To celebrate #OpenScienceWeek, we're sharing why we give away our data, protocols, and resources to everyone.
Featuring our #openscience friends at @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social, NASA, @addgene.bsky.social, and NIH.
Apply by Friday, January 9 to join us at our Seattle HQ for a hands-on workshop on how to describe your neurons like the Allen Institute.
🛫 Travel support available
Apply: https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/
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Apply by Friday, January 9 to join us at our Seattle HQ for a hands-on workshop on how to describe your neurons like the Allen Institute.
🛫 Travel support available
Apply: https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/
🧠📈
Our cell lines & plasmids are available for just the cost of shipping to lower the barriers to scientific discovery.
📦 @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
Our cell lines & plasmids are available for just the cost of shipping to lower the barriers to scientific discovery.
📦 @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
This year, @alleninstitute.org researchers helped create the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network, a remarkable series of publications in Nature. 🤯
https://bsky.app/profile/scienceinseattle.com/post/3m5cxgqdfse2f
Check out the work from the @alleninstitute.org and their colleagues: https://go.nature.com/4hT3yRj
This year, @alleninstitute.org researchers helped create the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network, a remarkable series of publications in Nature. 🤯
https://bsky.app/profile/scienceinseattle.com/post/3m5cxgqdfse2f
Join us at our Cell Types Workshop to learn how we define cell types and how to use our research tools. Programming experience not required.
🗓️ Apr. 6-8 in Seattle
⏳Apply by Jan. 9
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/
Join us at our Cell Types Workshop to learn how we define cell types and how to use our research tools. Programming experience not required.
🗓️ Apr. 6-8 in Seattle
⏳Apply by Jan. 9
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/
No prior coding experience needed. Travel, meals, & stipend included.
Apply by February 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
No prior coding experience needed. Travel, meals, & stipend included.
Apply by February 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
This sparkling video shows the neurotransmitter glutamate being released into synapses, made possible by an indicator developed by @abhi_aggarwal1, @PodgorskiLab, and team.
#HappyNewYear #NYE
This sparkling video shows the neurotransmitter glutamate being released into synapses, made possible by an indicator developed by @abhi_aggarwal1, @PodgorskiLab, and team.
#HappyNewYear #NYE
Yiliu Wang, PhD, used her Shanahan Fellowship to bridge AI and neuroscience, leading five major projects and mentoring future scientists.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/news/making-connections/
#ShanahanFellow
Yiliu Wang, PhD, used her Shanahan Fellowship to bridge AI and neuroscience, leading five major projects and mentoring future scientists.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/news/making-connections/
#ShanahanFellow
Check out our year-long, postbacc internships! Get on-job-experience and mentorship that will help you pursue your educational and career goals.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships/
Check out our year-long, postbacc internships! Get on-job-experience and mentorship that will help you pursue your educational and career goals.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships/
Recent episodes explore:
⚙️ Engineering life
🧠 Science of addiction (and possible paths to cures)
💻 Creating a digital brain
🛰️ Sending stem cells to space
🎧: https://alleninstitute.org/podcast-lab-notes/
Recent episodes explore:
⚙️ Engineering life
🧠 Science of addiction (and possible paths to cures)
💻 Creating a digital brain
🛰️ Sending stem cells to space
🎧: https://alleninstitute.org/podcast-lab-notes/
Get on-job-experience and mentorship that will help you pursue your educational and career goals.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships/
Get on-job-experience and mentorship that will help you pursue your educational and career goals.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships/
🗓️ May 11-14 in Seattle
💻 Python experience required
💰 Support for travel
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-computational-cell-types-workshop/
🗓️ May 11-14 in Seattle
💻 Python experience required
💰 Support for travel
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-computational-cell-types-workshop/
📦 @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
📦 @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
Join us on Jan. 14, 11am-12pm PT for a webinar on the new features and data in world's most comprehensive brain cell atlas.
🔗 https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Le5E4CXGSA2clMJ2VesyBw#/registration
Join us on Jan. 14, 11am-12pm PT for a webinar on the new features and data in world's most comprehensive brain cell atlas.
🔗 https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Le5E4CXGSA2clMJ2VesyBw#/registration
Our new ASPIRE Internship Program offers a year of mentorship, hands-on experience & career development for recent grads.
