Rui Costa
@ruimcosta.bsky.social
The wanderer. The clown. The chairman.
President and CEO, @alleninstitute.org
Opinions are my own.
President and CEO, @alleninstitute.org
Opinions are my own.
Congrats to the global BICAN consortium for releasing the most detailed developmental maps of the mammalian brain to date. This achievement, supported by the NIH's #studyBRAIN Initiative, provides powerful tools for understanding brain development. #ScienceMatters
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Scientists complete first drafts of developing mammalian brain cell atlases
New research reveals how early brains form and the critical periods that could help diagnose and treat brain disease.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Congrats to the global BICAN consortium for releasing the most detailed developmental maps of the mammalian brain to date. This achievement, supported by the NIH's #studyBRAIN Initiative, provides powerful tools for understanding brain development. #ScienceMatters
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Grateful to our new artist-in-residence Refik Anadol for visiting the @alleninstitute.org and sharing his vision for blending art, science, and tech.
His talk was a reminder that data is more than numbers. It can spark curiosity, creativity, and connection. Excited for what’s next. #ScienceMatters
His talk was a reminder that data is more than numbers. It can spark curiosity, creativity, and connection. Excited for what’s next. #ScienceMatters
October 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Grateful to our new artist-in-residence Refik Anadol for visiting the @alleninstitute.org and sharing his vision for blending art, science, and tech.
His talk was a reminder that data is more than numbers. It can spark curiosity, creativity, and connection. Excited for what’s next. #ScienceMatters
His talk was a reminder that data is more than numbers. It can spark curiosity, creativity, and connection. Excited for what’s next. #ScienceMatters
Science has been a driving force behind major advances in health, technology, and the quality of our everyday lives. Yet, we find ourselves at a time when trust in science is being tested.
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Open Science Accelerates Discovery and is Critical for Trust in Science
Science has been a driving force behind major advances in health, technology, and the quality of our everyday lives. From life-saving medical treatments to innovations that shape our daily experiences...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Science has been a driving force behind major advances in health, technology, and the quality of our everyday lives. Yet, we find ourselves at a time when trust in science is being tested.
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This World Mental Health Day, I’m reflecting on the science, people, and shared responsibility to build a future where mental health is supported and prioritized.
Understanding the brain and the physiological mechanisms behind mental health is important to confront mental health challenges.
Understanding the brain and the physiological mechanisms behind mental health is important to confront mental health challenges.
October 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This World Mental Health Day, I’m reflecting on the science, people, and shared responsibility to build a future where mental health is supported and prioritized.
Understanding the brain and the physiological mechanisms behind mental health is important to confront mental health challenges.
Understanding the brain and the physiological mechanisms behind mental health is important to confront mental health challenges.
Our latest immunology study reveals rheumatoid arthritis begins silently attacking the immune system years before symptoms appear.
This 7-year study is team science at its best. It opens the door to preventing RA before it begins and better patient outcomes.
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This 7-year study is team science at its best. It opens the door to preventing RA before it begins and better patient outcomes.
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New study reveals rheumatoid arthritis begins long before symptoms, opening door to prevention
The seven-year study reveals early-warning signs that could help doctors catch the disease before it starts, potentially saving patients years of pain and disability.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Our latest immunology study reveals rheumatoid arthritis begins silently attacking the immune system years before symptoms appear.
This 7-year study is team science at its best. It opens the door to preventing RA before it begins and better patient outcomes.
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This 7-year study is team science at its best. It opens the door to preventing RA before it begins and better patient outcomes.
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It was my honor to host Consul General Eunji Seo from the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Seattle for tours of our open science facilities and discussions about future partnerships. 🇰🇷🇺🇸
September 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It was my honor to host Consul General Eunji Seo from the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Seattle for tours of our open science facilities and discussions about future partnerships. 🇰🇷🇺🇸
Both science and art are driven by curiosity, creativity, and a desire to understand our world. #AtAllenInstitute, we celebrate the role creativity plays in scientific discovery. Here's an excerpt from an insightful discussion I had with Scott Stulen, CEO of @seattleartmuseum.bsky.social.
