Conferences on human brain evolution and cell lineage

There’s still time to submit an abstract to present a poster at our Expanding Minds conference. Join us at the Allen Institute in Seattle April 1-2 for Expanding Minds, a conference on human brain evolution, and March 3-5 for Hindsight 2020, a symposium on cell lineage and developmental recording.

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Stories

Hodgkin lymphoma recruits and trains immune cells

A new study on the lymphoma tumor microenvironment also highlights possible new targets for treatment, how to better tailor cancer therapies for individual patients.

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13 highlights from the Allen Institute in 2019

A visual year in review: A look back on the year’s major moments in cell biology, neuroscience, immunology and the frontiers of bioscience.

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'What makes your research risky?'

Hear from Baljit Khakh, Ph.D., on how the Allen Distinguished Investigator award is enabling him to take new risks in his research on astrocytes and Alzheimer’s disease in part of our ongoing series, Frontier Voices.

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In the News

Meet the xenobot: world's first living, self-healing robots created from frog stem cells

CNN, January 14, 2020

Meet Xenobot, an Eerie New Kind of Programmable Organism

WIRED, January 13, 2020

Scientists use stem cells from frogs to build first living robots

The Guardian, January 13, 2020

2019’s Allen Distinguished Investigators will focus on the mysteries of our cells

GeekWire, November 6, 2019

Cincinnati scientist awarded $1.5M by group linked to Microsoft co-founder

Cincinnati Business Courier, November 6, 2019

Children's Researcher Wins Grant From Microsoft Co-Founder's Foundation

Cincinnati Public Radio, November 6, 2019