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

Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is Histone H2B! 🧬 Our human iPS cell lines & plasmids – fluorescently-tagged to illuminate structures – are available for just the cost of shipping to accelerate scientific discovery. 📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social & @addgene.bsky.social

Ketamine increases neuroplasticity in female mice but not males. With @istaresearch.bsky.social, we found the key gene behind the difference. If it holds in humans, it could reshape how we approach assessing treatments. 🔗 Story: https://bit.ly/4yM4hvL 🔬 Journal article: https://bit.ly/4pYisK8

Planetariums inspire a sense of wonder about the universe. Can it also do the same for neuroscience? Artist Tyler Sloan shares his vision for an open license version that brings the brain to life with @emilysingerneuro.bsky.social for @thetransmitter.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4hBBfIN

Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is Myosin Light Chain 2v! 💪🧫 Our human iPS cell lines & plasmids – fluorescently-tagged to illuminate structures – are openly available to support scientific discovery. 📦 Hosted by @Coriell_Science & @Addgene #OpenScienceWeek

How does your brain know the second something around you changes? 👀🧠 Scientists eavesdropped on 75,000+ neurons in the mouse brain to find out and they’ve publicly shared the data for anyone to explore: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00745-2

Map of spiking activity underlying change detection in the mouse visual system

Large-scale Neuropixels recordings across the mouse visual system during an image-change detection task map how sensory, motor, and task engagement signals are distributed across the cortex, thalamus,...

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We created an atlas of the aging immune system and found something surprising. The primary driver of aging in healthy immune systems is not systemic inflammation, but a reprograming of T cells. Dive deeper at The Scientist: https://bit.ly/4xjvLHB

Scientists at @cri-utsw.bsky.social and @omrf.bsky.social have discovered that DNA can travel from one human cell to another through bridge-like nanotubes. Once in its new home, it can integrate into the new cell's genome and change how it functions. Dive deeper: https://bit.ly/4wUwlep

Over 1 in 3 people worldwide live with a neurological condition. Our Brain Health accelerator is taking a different approach to studying brain diseases, starting with ALS, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, and Lewy Body Dementia: https://youtu.be/wnTG5Sg8AKY #WorldBrainDay

a new way to study brain disease to find new treatments for it

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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

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

Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is nucleophosmin 1 - illuminating the nucleolus! 🧫 Our cell lines & plasmids – fluorescently-tagged to illuminate structures – are openly available to accelerate scientific discovery. 📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social & @addgene.bsky.social #FluorescenceFriday

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

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

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

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

#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