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@AllenInstitute

accelerating science for a healthier world

 Seattle, WA
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Joined October 2010
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What if the next breakthrough for human health, climate resilience, or clean energy isn’t waiting to be found in nature, but is waiting to be designed? Today, we’re launching AI BioDesign, a bold endeavor to explore the uncharted design space of life.

introducing/ AI BioDesign

What if the next breakthrough for human health, climate resilience, or clean energy isn’t waiting to be found in nature, but is waiting to be designed? Today we’re launching AI BioDesign.

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🧠 Attending #SfN26? Join our Toolmakers Showcase this Sunday, Nov. 15, from 7:00–9:00 p.m. ET. Connect with toolmakers and explore tools helping move neuroscience forward. Register NOW: bit.ly/4hdU7M8 #studyBRAIN
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Mapping the most disease-relevant region of the brain marks a major step toward advancing new treatment options for patients, global research collaboration, and ultimately mapping the whole human brain.
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These studies have led to the discovery of a rare neuron linked to schizophrenia, a precise gene therapy approach for Parkinson’s, and these open science resources are openly available to accelerate more research worldwide. cell.com/consortium/bican-ba…
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Explore the BICAN basal ganglia atlas now: brain-bican.org/science/basa… To learn more, join the webinar presenting the findings of the paper package: brain-bican.org/event-detail…

Basal Ganglia

Explore BICAN’s cross-species cell atlas of the basal ganglia: 17.4M cells across human, macaque, marmoset, and mouse. Data, tools, and publications.

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#AtAllenInstitute, we're honored to work alongside those who have served in our armed forces. This #VeteransDay and every day, we thank you.
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"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
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The deadline to apply for the Lake Conference on Modeling Life from Cells to Tissues is just a month away! 📆 March 21-25, 2027 📍 Lake Thun, Switzerland 🧠 All career stages welcomed Apply to attend by Dec. 10: lakeconferences.org/conf/833…
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Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS, and other neurodegenerative diseases still lack effective treatments. The Brain Health accelerator aims to change that with cell-type-targeted gene therapies. On this episode of Lab Notes, researchers explain what makes this global model unique.
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Tackling world’s deadliest brain diseases

Tackling world’s deadliest brain diseases

This podcast explores the Brain Health accelerator, a global research initiative aimed at better understanding the human brain in health and disease

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Applications 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: bit.ly/4rgbTmD
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Find us at #SfN2026! From Nov 14–18 in Washington, D.C., our scientists and neuroscience researchers will showcase their latest work through open tools, datasets, and resources. Tap for the full schedule, save this post, and come say hi at Booth 503! bit.ly/487W88Q
SfN 2026 / Allen Institute

SfN 2026 / Allen Institute

Meet our scientists and learn about our latest neuroscience research, open resources and career opportunities at the 2026 Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual meeting in Washington D.C., November 14...

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Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is CDH1 - illuminating adherens junctions! 🦠🪢🦠 Our cell lines & plasmids are openly available to accelerate scientific discovery. 📦 Distributed by @Coriell_Science and @Addgene
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Call for papers: NeuroAI 2.0 at AAAI 2027! The 2nd workshop on Neuro for AI & AI for Neuro comes to Montreal, Feb 22-23, 2027 to discuss context-dependent learning and what brains can teach foundation models about adapting. Papers due Nov 20: bit.ly/4kaKGAf
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A professor mailed science books to a 13-year-old in rural Portugal. Decades later, that kid runs the Allen Institute. @ruimcosta talks to @PSBJ about mentorship, the $400M Brain Health Accelerator, and why his favorite project is always “the next one.” bit.ly/4egylqK
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On this day in 2021, we announced the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, which studies how the brain’s circuitry and activity give rise to complex behavior, decision making, and memory. Happy birthday to Neural Dynamics!
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join us at the #SfN26 BIA toolmakers showcase/ The showcase brings together BRAIN Initiative-funded toolmakers to share resources that can accelerate discovery, spark new ideas, and move neuroscience forward. register/ bit.ly/4yxTLqm
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Brain circuits ↔ AI that keeps learning 🧠 Submit to our Neuro for AI & AI for Neuro workshop at #AAAI2027! Due Nov 20, 2026 · Montréal, Feb 22–23, 2027 Archival long + non-archival short papers Speakers include @criticalneuro; full lineup in flyer. neuroai-multimodal-workshop.…
Call for papers: 2nd Neuro for AI & AI for Neuro workshop at AAAI-27, Montréal, February 22–23, 2027. Topics: continual learning, cortical circuit principles for adaptive AI, and AI for neural and behavioral data. Invited speakers: Blake Richards, Doina Precup, Guillaume Bellec, Guillaume Lajoie, Ida Momennejad, Markus Marks, Paul Cisek, and Priya Panda. Organizers: Asim Iqbal, Shinya Ito, Reza Abbasi-Asl, Sophia Sanborn, and Anton Arkhipov. Details: neuroai-multimodal-workshop.github.io.

ALT Call for papers: 2nd Neuro for AI & AI for Neuro workshop at AAAI-27, Montréal, February 22–23, 2027. Topics: continual learning, cortical circuit principles for adaptive AI, and AI for neural and behavioral data. Invited speakers: Blake Richards, Doina Precup, Guillaume Bellec, Guillaume Lajoie, Ida Momennejad, Markus Marks, Paul Cisek, and Priya Panda. Organizers: Asim Iqbal, Shinya Ito, Reza Abbasi-Asl, Sophia Sanborn, and Anton Arkhipov. Details: neuroai-multimodal-workshop.github.io.

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Anton Arkhipov@AntonSArkhipovNov 3
I am happy to join the @SimonsFdn Collaboration on Brain Energetics! 🎉 My group @AllenInstitute will use brain circuit simulations to explore how energy shapes brain computation. Looking forward to learning with this terrific collaborative team 🧠✨ simonsfoundation.org/news/si…
Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration To Uncover How Energy Shapes Brain Computation

Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration To Uncover How Energy Shapes Brain Computation

The human brain carries out more complex processes than any other organ, and to do this, it needs a lot of energy — roughly 20 percent of what the body generates. However, we still don’t fully…

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