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 🔗 https://connect.alleninstitute.org/e/exploring-cell-types-with-the-allen-institute-boston-2026

Congrats to our own Karel Svoboda on being elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences! Dive deeper into his contributions to the neuroscience community and our understanding of complex brain functions like planning and movement: https://bit.ly/4vBjsVC

Less than a week to apply for the free and open #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: https://www.2026brainconference.com/

Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is beta-catenin - illuminating adherens junctions! 🧫 Our hiPSC lines & plasmids – fluorescently-tagged to illuminate structures – are openly available to support scientific discovery. 📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social & @addgene.bsky.social #FluorescenceFriday

Fentanyl is 100x stronger than morphine and it's reshaping the public health landscape. Dive into the neuroscience of addiction and the human stories behind the crisis: https://alleninstitute.org/news/lab-notes-the-neuroscience-of-addiction/

What do Lionel Messi, martial artists, and neurosurgeons have in common? Flow state. Our CEO and neuroscientist @ruimcosta.bsky.social discussed flow state with Dr. Sanjay Gupta on the “Chasing Life” podcast and what we can learn from #FIFAWorldCup athletes. 🎧 https://cnn.it/4plPcg5

Buenos Aires, we're coming to you! Join us at Fundacion Instituto leloir for an interactive workshop on how to explore and use cell type taxonomy data and tools from the Brain Knowledge Platform. 🎟️ Registration is free 🔗 https://bit.ly/4xBXKD1

#OnThisDay in 2016, we launched the Allen Brain Observatory with the first standardized in vivo survey of physiological activity in the mouse visual cortex. Since its launch, the Observatory and its data has been critical to visual cortex research around the world. 🔭 Explore: https://bit.ly/4wJQrrS

Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is nucleophosmin 1 - illuminating the nucleolus! 🧫 Our hiPSC lines & plasmids – fluorescently-tagged to illuminate structures – are openly available to accelerate scientific discovery. 📦 Distributed by @Coriell_Science & @Addgene

Have you used our #OpenScience resources in your research or classroom? We want to highlight it during #OpenScienceWeek! Share your story at https://bit.ly/opensciencestories

Spend less time processing cell images with the Allen Cell Structure Segmenter. This #OpenScience python-based toolkit helps #cellscience researchers navigate complex images by automatically capturing the boundaries of structures. Access at: https://lnkd.in/gpWA7xWH

amber waves of brain/ When we think of waves, our minds might travel to the tranquility of ocean beaches. But brains also pulse with wave cycles. This video illustrates the neural activity of a mouse brain. Learn more in this #SciShots: https://alleninstitute.org/news/scishots-amber-waves-of-brain

New in @natmethods.nature.com: a new human stem cell model of EMT lets us watch cells transition in both 2D and 3D and shows human stem cells can undergo the transition differently depending on how they are grown. 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-026-03096-9

Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is SOX-2 - our first cell line in space! 🚀 Last year, Cedars Sinai researchers @arunsharmaphd.bsky.social and Clive Svendsen sent SOX-2 and alpha actinin to the International Space Station to study organoid formation in microgravity. More: https://bit.ly/4g4QV6W

On this day in 2020, we launched Seattle Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Cell Atlas (SEA-AD) consortium with @uwmedicine.bsky.social and Kaiser Permanente Washington Research Institute. Since its launch, we've continued to expand our free and open datasets and resources: https://lnkd.in/dDYtRY-G

#DravetSyndrome is a rare, devastating disease that often starts in infancy and leads to severe seizures. With support from the NIH, Washington Research Foundation, and @curedravet.bsky.social, we're testing a potential new gene therapy that could bring relief to patients and families. #CureDravet

Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is connexin-43 - illuminating gap junction proteins! 🧫✨ Our high-quality cell lines & plasmids are openly available to accelerate discovery. 📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social & @addgene.bsky.social #FluorescenceFriday

The brain's electrical waves don't just travel. They spiral, and the spirals are coordinated across the whole brain. Out today in @science.org, the study was led by @uw-nbio.bsky.social with @alleninstitute.org contributions. 🌀 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx1369

Open science is a great teaching tool, so why isn't it seen more in the classroom? Dr. @kaitlyncasimo.bsky.social shares in @thetransmitter.bsky.social what gets in the way and how neuroscience can support open-science practices in training the next generation: https://bit.ly/3Qq8xPW

Congratulations to our own Anna-Maria Globig on being named a 2026 @pew.org Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research! 🎉 Her work exploring communication between the nervous and immune systems could open new doors for anticancer immunity. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4ee9Jze

Data was front and center at the @BioCentury Grand Rounds in Seattle. Our scientists joined Nobel Laureates and biotech leaders on stage, presenting on cell type specificity in the brain, CRISPR-based genome editing, and how immunity changes with age: https://bit.ly/4ve52vm

Join us on tomorrow 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: https://bit.ly/3PIFcAd

When @lndriscoll.bsky.social began her doctoral research at Harvard, her first task was to find the baseline of how specific neurons fired. Then the baseline kept moving. @dianakwon.bsky.social asked the researchers grappling with the brain's shifting code: https://go.nature.com/3RYKGHJ

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. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4uZW5VE

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. #neuroskyence #FluorescenceFriday

Spinal motor neurons in dazzling detail. ✨🧠 Each green dot is a spinal motor neuron - crucial but rare cells making up just 1% of spinal cord neurons. In diseases like #ALS, they are selectively damaged, making them of special interest to neuroscientists. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4anj19z #SciShots

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. 🎟️ https://alleninstitute.org/events/neuroscience-cell-types-webinars

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. 🔗 https://portal.brain-map.org/atlases-and-data/bkp/mapmycells

The time is now to rethink how we study brain disease. Thank you @callimcflurry.bsky.social for sharing the recently launched #BrainHealth accelerator in @thetransmitter.bsky.social. Check out the story: https://bit.ly/3RXLEDZ

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: https://www.2026brainconference.com/