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What is open science? 🤔
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.
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.
You have less than a week to apply for the Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain in the gorgeous San Juan Islands!
Apply by February 1 to be considered for this 2-week residential course and deepen your data analysis and computational skills.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4samKOZ
Apply by February 1 to be considered for this 2-week residential course and deepen your data analysis and computational skills.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4samKOZ
Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain 2026
The Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain is an intensive, project-based residential course with a focus on the neurobiology of sensory processing, coding, and neural population dynamics.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
You have less than a week to apply for the Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain in the gorgeous San Juan Islands!
Apply by February 1 to be considered for this 2-week residential course and deepen your data analysis and computational skills.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4samKOZ
Apply by February 1 to be considered for this 2-week residential course and deepen your data analysis and computational skills.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4samKOZ
Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is EZH2 - illuminating a protein involved in gene expression! 🧬🧫
Our cell lines & plasmids – fluorescently-tagged to illuminate structures – are available to accelerate #OpenScience discovery.
📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
Our cell lines & plasmids – fluorescently-tagged to illuminate structures – are available to accelerate #OpenScience discovery.
📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is EZH2 - illuminating a protein involved in gene expression! 🧬🧫
Our cell lines & plasmids – fluorescently-tagged to illuminate structures – are available to accelerate #OpenScience discovery.
📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
Our cell lines & plasmids – fluorescently-tagged to illuminate structures – are available to accelerate #OpenScience discovery.
📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
Pain-sensing neurons in the intestines play an important role in defending the body from threats.
New study led by the Artis Lab at @weillcornell.bsky.social shows TRPV1+ nociceptors in the gut activate tuft cells, leading to expulsion of parasites.
🔗 https://go.nature.com/4jTvO7k
New study led by the Artis Lab at @weillcornell.bsky.social shows TRPV1+ nociceptors in the gut activate tuft cells, leading to expulsion of parasites.
🔗 https://go.nature.com/4jTvO7k
January 21, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Pain-sensing neurons in the intestines play an important role in defending the body from threats.
New study led by the Artis Lab at @weillcornell.bsky.social shows TRPV1+ nociceptors in the gut activate tuft cells, leading to expulsion of parasites.
🔗 https://go.nature.com/4jTvO7k
New study led by the Artis Lab at @weillcornell.bsky.social shows TRPV1+ nociceptors in the gut activate tuft cells, leading to expulsion of parasites.
🔗 https://go.nature.com/4jTvO7k
Feb. 1 is the deadline to apply for the Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain in the San Juan Islands!
Please share with PhD students and postdocs interested in developing their computational neuroscience skillsets.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/summer-workshop-on-the-dynamic-brain-2026/
Please share with PhD students and postdocs interested in developing their computational neuroscience skillsets.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/summer-workshop-on-the-dynamic-brain-2026/
Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain 2026
The Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain is an intensive, project-based residential course with a focus on the neurobiology of sensory processing, coding, and neural population dynamics.
alleninstitute.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Feb. 1 is the deadline to apply for the Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain in the San Juan Islands!
Please share with PhD students and postdocs interested in developing their computational neuroscience skillsets.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/summer-workshop-on-the-dynamic-brain-2026/
Please share with PhD students and postdocs interested in developing their computational neuroscience skillsets.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/summer-workshop-on-the-dynamic-brain-2026/
Teach neuroscience to undergraduates? Learn how to incorporate our connectomics data into your courses!
🧠 "Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience"
🗓️ July 23-24
🛫 Travel funds available
⏳ Apply by Feb. 2: https://bit.ly/3LAfOdy
#neuroskyence
🧠 "Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience"
🗓️ July 23-24
🛫 Travel funds available
⏳ Apply by Feb. 2: https://bit.ly/3LAfOdy
#neuroskyence
Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience
Learn to analyze open neuroscience data and introduce dry lab modules into your existing classes at the Incorporating Open Connectomics data into...
alleninstitute.org
January 20, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Teach neuroscience to undergraduates? Learn how to incorporate our connectomics data into your courses!