September 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Both science and art are driven by curiosity, creativity, and a desire to understand our world. #AtAllenInstitute, we celebrate the role creativity plays in scientific discovery. Here's an excerpt from an insightful discussion I had with Scott Stulen, CEO of @seattleartmuseum.bsky.social.
Thanks to our partnership with @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org, the ABC Atlas now includes Parkinson’s disease data.
This gives everyone a powerful tool for decoding how diseases like Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s affect the brain.
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This gives everyone a powerful tool for decoding how diseases like Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s affect the brain.
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Collaboration Expands Research Tool to Help Crack the Code on Parkinson’s and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
A new view of Parkinson’s disease
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July 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thanks to our partnership with @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org, the ABC Atlas now includes Parkinson’s disease data.
This gives everyone a powerful tool for decoding how diseases like Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s affect the brain.
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This gives everyone a powerful tool for decoding how diseases like Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s affect the brain.
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I’m incredibly excited to welcome Sarah Norris Hall as the new Chief Financial Officer of the @alleninstitute.org! Sarah is a passionate and dedicated leader with a proven record of stewardship and impact.
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Allen Institute names Sarah Norris Hall as next Chief Financial Officer
Norris Hall’s experience and insight into financial operations will help enable and propel transformative science at the Allen Institute.
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July 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I’m incredibly excited to welcome Sarah Norris Hall as the new Chief Financial Officer of the @alleninstitute.org! Sarah is a passionate and dedicated leader with a proven record of stewardship and impact.
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Today is #ALSAwarenessDay, a day to raise awareness of a disease that devastates lives.
At @alleninstitute.org, we've developed a genetic toolkit that acts like a GPS system, precisely targeting neurons destroyed by ALS & offering new paths to study the disease and, potentially, deliver therapies.
At @alleninstitute.org, we've developed a genetic toolkit that acts like a GPS system, precisely targeting neurons destroyed by ALS & offering new paths to study the disease and, potentially, deliver therapies.
Scientists can now target the cells at the center of ALS
For the first time ever, scientists have developed a precise genetic toolkit that can target the exact nerve cells destroyed by ALS—a discovery that...
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June 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today is #ALSAwarenessDay, a day to raise awareness of a disease that devastates lives.
At @alleninstitute.org, we've developed a genetic toolkit that acts like a GPS system, precisely targeting neurons destroyed by ALS & offering new paths to study the disease and, potentially, deliver therapies.
At @alleninstitute.org, we've developed a genetic toolkit that acts like a GPS system, precisely targeting neurons destroyed by ALS & offering new paths to study the disease and, potentially, deliver therapies.
Science education is important not just for educating the next generation of science leaders, but also for enriching the minds of the next generation of leaders in all areas of our society.
Science is for everyone.
Our Education & Engagement program empowers students, educators, and scientists to harness the power of real-world #OpenScience tools and data.
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#EduSky #iTeachBio #Neuroskyence
Our Education & Engagement program empowers students, educators, and scientists to harness the power of real-world #OpenScience tools and data.
📽️ youtu.be/uDnCFnzDLec
#EduSky #iTeachBio #Neuroskyence
Allen Institute Education and Engagement Program: Fostering the Next Generation of Scientists
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June 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Science education is important not just for educating the next generation of science leaders, but also for enriching the minds of the next generation of leaders in all areas of our society.
June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month. At @alleninstitute.org, we're mapping the disease at the cellular level and sharing the data with the world.
Join us on 6/5 for a webinar with AARP and @uwmedicine.bsky.social to explore the latest in our brain aging research.
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Join us on 6/5 for a webinar with AARP and @uwmedicine.bsky.social to explore the latest in our brain aging research.
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June 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month. At @alleninstitute.org, we're mapping the disease at the cellular level and sharing the data with the world.
Join us on 6/5 for a webinar with AARP and @uwmedicine.bsky.social to explore the latest in our brain aging research.
🧠📈 aarp.org/brainhealthwa
Join us on 6/5 for a webinar with AARP and @uwmedicine.bsky.social to explore the latest in our brain aging research.
🧠📈 aarp.org/brainhealthwa
I'm excited to announce the opening of our new education laboratory!
This purpose-built space is designed to inspire students by offering hands-on experiences with real-world scientific techniques.
Our goal is to ignite curiosity and foster a love for science through interactive learning.
