accelerating science for a healthier world
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Brain disease is tragic, but it doesn’t have to be. It’s time for a new approach to #brainhealth research.
That’s why we and our partners are launching the Brain Health accelerator.
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When @LnDriscoll began her doctoral research at Harvard, her first task was to find the baseline of how specific neurons fired. Then the baseline kept moving.
@DianaMKwon for @Nature asked the researchers grappling with the brain's shifting code: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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There's one week left to apply for the #LakeConference on Comparative and Evolutionary Neurobiology!
Apply by June 19 to be considered for this research forum on the beautiful shores of Lake Washington. All career stages welcomed.
🔗 alleninstitute.org/events/la…
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Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is MLC-2a - illuminating sarcomeric thick filaments! 💪🧫
Our high-quality hiPS cell lines & plasmids are available for just the cost of shipping to support more researchers and discovery.
📦 Distributed by @Coriell_Science & @Addgene.
#OpenScienceWeek
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Join us on Tues., June 16 for an interactive walkthrough of open-access tools for exploring mammalian basal ganglia data incl. Allen Brain Cell Atlas, MapMyCells, Cytosplore, and more.
🗓 June 16, 10:30–11:45am PST
🙌 Virtual & Free
Register: bit.ly/3PIFcAd
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....a tremendous resource still!
On this day in 2015, we launched the Allen Cell Types Database!
This first-of-its-kind database began with the location, electrical activity and shape of more than 240 neurons. Today it has 2333 neurons and counting.
See the data for yourself: celltypes.brain-map.org/
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What happens at the Allen Institute impacts scientists and cell biologists from around the world. From cell lines to software, we're proud to support scientific discovery. #AllenImpact
@NatEyeInstitute @MEJohnson81 @JHUArtsSciences
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Spinal motor neurons in dazzling detail. ✨
Each green dot is a spinal motor neuron - crucial but rare cells making up just 1% of neurons in the spinal cord. In diseases like ALS, they are selectively damaged, making them of special interest to neuroscientists. #SciShots
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Boston, we're coming to you!
Join us at MIT for an interactive workshop on how to explore and use cell type taxonomy data and tools from the Brain Knowledge Platform.
🎟️ Registration is free
🔗 connect.alleninstitute.org/e…
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Bring your cell typing questions to our "Describe Your Neurons like the Allen Institute" Q&A workshop.
Our experts will answer your questions live on cell type tools, datasets, and real-world applications.
🎟️ alleninstitute.org/events/ne…
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Join us June 16 for an interactive walkthrough of open-access tools for exploring mammalian basal ganglia data incl. Allen Brain Cell Atlas, MapMyCells, Cytosplore, and more.
🗓 June 16, 10:30–11:45am PST
🙌 Virtual & Free
Register: bit.ly/3PIFcAd
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Meet MapMyCells! This tool saves brain researchers precious time by comparing their data to massive, high-quality reference datasets, including our Alzheimer's and whole mouse brain atlases.
🔗 portal.brain-map.org/atlases…
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Feeling a little stressed? Give your mind a break with some ✨ Soothing Science ✨ featuring one of our stem cell lines.
🔊 Sound on for some tranquil audio
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The time is now to rethink how we study brain disease.
Thank you @callimcflurry for sharing the recently launched #BrainHealth accelerator in @_TheTransmitter. Check out the story: thetransmitter.org/treatment…
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Get up close with brain cells with the browser-based MICrONS Explorer: microns-explorer.org/
This #OpenScience data portal contains connectivity and functional imaging data including #ElectronMicroscopy based reconstructions of cortical circuitry from the mouse visual cortex.
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The Allen Institute, known for backing large-scale basic biology research such as ambitious “atlases” of cell types in the brain, is expanding its scope to tackle multiple neurodegenerative diseases. scim.ag/4uGnAUF
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This week’s launch of the #BrainHealth accelerator marks an important step forward for neuroscience. I’m excited to see this ambitious effort rally teams around a shared goal: building a deeper understanding of brain disease and accelerating progress toward better therapies.
Brain disease is tragic, but it doesn’t have to be. It’s time for a new approach to #brainhealth research.
That’s why we and our partners are launching the Brain Health accelerator.
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Join us at the #2026BRAINConference!
Attendees will get to hear about the accomplishments of the BRAIN Initiative community and get a preview of what's to come. Open to the public and free to apply.
🔗 Learn more and register at: 2026brainconference.com/
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Join us June 16 for an interactive walkthrough of open-access tools for exploring mammalian basal ganglia data incl. Allen Brain Cell Atlas, MapMyCells, Cytosplore, and more.
🗓 June 16, 10:30–11:45am PST
🙌 Virtual & Free
Register: bit.ly/3PIFcAd
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⭐New data are available on the Allen Brain Cell (ABC) Atlas: Developing Mouse - Visual Cortex
The ABC Atlas provides a platform for visualizing multimodal single cell data across multiple whole-brain datasets simultaneously.
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The taxonomy is derived from a single cell transcriptomic dataset containing 568,654 cells from 53 brains.
Access the #openscience data:
knowledge.brain-map.org/abca…
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This release is part of an initiative to create a high-quality atlas of cell types in the mouse visual cortex and thalamus across development using large scale single cell transcriptomic analysis.
Read more: nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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