🧠 "Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience"
🗓️ July 23-24
🛫 Travel funds available
⏳ Apply by Feb. 2: https://bit.ly/3LAfOdy
#neuroskyence
🧠 "Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience"
🗓️ July 23-24
🛫 Travel funds available
⏳ Apply by Feb. 2: https://bit.ly/3LAfOdy
#neuroskyence
New to using Jupyter notebooks for the Allen Brain Cell Atlas?
Join us on Feb. 11 for a beginner-friendly webinar focusing on installation, set-up, and common questions.
Register for the meeting link and recording: https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q0sJzndpRbSZWjrSGblu6A#/
Join us on Feb. 11 for a beginner-friendly webinar focusing on installation, set-up, and common questions.
Register for the meeting link and recording: https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q0sJzndpRbSZWjrSGblu6A#/
January 20, 2026 at 5:46 PM
New to using Jupyter notebooks for the Allen Brain Cell Atlas?
Join us on Feb. 11 for a beginner-friendly webinar focusing on installation, set-up, and common questions.
Register for the meeting link and recording: https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q0sJzndpRbSZWjrSGblu6A#/
Join us on Feb. 11 for a beginner-friendly webinar focusing on installation, set-up, and common questions.
Register for the meeting link and recording: https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q0sJzndpRbSZWjrSGblu6A#/
Applications are open for the #LakeConference on the Neurobiology of Mental Health in Lake Thun, Switzerland.
📆 May 17-21 in Thun, Switzerland
🏔️ All career stages welcomed
⏳ Apply by January 31
Learn more and apply: https://lakeconferences.org/conf/1ed63fdb-de0c-4a56-a8b3-1f72f93d30ea
🧠📈
📆 May 17-21 in Thun, Switzerland
🏔️ All career stages welcomed
⏳ Apply by January 31
Learn more and apply: https://lakeconferences.org/conf/1ed63fdb-de0c-4a56-a8b3-1f72f93d30ea
🧠📈
January 19, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Applications are open for the #LakeConference on the Neurobiology of Mental Health in Lake Thun, Switzerland.
📆 May 17-21 in Thun, Switzerland
🏔️ All career stages welcomed
⏳ Apply by January 31
Learn more and apply: https://lakeconferences.org/conf/1ed63fdb-de0c-4a56-a8b3-1f72f93d30ea
🧠📈
📆 May 17-21 in Thun, Switzerland
🏔️ All career stages welcomed
⏳ Apply by January 31
Learn more and apply: https://lakeconferences.org/conf/1ed63fdb-de0c-4a56-a8b3-1f72f93d30ea
🧠📈
Join leading scientists for a 3.5-day #LakeConference discussion on: "The Neurobiology of Mental Health" at the level of genes, cell types, organoids, circuits, networks and brain systems. Learn more & apply by January 31: https://lakeconferences.org/conf/1ed63fdb-de0c-4a56-a8b3-1f72f93d30ea
January 17, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Join leading scientists for a 3.5-day #LakeConference discussion on: "The Neurobiology of Mental Health" at the level of genes, cell types, organoids, circuits, networks and brain systems. Learn more & apply by January 31: https://lakeconferences.org/conf/1ed63fdb-de0c-4a56-a8b3-1f72f93d30ea
Looking for a way to celebrate #MLKDay on Monday? Consider joining an #MLKDayOfService event!
Seattle and King County: https://www.uwkc.org/volunteer/mlk-day-of-service/
Nationwide: https://americorps.gov/serve/volunteer/mlk-day
Seattle and King County: https://www.uwkc.org/volunteer/mlk-day-of-service/
Nationwide: https://americorps.gov/serve/volunteer/mlk-day
Celebrating Dr. King’s Legacy | United Way of King County
Celebrating Dr. King’s Legacy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s revolutionary message stretches far beyond his lifetime, beyond streets and counties named for him, and beyond a single holiday on the…
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January 16, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Looking for a way to celebrate #MLKDay on Monday? Consider joining an #MLKDayOfService event!
