Allen Institute for Brain Science

Allen Institute for Brain Science

The Allen Institute for Brain Science is a Seattle-based non-profit organizationthat was established in 2003 with a $100 million seed donation from philanthropist and former Microsoft executive Paul Allen. It is is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit medical research organization dedicated to performing innovative basic research on the brain.

pinal cord map

The Seattle Allen Institute for Brain Science, on July 16, 2008, launched the $ 41 million online "Allen Spinal Cord Atlas" (backed by Paul Allen) mouse gene map. It's first release included 4,000 sets of digital images (of 20,000 genes, 30 trillion bytes of data, by year end) of adult and juvenile mice spinal cords. Allan Jones, chief scientific officer, said: "The Allen Spinal Cord Atlas offers profound potential for researchers to unlock the mysteries of the spinal cord and how it is altered during disease or injury." The spinal cord atlas is set up like the Allen Institute's earlier atlas of the mouse brain. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15014341/] The Map could reveal new treatments for human neurological disorders. The map points researchers toward places where genes are active [http://mousespinal.brain-map.org/] [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25710243/ msnbc.msn.com, Gene map charts spinal cord mysteries] ] [ [http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/34276/title/MapQuest_for_the_mouse_spinal_cord sciencenews.org/view, MapQuest for the mouse spinal cord] ]

External links

* [http://www.alleninstitute.org/ Official website]

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