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

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/

PhD students and postdocs, you have less than a month to apply for the Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain in the San Juan Islands! 🧠📈 Develop your computational neuroscience skillsets in a supportive and interdisciplinary community. Apply by 2/1: https://bit.ly/4samKOZ @uw-cnc.bsky.social

What can the Brain Knowledge Platform do for you? 🧠📈 Join us on Jan. 14, 11am-12pm PT for a webinar on the new features and data in world's most comprehensive brain cell atlas. 🔗 https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Le5E4CXGSA2clMJ2VesyBw#/registration

Less than a week to apply for our Cell Types Workshop! Apply by Friday, January 9 to join us at our Seattle HQ for a hands-on workshop on how to describe your neurons like the Allen Institute. 🛫 Travel support available Apply: https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/ 🧠📈

Happy first #FluorescenceFriday of the year! Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is CDH1 - illuminating adherens junctions! 🦠🪢🦠 Our cell lines & plasmids are available for just the cost of shipping to lower the barriers to scientific discovery. 📦 @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social

Our #4 story of the year maps the developing brain across species. This year, @alleninstitute.org researchers helped create the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network, a remarkable series of publications in Nature. 🤯 https://bsky.app/profile/scienceinseattle.com/post/3m5cxgqdfse2f

Describe your neurons like the Allen Institute! 🧠📈 Join us at our Cell Types Workshop to learn how we define cell types  and how to use our research tools. Programming experience not required. 🗓️ Apr. 6-8 in Seattle ⏳Apply by Jan. 9 🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/

Our python workshop is returning! Undergraduate educators, join us on July 27-30 for "Coding with Allen Institute Data." No prior coding experience needed. Travel, meals, & stipend included. Apply by February 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/

The fireworks in your mind. 🧠✨ This sparkling video shows the neurotransmitter glutamate being released into synapses, made possible by an indicator developed by @abhi_aggarwal1, @PodgorskiLab, and team. #HappyNewYear #NYE

“This fellowship shaped me into an independent and collaborative researcher.” Yiliu Wang, PhD, used her Shanahan Fellowship to bridge AI and neuroscience, leading five major projects and mentoring future scientists. 🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/news/making-connections/ #ShanahanFellow

You've graduated with your bachelor's...now what 😳 Check out our year-long, postbacc internships! Get on-job-experience and mentorship that will help you pursue your educational and career goals. 🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships/

Holiday travel ahead? Add a little science to your journey with our #LabNotes podcast! Recent episodes explore: ⚙️ Engineering life 🧠 Science of addiction (and possible paths to cures) 💻 Creating a digital brain 🛰️ Sending stem cells to space 🎧: https://alleninstitute.org/podcast-lab-notes/

Recent or soon-to-be graduates, looking for your next step? Check out our year-long, postbacc internships! Get on-job-experience and mentorship that will help you pursue your educational and career goals. 🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships/

Applications are open for the 2026 Computational Cell Types Workshop! 🧠📈 🗓️ May 11-14 in Seattle 💻 Python experience required 💰 Support for travel 🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-computational-cell-types-workshop/

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Meet our CCCTC-binding factor cell line and plasmid. It illuminates a binding site involved in transcription and is available for just the cost of shipping! 📦 @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social#FluorescenceFriday

What can the Brain Knowledge Platform do for you? 🧠📈 Join us on Jan. 14, 11am-12pm PT for a webinar on the new features and data in world's most comprehensive brain cell atlas. 🔗 https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Le5E4CXGSA2clMJ2VesyBw#/registration

Recent grads, looking for a boost to help you launch your STEM career? Our new ASPIRE Internship Program offers a year of mentorship, hands-on experience & career development for recent grads. Positions starting in Summer 2026 are now open: https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships/

Glutamate is the primary molecule that neurons use to communicate with each other. Previously, scientists have mostly recorded when neurons fire output signals, but now with a new glutamate indicator, they can record the many inputs that causes cells to fire. 🧵 #neuroskyence

Describe your neurons like the Allen Institute! 🧠📈 Join us at our Cell Types Workshop to learn how we define cell types  and how to use our research tools. Programming experience not required. 🗓️ Apr. 6-8 in Seattle ⏳Apply by Jan. 9 🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/

How about a gothic and nerdy Christmas tree?! 🎄🧠 In this video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team, a fluffy pyramidal neuron is lit by twinkling input synapses. To make it, a brain sample was cut into 1000s of nm-thin sections and millions of high-res images were taken.