Seattle and King County: https://www.uwkc.org/volunteer/mlk-day-of-service/
Nationwide: https://americorps.gov/serve/volunteer/mlk-day
Seattle and King County: https://www.uwkc.org/volunteer/mlk-day-of-service/
Nationwide: https://americorps.gov/serve/volunteer/mlk-day
Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is dCas9-KRAB - illuminating the nucleus! 🦀🧫
Our stem cell lines & plasmids – fluorescently-tagged to illuminate structures – are available to accelerate #OpenScience discovery.
📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
Our stem cell lines & plasmids – fluorescently-tagged to illuminate structures – are available to accelerate #OpenScience discovery.
📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is dCas9-KRAB - illuminating the nucleus! 🦀🧫
Our stem cell lines & plasmids – fluorescently-tagged to illuminate structures – are available to accelerate #OpenScience discovery.
📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
Our stem cell lines & plasmids – fluorescently-tagged to illuminate structures – are available to accelerate #OpenScience discovery.
📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
Reposted by Allen Institute
IM HYPE
Looking for a New Year’s resolution? Learn to code!
Need convincing? @analog-ashley.bsky.social co-leads our python workshop for educators and is here to hype you up!
Educators, learn more the workshop and travel support: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
Need convincing? @analog-ashley.bsky.social co-leads our python workshop for educators and is here to hype you up!
Educators, learn more the workshop and travel support: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
January 10, 2026 at 11:48 PM
IM HYPE
Reposted by Allen Institute
🎇 The @alleninstitute.org has announced the winners of its first-ever Innovation Awards, an internal grant mechanism designed to fund ambitious, high-impact projects that push the boundaries of science.
Congratulations to all four winning teams, including the PEARLS project! https://bit.ly/3LN0P03
Congratulations to all four winning teams, including the PEARLS project! https://bit.ly/3LN0P03
January 14, 2026 at 9:29 PM
🎇 The @alleninstitute.org has announced the winners of its first-ever Innovation Awards, an internal grant mechanism designed to fund ambitious, high-impact projects that push the boundaries of science.
Congratulations to all four winning teams, including the PEARLS project! https://bit.ly/3LN0P03
Congratulations to all four winning teams, including the PEARLS project! https://bit.ly/3LN0P03
Applications are open for the 2026 Computational Cell Types Workshop! 🧠📈
Join us on May 11-14 for this hackathon-style event bringing together researchers interested in exploring transcriptomic datasets, developing tools, and connecting with peers.
https://bit.ly/3LFBAN3
Join us on May 11-14 for this hackathon-style event bringing together researchers interested in exploring transcriptomic datasets, developing tools, and connecting with peers.
https://bit.ly/3LFBAN3
2026 Computational Cell Types Workshop
Workshop in Seattle, WA to gain in-depth exposure to how Allen Institute defines "cell types" and walk away with direct applicable examples on using our free, open tools for their research
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January 15, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Applications are open for the 2026 Computational Cell Types Workshop! 🧠📈
Join us on May 11-14 for this hackathon-style event bringing together researchers interested in exploring transcriptomic datasets, developing tools, and connecting with peers.
https://bit.ly/3LFBAN3
Join us on May 11-14 for this hackathon-style event bringing together researchers interested in exploring transcriptomic datasets, developing tools, and connecting with peers.
https://bit.ly/3LFBAN3
Applications are open for the #LakeConference on the Neurobiology of Mental Health in Lake Thun, Switzerland.
📆 May 17-21 in Thun, Switzerland
🏔️ All career stages welcomed
⏳ Apply by January 31
Learn more and apply: https://lakeconferences.org/conf/1ed63fdb-de0c-4a56-a8b3-1f72f93d30ea
🧠📈
📆 May 17-21 in Thun, Switzerland
🏔️ All career stages welcomed
⏳ Apply by January 31
Learn more and apply: https://lakeconferences.org/conf/1ed63fdb-de0c-4a56-a8b3-1f72f93d30ea
🧠📈
January 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Applications are open for the #LakeConference on the Neurobiology of Mental Health in Lake Thun, Switzerland.
