by Susan Keown | Apr 5, 2023 | ScienceWire
Elise Takahama (@elisetakahama) tells the story of a man who donated part of his brain to science for the Seattle Times. Interspersed with the man’s story of stroke, aftermath, surgery and recovery, Takahama takes us into the operating room where surgeons carried out...
by Susan Keown | Oct 5, 2021 | ScienceWire
ICYMI: This March 2020 story by Rachel Tompa (@Rachel_Tompa) for the Allen Institute explains how researchers demonstrated that asymmetry in neurons’ connections within the brain, established by chance in early development, explains why individual flies behave very...
by Susan Keown | Apr 5, 2021 | ScienceWire
Longevity researchers are fascinated by bats, writes Rachel Tompa (@rachel_tompa), since these animals defy the typical correlation between an animal species’ body size and its life span. Tompa writes for the Allen Institute about a new molecular clock method that can...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 1, 2019 | ScienceWire
Rachel Tompa tells the story of Casey, a young man with epilepsy who did not hesitate when asked to donate a brain sample to research. Read Rachel’s story to learn about research using cells from the sample and how Casey is faring in his postsurgery life. See...
by Matt Vivion | May 25, 2016 | Past Events
Members and guests visited the Allen Institute for Brain Science on May 25 and met with researchers who manage key labs, toured the facility, and learned what the Allen Institute aims to accomplish with its big expansion in Seattle. Researchers explained how they’re...
