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@AllenInstitute

accelerating science for a healthier world

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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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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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ALT A group of people in lab coats smiling and standing together in a laboratory setting. The text on the image reads, "Rui Costa pays forward mentor's gift as CEO.

Image with text: "be curious, and don’t think about the job … knowing about science and knowing about analytical thinking, how to be curious, is important even if you don’t think you’re going to be a scientist." The text is in white and bright green on a grey background.

ALT Image with text: "be curious, and don’t think about the job … knowing about science and knowing about analytical thinking, how to be curious, is important even if you don’t think you’re going to be a scientist." The text is in white and bright green on a grey background.

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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
Banner for the 2026 BRAIN Initiative Alliance Toolmakers Showcase. Includes an illustrated brain with icons. Event on November 15, 2026, at Marriott Marquis Washington, DC. Registration is open.

ALT Banner for the 2026 BRAIN Initiative Alliance Toolmakers Showcase. Includes an illustrated brain with icons. Event on November 15, 2026, at Marriott Marquis Washington, DC. Registration is open.

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Shinya Ito@shixnyaNov 2
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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Our new #neuroscience collaboration, the Simons Collaboration on Brain Energetics (SCOBE), will explore how energy constraints shape neural computation: bit.ly/4BA7VKB #science #neuroscience
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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Using #Neuropixels or want to upskill? Check out our free and open Neuropixels resources including: ⚙️ Design files for our modular insertion system 🎯 Methods for MRI-guided targeting ☁️ Cloud-based spike sorting 🖥️ Open ephys GUI Dive in: allenneuraldynamics.org/plat…
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Congratulations to Leila Elabbady on receiving the Jennifer N. Bourne Prize in Neuronal and Synaptic Structure and Function, which honors outstanding work advancing our understanding of synapses in neural circuits and nanoscale connectomics! bit.ly/3UqLw1v
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How does the brain, which uses ~20% of the body’s energy, make and ration its power? Today the @SimonsFdn launches SCOBE: $80M, 10 years, 26 investigators, including the Allen Institute’s Anton Arkhipov. bit.ly/4sFtEwu
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Happy Halloween! Enjoy this spooky jack-o-lantern-like brain image from our scientists. Although the slices from the Allen Mouse Brain Atlas are cut in a standardized fashion, sometimes tears happen and can result in some spooky images like this one!
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Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is CCCTC-binding factor - illuminating a binding site involved in transcription! Our cell lines & plasmids are openly available to accelerate scientific discovery: allencell.org/cell-catalog.h… 📦 Distributed by @Coriell_Science and @Addgene
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Wishing you a safe, fun, and spooky Halloween from a ferry boat, a safety cone-ference, Ash Ketchum and his lab of Pokémon, Cruella de Vil and her dalmations, and the rest of us here at the Allen Institute!
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How can we understand the neural circuits that shape behavior? Join us at #SfN26 for a Neural Dynamics satellite workshop to explore open data and tools for neuropixels recordings, neuron reconstructions, and multimodal analysis. Register by 11/13: bit.ly/3Uu0p31
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ALT The image is a promotional poster for a "neural dynamics/" satellite workshop happening on November 14 from 7–10 am, associated with "sfn26." The poster features a microscopic image of neural tissue as the background, with text in bright colors. A "register/" button with an orange arrow icon is included at the bottom.

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Lake Conferences bring together communities in key developing areas of neuroscience and cell science for energetic, medium-sized forums. 🏔️ Apps are open for our Lake Conference on Modeling Life from Tissues to Cells in Switzerland on Mar. 21-25, 2027: bit.ly/4ANhchR
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Using Neuropixels or want to upskill? Check out our free and open Neuropixels resources including: ⚙️ Design files for our modular insertion system 🎯 Methods for MRI-guided targeting ☁️ Cloud-based spike sorting 🖥️ Open ephys GUI Access these tools: bit.ly/4e0Uklh
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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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Science backs what we’ve always felt: friendship is good for us. On Lab Notes, neuroscientist @dr_benrein (Why Brains Need Friends) and the US Chamber of Connection explore the health perks of friendship, loneliness’s economic cost, and “frictionmaxxing.” bit.ly/3WPGXhS
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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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