📆 May 17-21 in Thun, Switzerland
🏔️ All career stages welcomed
⏳ Apply by January 31
Learn more and apply: https://lakeconferences.org/conf/1ed63fdb-de0c-4a56-a8b3-1f72f93d30ea
🧠📈
📆 May 17-21 in Thun, Switzerland
🏔️ All career stages welcomed
⏳ Apply by January 31
Learn more and apply: https://lakeconferences.org/conf/1ed63fdb-de0c-4a56-a8b3-1f72f93d30ea
🧠📈
Teach neuroscience to undergraduates? Learn how to incorporate our connectomics data into your courses!
🧠 "Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience"
🗓️ July 23-24
🛫 Travel funds available
⏳ Apply by Feb. 2: https://bit.ly/3LAfOdy
#neuroskyence
🧠 "Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience"
🗓️ July 23-24
🛫 Travel funds available
⏳ Apply by Feb. 2: https://bit.ly/3LAfOdy
#neuroskyence
Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience
Learn to analyze open neuroscience data and introduce dry lab modules into your existing classes at the Incorporating Open Connectomics data into...
alleninstitute.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Teach neuroscience to undergraduates? Learn how to incorporate our connectomics data into your courses!
🧠 "Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience"
🗓️ July 23-24
🛫 Travel funds available
⏳ Apply by Feb. 2: https://bit.ly/3LAfOdy
#neuroskyence
🧠 "Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience"
🗓️ July 23-24
🛫 Travel funds available
⏳ Apply by Feb. 2: https://bit.ly/3LAfOdy
#neuroskyence
Congratulations to our own Marla Glass on receiving an Arthritis Foundation Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Program grant!
Glass and her team will leverage the support into insights into the role of B cells in the progression of RA.
Glass and her team will leverage the support into insights into the role of B cells in the progression of RA.
January 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Congratulations to our own Marla Glass on receiving an Arthritis Foundation Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Program grant!
Glass and her team will leverage the support into insights into the role of B cells in the progression of RA.
Glass and her team will leverage the support into insights into the role of B cells in the progression of RA.
Our python workshop for educators is returning!
💻 No prior coding experience needed.
✈️ Travel, meals, & stipend included.
Apply by February 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
💻 No prior coding experience needed.
✈️ Travel, meals, & stipend included.
Apply by February 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
January 13, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Our python workshop for educators is returning!
💻 No prior coding experience needed.
✈️ Travel, meals, & stipend included.
Apply by February 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
💻 No prior coding experience needed.
✈️ Travel, meals, & stipend included.
Apply by February 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
Join leading scientists for a 3.5-day #LakeConference discussion on: "The Neurobiology of Mental Health" at the level of genes, cell types, organoids, circuits, networks and brain systems. Learn more & apply by January 31: https://lakeconferences.org/conf/1ed63fdb-de0c-4a56-a8b3-1f72f93d30ea
January 12, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Join leading scientists for a 3.5-day #LakeConference discussion on: "The Neurobiology of Mental Health" at the level of genes, cell types, organoids, circuits, networks and brain systems. Learn more & apply by January 31: https://lakeconferences.org/conf/1ed63fdb-de0c-4a56-a8b3-1f72f93d30ea
We're funding more high-impact projects – conceptualized by our internal teams – that push the boundaries of science through our inaugural Innovation Awards. Bold ideas to fuel breakthroughs of tomorrow: https://alleninstitute.org/news/allen-institute-announces-inaugural-innovation-awards-winners/
January 12, 2026 at 6:59 PM
We're funding more high-impact projects – conceptualized by our internal teams – that push the boundaries of science through our inaugural Innovation Awards. Bold ideas to fuel breakthroughs of tomorrow: https://alleninstitute.org/news/allen-institute-announces-inaugural-innovation-awards-winners/
Looking for a New Year’s resolution? Learn to code!
Need convincing? @analog-ashley.bsky.social co-leads our python workshop for educators and is here to hype you up!