This purpose-built space is designed to inspire students by offering hands-on experiences with real-world scientific techniques.
Our goal is to ignite curiosity and foster a love for science through interactive learning.
Curiosity sparked. 🧠✨
We're opening the doors to our new education lab. In this space, students don't just learn about science, they do science. Hands-on, data-driven, curiosity-fueled.
#EduSky #iTeachBio
We're opening the doors to our new education lab. In this space, students don't just learn about science, they do science. Hands-on, data-driven, curiosity-fueled.
#EduSky #iTeachBio
Allen Institute opens new education lab in Seattle to strengthen science globally
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May 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I'm excited to announce the opening of our new education laboratory!
This purpose-built space is designed to inspire students by offering hands-on experiences with real-world scientific techniques.
Our goal is to ignite curiosity and foster a love for science through interactive learning.
This purpose-built space is designed to inspire students by offering hands-on experiences with real-world scientific techniques.
Our goal is to ignite curiosity and foster a love for science through interactive learning.
Always a pleasure catching up with the impressive alumni network of the @alleninstitute.org. Their continued dedication to big, collaborative, and open science across the world is a testament to the foundations built here.
Thank you to all the alumni who made RE:CONNECT such a blast last night! We had a great time sharing our work and vision with the people who created the foundation we stand on today. #allenimpact
May 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Always a pleasure catching up with the impressive alumni network of the @alleninstitute.org. Their continued dedication to big, collaborative, and open science across the world is a testament to the foundations built here.
Congrats to the Cell Science team at @AllenInstitute.org for launching CellScapes. By combining our expertise in 3D cellular organization, imaging methods, and computational frameworks, this boundary-pushing moonshot could change our understanding of how cells form organs.
#CellBiology
#CellBiology
A new era of cellular biology.
Today, we’re launching CellScapes. The mission – to uncover the foundational principles of how cells behave collectively and change states in health and disease.
#CellBio
Today, we’re launching CellScapes. The mission – to uncover the foundational principles of how cells behave collectively and change states in health and disease.
#CellBio
May 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Congrats to the Cell Science team at @AllenInstitute.org for launching CellScapes. By combining our expertise in 3D cellular organization, imaging methods, and computational frameworks, this boundary-pushing moonshot could change our understanding of how cells form organs.
#CellBiology
#CellBiology
On #TeacherAppreciationDay, I reflect on the pivotal role of educators in my life. From my vet school days to my pursuit of neuroscience, teachers have been the guiding lights on my journey. Their belief in my potential gave me the courage to follow my passion, even when the path was uncertain.
May 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
On #TeacherAppreciationDay, I reflect on the pivotal role of educators in my life. From my vet school days to my pursuit of neuroscience, teachers have been the guiding lights on my journey. Their belief in my potential gave me the courage to follow my passion, even when the path was uncertain.
Mental health is health. As a neuroscientist and optimist, I’m proud of the work happening at @alleninstitute.bsky.social and beyond that is paving the way to a brighter future.
One of my favorite ways to unwind and support my own mental health is walking my dog! #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
One of my favorite ways to unwind and support my own mental health is walking my dog! #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
May 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Mental health is health. As a neuroscientist and optimist, I’m proud of the work happening at @alleninstitute.bsky.social and beyond that is paving the way to a brighter future.
One of my favorite ways to unwind and support my own mental health is walking my dog! #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
One of my favorite ways to unwind and support my own mental health is walking my dog! #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
Our scientists w/ over 150 collaborators have released the largest functional map and wiring diagram of the brain to date – 7 years in the making. This moonshot milestone will further efforts towards understanding the cortical mechanisms of intelligence. Congrats to the teams who made this possible.
How does the brain work?
Scientists are closer to the answer with the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date. 🧵
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Scientists are closer to the answer with the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date. 🧵
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April 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Our scientists w/ over 150 collaborators have released the largest functional map and wiring diagram of the brain to date – 7 years in the making. This moonshot milestone will further efforts towards understanding the cortical mechanisms of intelligence. Congrats to the teams who made this possible.
Science intersects with many aspects of life and society.
