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Founded | 2014 |
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Founder | Paul Allen |
Headquarters | , USA |
Key people | Executive Director Alan "Rick" Horwitz |
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The Allen Institute for Cell Science is a research institute established by Paul Allen in Seattle, Washington on 8 December 2014. [1] The institute is modelled in large part on the Allen Institute for Brain Science and received the same initial financial commitment from Allen— US$100,000,000 over five years. [1] [2] The two Institutes also share the same building. [2]
The focus of the institute will be "How does information encoded in our genes become living cells, and what goes wrong when a disease affects those cells?" [3] All data generated and research tools developed by the institute will be made publicly available online. [3]
The inaugural executive director for the institute is Rick Horwitz, formerly of the University of Virginia. [1]
Among those serving on the institute's science advisory board is Joan Brugge, chairwoman of the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School. [2]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (December 2019) |
Founded | 2014 |
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Founder | Paul Allen |
Headquarters | , USA |
Key people | Executive Director Alan "Rick" Horwitz |
Website |
alleninstitutecellscience |
The Allen Institute for Cell Science is a research institute established by Paul Allen in Seattle, Washington on 8 December 2014. [1] The institute is modelled in large part on the Allen Institute for Brain Science and received the same initial financial commitment from Allen— US$100,000,000 over five years. [1] [2] The two Institutes also share the same building. [2]
The focus of the institute will be "How does information encoded in our genes become living cells, and what goes wrong when a disease affects those cells?" [3] All data generated and research tools developed by the institute will be made publicly available online. [3]
The inaugural executive director for the institute is Rick Horwitz, formerly of the University of Virginia. [1]
Among those serving on the institute's science advisory board is Joan Brugge, chairwoman of the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School. [2]