Scientific Consortia
The Allen Institute collaborates with various groups to help expand our knowledge about the brain. Learn more about our scientific collaborations below.
Human and Mammalian Brain Atlas (HMBA)
HMBA is a BICAN effort toward a comprehensive, highly granular cell atlas in adult human, macaque, and marmoset.
CONNECTS
The BRAIN Initiative Connectivity Across Scales (CONNECTS) program focus is on multi-scale wiring diagrams spanning across entire brains.
SEA-AD
The Seattle Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Cell Atlas (SEA-AD) consortium is collaboration with UW and Kaiser Permanente.
BICAN
A multi-team collaborative effort to create a comprehensive atlas of the human brain. BICAN is continuation of BICCN.
BICCN
A network of integrated centers and laboratories to provide a comprehensive reference of the diverse cell types.
Brain Initiative
BICCN, BICAN, and CONNECTS are part of the BRAIN Initiative, click here to learn more.
MICrONS Explorer
With Princeton University and Baylor College of Medicine, MICrONS seeks to revolutionize machine learning by reverse-engineering the brain.
Explore our Programs
The Allen Institute Institute for Brain Science is active in a wide variety of areas to accelerate progress towards understanding the brain. Find choice resources below.
Accelerators at Allen Institute
One Institution
Many Endeavors
Many Endeavors
The mission of the Allen Institute is to understand the principles that govern life, and to advance health. Our creative and multi-dimensional teams focus on answering some of the biggest questions in bioscience.Learn more on alleninstitute.org.
brain science
Mapping every cell, connection, and circuit in the brain—openly shared with the world.
cell science
Decoding how cells become tissues, then programming that knowledge into powerful new research tools.
neural dynamics
Revealing the brain's hidden algorithms that transform neural activity into real-world behavior.
immunology
Creating the deepest open reference for the healthy human immune system ever built.
synethetic biology
Engineering cells to record their own histories, transforming how we understand disease over time.
ai biodesign
Advancing evolution to explore biology’s full design space and advance human health
brain health
Accelerating human brain research and new therapeutic strategies for neurological conditions