race to publish have historically kept discoveries locked away. Open science is the movement to change that. 163
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 10/09/2026🧠 Explore this data now in the ABC Atlas: bit.ly/4gHJ27e 💡 Map the new taxonomy to your data with MapMyCells: bit.ly/4iiQMxL 🤖 Work with the data programmatically on GitHub: bit.ly/4inIsNibit.lybrain knowledge platform 000
allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 10/09/2026The SEA-AD Caudate Nucleus snRNA-seq Atlas is a cellular-resolution view of Alzheimer’s disease pathology in the caudate head of human donors. This dataset comprises over 800,000 single nuclei from a 42-donor subset of the original 84-donor SEA-AD cohort. 100