Positions starting in Summer 2026 are now open: https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships/
Our new ASPIRE Internship Program offers a year of mentorship, hands-on experience & career development for recent grads.
Positions starting in Summer 2026 are now open: https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships/
Previously, scientists have mostly recorded when neurons fire output signals, but now with a new glutamate indicator, they can record the many inputs that causes cells to fire. 🧵
#neuroskyence
Previously, scientists have mostly recorded when neurons fire output signals, but now with a new glutamate indicator, they can record the many inputs that causes cells to fire. 🧵
#neuroskyence
Join us at our Cell Types Workshop to learn how we define cell types and how to use our research tools. Programming experience not required.
🗓️ Apr. 6-8 in Seattle
⏳Apply by Jan. 9
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/
Join us at our Cell Types Workshop to learn how we define cell types and how to use our research tools. Programming experience not required.
🗓️ Apr. 6-8 in Seattle
⏳Apply by Jan. 9
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/
In this video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team, a fluffy pyramidal neuron is lit by twinkling input synapses. To make it, a brain sample was cut into 1000s of nm-thin sections and millions of high-res images were taken.
In this video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team, a fluffy pyramidal neuron is lit by twinkling input synapses. To make it, a brain sample was cut into 1000s of nm-thin sections and millions of high-res images were taken.
Recent episodes explore:
⚙️ Engineering life
🧠 Science of addiction (and possible paths to cures)
💻 Creating a digital brain
🛰️ Sending stem cells to space
🎧: https://alleninstitute.org/podcast-lab-notes/
Recent episodes explore:
⚙️ Engineering life
🧠 Science of addiction (and possible paths to cures)
💻 Creating a digital brain
🛰️ Sending stem cells to space
🎧: https://alleninstitute.org/podcast-lab-notes/
📆 May 17-21, 2026
📍 Lake Thun, Switzerland
🏔️ All career stages welcome
⏳ Apply by Jan. 31
Learn more and apply: https://lakeconferences.org/conf/1ed63fdb-de0c-4a56-a8b3-1f72f93d30ea
@lakeconferences.bsky.social
📆 May 17-21, 2026
📍 Lake Thun, Switzerland
🏔️ All career stages welcome
⏳ Apply by Jan. 31
Learn more and apply: https://lakeconferences.org/conf/1ed63fdb-de0c-4a56-a8b3-1f72f93d30ea
@lakeconferences.bsky.social
This new program is designed to provide mentorship and on-the-job experience for recent grads.
Full list of open roles: https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships-and-postbac/
This new program is designed to provide mentorship and on-the-job experience for recent grads.
Full list of open roles: https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships-and-postbac/
🗓️ May 11-14 in Seattle
💻 Python experience required
💰 Support for travel
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-computational-cell-types-workshop/
🗓️ May 11-14 in Seattle
💻 Python experience required
💰 Support for travel
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-computational-cell-types-workshop/
At @univpugetsound.bsky.social, neuroscience students used Allen Institute data to code, analyze, and explore real brain data.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/news/allen-institute-scientists-and-data-igniting-curiosity-of-young-minds/
At @univpugetsound.bsky.social, neuroscience students used Allen Institute data to code, analyze, and explore real brain data.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/news/allen-institute-scientists-and-data-igniting-curiosity-of-young-minds/
🧠💻 Perfect for PhD students and postdocs interested in developing their computational neuroscience skillsets.
More info: https://alleninstitute.org/events/summer-workshop-on-the-dynamic-brain-2026/
🧠💻 Perfect for PhD students and postdocs interested in developing their computational neuroscience skillsets.
More info: https://alleninstitute.org/events/summer-workshop-on-the-dynamic-brain-2026/
Join us at our Cell Types Workshop to learn how we define cell types and how to use our research tools. Programming experience not required.
🗓️ Apr. 6-8 in Seattle
⏳Apply by Jan. 9
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/
Join us at our Cell Types Workshop to learn how we define cell types and how to use our research tools. Programming experience not required.
🗓️ Apr. 6-8 in Seattle
⏳Apply by Jan. 9
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/
Our cell lines & plasmids are available for just the cost of shipping to break down the barriers to scientific discovery.
📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
Our cell lines & plasmids are available for just the cost of shipping to break down the barriers to scientific discovery.
📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social