The @alleninstitute.bsky.social is launching a series of Impact Partnerships, fostering dynamic collaborations between science, design, art, music, and community. (1/3)
The @alleninstitute.bsky.social is launching a series of Impact Partnerships, fostering dynamic collaborations between science, design, art, music, and community. (1/3)
April 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Science intersects with many aspects of life and society.
The @alleninstitute.bsky.social is launching a series of Impact Partnerships, fostering dynamic collaborations between science, design, art, music, and community. (1/3)
The @alleninstitute.bsky.social is launching a series of Impact Partnerships, fostering dynamic collaborations between science, design, art, music, and community. (1/3)
Reposted by Rui Costa
Call me associate, not assistant*
*starting 9/16/25
*starting 9/16/25
March 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Call me associate, not assistant*
*starting 9/16/25
*starting 9/16/25
Reposted by Rui Costa
Predicting the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in the next 10 years with blood biomarkers, such as p-Tau217
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March 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Predicting the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in the next 10 years with blood biomarkers, such as p-Tau217
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @naturemedicine.bsky.social
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Great news for families grappling with Dravet Syndrome.
This work is a testament to how foundational science research can foster translational breakthroughs.
I’m very proud of the incredible #TeamScience at the @alleninstitute.bsky.social and partnership with Seattle Children’s Research Institute.
This work is a testament to how foundational science research can foster translational breakthroughs.
I’m very proud of the incredible #TeamScience at the @alleninstitute.bsky.social and partnership with Seattle Children’s Research Institute.
New hope for families battling Dravet Syndrome.
Scientists have developed a new gene replacement therapy that could improve treatments for a rare and life-altering form of epilepsy. 🧵
#Neuroskyence #DravetSyndrome
Scientists have developed a new gene replacement therapy that could improve treatments for a rare and life-altering form of epilepsy. 🧵
#Neuroskyence #DravetSyndrome
March 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Great news for families grappling with Dravet Syndrome.
This work is a testament to how foundational science research can foster translational breakthroughs.
I’m very proud of the incredible #TeamScience at the @alleninstitute.bsky.social and partnership with Seattle Children’s Research Institute.
This work is a testament to how foundational science research can foster translational breakthroughs.
I’m very proud of the incredible #TeamScience at the @alleninstitute.bsky.social and partnership with Seattle Children’s Research Institute.
OpenScope has been a game-changer in neuroscience and served as a shining example of #OpenScience. I'm incredibly proud of how this program has allowed important questions about the brain to be pursued and shared with the world.
Great questions can come from anywhere. OpenScope allows researchers from around the world to pitch experiments to be run – at not cost to them – in the Allen Brain Observatory. 🧠📈
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#BrainAwarenessWeek
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#BrainAwarenessWeek
OpenScope Impact
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March 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
OpenScope has been a game-changer in neuroscience and served as a shining example of #OpenScience. I'm incredibly proud of how this program has allowed important questions about the brain to be pursued and shared with the world.
The brain shapes our identity, memories, and emotions. Understanding it is key to combating brain diseases affecting over 3 billion people.
#BrainAwarenessWeek highlights the @alleninstitute.bsky.social's groundbreaking work. Let's raise awareness & inspire action for brain health. #ScienceMatters
#BrainAwarenessWeek highlights the @alleninstitute.bsky.social's groundbreaking work. Let's raise awareness & inspire action for brain health. #ScienceMatters
March 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The brain shapes our identity, memories, and emotions. Understanding it is key to combating brain diseases affecting over 3 billion people.
#BrainAwarenessWeek highlights the @alleninstitute.bsky.social's groundbreaking work. Let's raise awareness & inspire action for brain health. #ScienceMatters
#BrainAwarenessWeek highlights the @alleninstitute.bsky.social's groundbreaking work. Let's raise awareness & inspire action for brain health. #ScienceMatters
Happy #EmployeeAppreciationDay to the inspiring teams at the @alleninstitute.bsky.social. Whether you're in the lab, admin, or scientific support, your contributions are critical for our moonshots and mission. Thank you for your collaboration and commitment. Together we go farther!
March 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Happy #EmployeeAppreciationDay to the inspiring teams at the @alleninstitute.bsky.social. Whether you're in the lab, admin, or scientific support, your contributions are critical for our moonshots and mission. Thank you for your collaboration and commitment. Together we go farther!