Educators, learn more the workshop and travel support: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
Need convincing? @analog-ashley.bsky.social co-leads our python workshop for educators and is here to hype you up!
Educators, learn more the workshop and travel support: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
January 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Looking for a New Year’s resolution? Learn to code!
Need convincing? @analog-ashley.bsky.social co-leads our python workshop for educators and is here to hype you up!
Educators, learn more the workshop and travel support: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
Need convincing? @analog-ashley.bsky.social co-leads our python workshop for educators and is here to hype you up!
Educators, learn more the workshop and travel support: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
⏳ Less than 72 hours left to apply for our postbaccalaureate internship program!
🧠📈 Please share with promising grads in your network!
Review our eligibility criteria and open positions: https://bit.ly/3N41tGK
🧠📈 Please share with promising grads in your network!
Review our eligibility criteria and open positions: https://bit.ly/3N41tGK
January 9, 2026 at 8:55 PM
⏳ Less than 72 hours left to apply for our postbaccalaureate internship program!
🧠📈 Please share with promising grads in your network!
Review our eligibility criteria and open positions: https://bit.ly/3N41tGK
🧠📈 Please share with promising grads in your network!
Review our eligibility criteria and open positions: https://bit.ly/3N41tGK
Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is dystrophin - illuminating a protein often involved in muscle movement! 💪
Our cell lines & plasmids are available for just the cost of shipping to lower 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 lower the barriers to scientific discovery.
📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is dystrophin - illuminating a protein often involved in muscle movement! 💪
Our cell lines & plasmids are available for just the cost of shipping to lower 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 lower the barriers to scientific discovery.
📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
Today is the last day to apply for our cell type summer workshop!
🗓️ April 6-8 in Seattle, WA
❌ No application fee.
✈️ Travel support available to accepted applicants.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/
#neuroskyence
🗓️ April 6-8 in Seattle, WA
❌ No application fee.
✈️ Travel support available to accepted applicants.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/
#neuroskyence
January 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Today is the last day to apply for our cell type summer workshop!
🗓️ April 6-8 in Seattle, WA
❌ No application fee.
✈️ Travel support available to accepted applicants.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/
#neuroskyence
🗓️ April 6-8 in Seattle, WA
❌ No application fee.
✈️ Travel support available to accepted applicants.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/
#neuroskyence
In this mesmerizing video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team, a layer 5 thin tufted neuron is revealed with blue dendrites and purple axon. As it progresses, we zoom into where it connects to a pyramidal cell.
Explore our EM data at: microns-explorer.org
Explore our EM data at: microns-explorer.org
January 7, 2026 at 11:52 PM
In this mesmerizing video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team, a layer 5 thin tufted neuron is revealed with blue dendrites and purple axon. As it progresses, we zoom into where it connects to a pyramidal cell.
Explore our EM data at: microns-explorer.org
Explore our EM data at: microns-explorer.org
Every brain tells a story. What will we learn when we listen?
Together with @uwmedicine.bsky.social, we're embarking on an ambitious mission - building a functional, cellular map of the human brain.
https://alleninstitute.org/news/mapping-the-brain-to-improve-lives/
Together with @uwmedicine.bsky.social, we're embarking on an ambitious mission - building a functional, cellular map of the human brain.
https://alleninstitute.org/news/mapping-the-brain-to-improve-lives/
Mapping the brain to improve lives
A collaborative effort between UW and the Allen Institute is creating a first-of-its-kind brain atlas, paving the way for breakthroughs in brain health.
alleninstitute.org
January 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Every brain tells a story. What will we learn when we listen?
Together with @uwmedicine.bsky.social, we're embarking on an ambitious mission - building a functional, cellular map of the human brain.
https://alleninstitute.org/news/mapping-the-brain-to-improve-lives/
Together with @uwmedicine.bsky.social, we're embarking on an ambitious mission - building a functional, cellular map of the human brain.
https://alleninstitute.org/news/mapping-the-brain-to-improve-lives/