Holiday travel ahead? Add a little science to your journey with our #LabNotes podcast! Recent episodes explore: ⚙️ Engineering life 🧠 Science of addiction (and possible paths to cures) 💻 Creating a digital brain 🛰️ Sending stem cells to space 🎧: https://alleninstitute.org/podcast-lab-notes/

Applications are open for the #LakeConference on the Neurobiology of Mental Health. 📆 May 17-21, 2026 📍 Lake Thun, Switzerland 🏔️ All career stages welcome ⏳ Apply by Jan. 31 Learn more and apply: https://lakeconferences.org/conf/1ed63fdb-de0c-4a56-a8b3-1f72f93d30ea @lakeconferences.bsky.social#LakeConference

🚨 Our year-long, post-bacc internship positions are now open for application! 🚨 This new program is designed to provide mentorship and on-the-job experience for recent grads. Full list of open roles: https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships-and-postbac/

Applications are open for the 2026 Computational Cell Types Workshop! 🧠📈 🗓️ May 11-14 in Seattle 💻 Python experience required 💰 Support for travel 🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-computational-cell-types-workshop/

When science is open, classrooms become launchpads for discovery. At @univpugetsound.bsky.social, neuroscience students used Allen Institute data to code, analyze, and explore real brain data. 🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/news/allen-institute-scientists-and-data-igniting-curiosity-of-young-minds/

Applications are open for our Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain in the San Juan Islands! 🧠💻 Perfect for PhD students and postdocs interested in developing their computational neuroscience skillsets. More info: https://alleninstitute.org/events/summer-workshop-on-the-dynamic-brain-2026/

Describe your neurons like the Allen Institute! 🧠📈 Join us at our Cell Types Workshop to learn how we define cell types  and how to use our research tools. Programming experience not required. 🗓️ Apr. 6-8 in Seattle ⏳Apply by Jan. 9 🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is RPB1 - illuminating RNA polymerase II. Our cell lines & plasmids are available for just the cost of shipping to break down the barriers to scientific discovery. 📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social#FluorescenceFriday

Our python workshop is returning! Undergraduate educators, join us on July 27-30 for "Coding with Allen Institute Data." No prior coding experience needed. Travel, meals, & stipend included. Apply by Feb. 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/ #iTeachBio #EduSky

Teach neuroscience to undergrads? Learn how to incorporate our connectomics data into your courses! 🗓️ July 23-24 🛫 Travel funds available ⏳ Apply by Feb. 2. https://alleninstitute.org/events/incorporating-open-connectomics-data-into-teaching-neuroscience/

How convenient - this tree already comes with ornaments! Get into the holiday spirit with this beautiful cell tree by @oozguc.bsky.social from @ibecbarcelona.eu. This beautiful fusion of science and art was made using our Lamin B1 stem cell line - complete with pink nuclei ornaments!

Neurons don’t work alone, and neither do scientists. Yiliu Wang’s journey from AI theory to neuroscience at the Allen Institute is a story of collaboration, curiosity, and courage. More on her #ShanhanFellow experience: https://alleninstitute.org/news/making-connections/

Connectomics has a great presence here, with several instructors from our team! Apply if you want hands on training and feedback on working with cortical connectomics (and whatever else we might have available by then...)!

highly recommended!!

