
Rui Costa
@ruimcosta
The wanderer. The clown. The chairman. President and CEO, Allen Institute. Opinions are my own.
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25-08-2009 01:20:14
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This was previously thought to be impossible - and teamwork made it happen. š§ From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine collected live brain imaging š¬ Allen Institute sectioned & imaged that tissue in high res š» Princeton Neuroscience Institute reconstructed in 3D alleninstitute.org/news/scientistā¦


Interesting weekend read: A series of studies published earlier this year suggests that birds & mammals did not inherit the neural pathways that generate intelligence from a common ancestor, but rather evolved them independently. quantamagazine.org/intelligence-e⦠āļø Yasemin Saplakoglu



.Friedman Brain Institute & Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai congratulate Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD for his election to National Academy of Sciences of the USA. This great honor recognizes Dr Nestlerās cutting-edge work on the molecular basis of drug addiction & depression & on advancing the field of psychiatry into the molecular era



Mental health is health. As a neuroscientist, a leader, and an optimist, Iām proud of the progress happening at the Allen Institute and around the world that is helping pave the way to new treatments and a brighter future. Our research into the brain's mechanisms is crucial for




Congrats to the Cell Science team at Allen Institute 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.

Always a pleasure catching up with the impressive alumni network of the Allen Institute. Their continued dedication to big, collaborative, and open science across the world is a testament to the foundations built here. #allenimpact




June is Alzheimerās & Brain Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the shared responsibility of understanding the aging brain and this disease. At the Allen Institute, we are taking a unique approach to Alzheimerās research by mappingĀ the disease at the cellular level through