Going to #AAAI2026? Join us at the “Neuro for AI & AI for Neuro: Towards Multi-Modal Natural Intelligence” workshop! Co-organized by our own Anton Arkhipov and @shixnya.bsky.social 🔗 https://neuroai-multimodal-workshop.github.io/ @aaai.org#AAAI2026

What can the Brain Knowledge Platform do for you? 🧠📈 Join us on Jan. 14, 11am-12pm PT for a webinar on the new features and data in world's most comprehensive brain cell atlas. 🔗 https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Le5E4CXGSA2clMJ2VesyBw#/registration

Happy anniversary to @ruimcosta.bsky.social! 🥂🥳 On this day in 2021, he was named our President and Chief Executive Officer.

Do we really only use 10% of our brain? Would we get special superpowers if we used 100% of our brain? At #SfN25, Dr. @kaitlyncasimo.bsky.social#SfN25broke down the science and fiction behind the common myth.

When science is open, classrooms become launchpads for discovery. At @univpugetsound.bsky.social, neuroscience students used Allen Institute data to code, analyze, and explore real brain data. 🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/news/allen-institute-scientists-and-data-igniting-curiosity-of-young-minds/

Introducing NeuroDiscoveryBench, the first benchmark designed to test AI systems on real neuroscience data analysis. Built by @ai2.bsky.social using our high-quality, open datasets to accelerate brain science and AI-assisted discovery. More: https://bit.ly/4rU5gWZ Data: https://bit.ly/4iRMXh3

🧠 Introducing NeuroDiscoveryBench. Built with @alleninstitute.org, it’s the first benchmark for evaluating AI systems like our Asta DataVoyager agent on neuroscience data. The benchmark tests whether AI can truly extract insights from complex brain datasets.

Spinal motor neurons in dazzling detail. ✨ Each green dot is a spinal motor neuron - crucial but rare cells making up just 1% of neurons in the spinal cord. In diseases like ALS, they are selectively damaged, making them of special interest to neuroscientists. #neuroskyence #FluorescenceFriday

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is TRF2 - illuminating telomeres! 🧫✨ Our stem cell lines and plasmids are available for just the cost of shipping to power the next breakthrough. 📦 @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social#FluorescenceFriday

Applications are open for our Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain in the San Juan Islands! 🧠💻 Perfect for PhD students and postdocs interested in developing their computational neuroscience skillsets. More info: https://alleninstitute.org/events/summer-workshop-on-the-dynamic-brain-2026/

Teach neuroscience to undergrads? Learn how to incorporate our connectomics data into your courses! 🗓️ July 23-24 🛫 Travel funds available ⏳ Apply by Feb. 2. https://alleninstitute.org/events/incorporating-open-connectomics-data-into-teaching-neuroscience/

TOMORROW is the deadline to apply for the #LakeConference on Modeling Life from Cells to Tissues! 📆 April 20-22, 2026 📍 Seattle, USA 🧠 All career stages welcomed. Learn more and apply: https://alleninstitute.org/events/aics-lake-2026/ #StemCell #DevBio

#StemCell and #DevBio communities, mark your calendars for Sept. 23-25! Together with @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social#StemCell#DevBiowe're presenting a scientific symposium led by the next generation. Researchers at all stages are invited to be a part of this collaborative event 🔗 https://bit.ly/4rO7xTy

Applications are open for the #LakeConference on the Neurobiology of Mental Health in Lake Thun, Switzerland. 📆 May 17-21, 2026 🏔️ All career stages welcome ⏳ Apply by January 31, 2026 Learn more and apply: https://t.co/WcuXHdWnFa @lakeconferences.bsky.social#LakeConference

Wrapping up our 2025 NBIO seminar series with a fantastic finale! Thur. 12/11 at 9:30 AM, we're thrilled to host Dr. Xiaoyin Chen (@alleninstitute.org) 📍 In person: HSB 328 💻 Virtual: Zoom link available (UW & Allen Institute folks - email us for 🔗) Don't miss this great talk to close out the year!