Summary

Allen Institute’s mission is to accelerate the understanding of how the human brain works in health and disease. Allen has been a major catalyst and facilitator of The BRAIN Initiative.

Launched in 2003 with a seed contribution from founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen, the Allen Institute takes on large-scale initiatives designed to push brain research forward, enabling the global scientific community to more efficiently make discoveries that bring real-world utility.

Information

Main Website:  alleninstitute.org Allen Brain Atlas Website:  brain-map.org BRAIN Intitiative Grant – “Establishing a Comprehensive and Standardized Cell Type Characterization Platform” Twitter: twitter.com/Allen_Institute YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/AllenInstitute Facebook: facebook.com/AllenInstitute Wikipedia Entry: wiki/Allen_Institute_for_Brain_Science

Phone:  (206) 548-7000

Address: Mercer St. and Westlake Avenue North Seattle. Washington

Organization

Founder: Paul Allen

Founder, President and Chairman: Joyce Allen

Chief Executive Officer: Allan Jones, Ph.D.

Chief Technlogy Officer: Chinh Dang

Chief Scientific Officer: Christof Koch, Ph.D.

Chief Operating Officer: David Poston

Research

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The Salk Institute was established in the 1960s by Jonas Salk, M.D., the developer of the polio vaccine.

Today the major areas of study at Salk are: molecular biology and genetics, neurosciences, and plant biology. Salk research provides new understanding and potential new therapies and treatments for a range of diseases—from cancer, AIDS and Alzheimer’s disease, to cardiovascular disorders, anomalies of the brain and birth defects.

Web Information

Website: http://www.salk.edu/ Neuroscience Research Centers: salk.edu/centers/ Neuroscience Laboratories: salk.edu/faculty/neuroscience_laboratories Wikipedia Entry: wiki/Salk_Institute_for_Biological_Studies Brain Initiative Grant – Epigenomic mapping approaches for cell-type classification in the brain”

Contact Information

Email: webmaster@salk.edu Phone: 858.453.4100 Address: Salk Institute for Biological Studies 10010 N Torrey Pines Rd La Jolla, CA 92037

About Salk

Mission Statement

Every cure has a starting point. Like Dr. Jonas Salk when he conquered polio, Salk scientists are dedicated to innovative biological research. Exploring the molecular basis of diseases makes curing them more likely. In an outstanding and unique environment we gather the foremost scientific minds in the world and give them the freedom to work collaboratively and think creatively. For over 50 years this wide-ranging scientific inquiry has yielded life-changing discoveries impacting human health. We are home to Nobel Laureates and members of the National Academy of Sciences who train and mentor the next generation of ...

Gary Marcus, a cognitive scientist at New York University, is the author of four books. He also writes a blog on artificial intelligence and science for The New Yorker. Paul G. Allen and his sister Jody Allen founded the Allen Institute for Brain Science.

A true visionary, Paul Allen was inspired by a host of leading scientists 10 years ago to move the needle on brain research.

Published on October 3, 2013  by Allen Institute for Brain Science

Introduction

The Brain Mapping Foundationwas established in 2004 by neuroscientist Babak Kateb, in order to advance cross pollination of ideas across physical sciences into biological sciences/neuroscience. The organization provides funding to the members of the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT). One of the main focus of the foundation is to further establish and fund the National Center for NanoBioElectronics (NCNBE) in order to rapidly integrate nanotechnology, devices, imaging, cellular and stem cell therapy. The organization has played a significant role in President Obama’s BRAIN initiative.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia July 1, 2015

Definition of brain mapping

The study of the anatomy and function of the brain and spinal cord through the use of imaging (including intra-operative, Microscopic, Endoscopic and Multi-Modality imaging), Immunohistochemistry, Molecular & optogenetics, Stem cell and Cellular Biology, Engineering (material, electrical and biomedical), Neurophysiology and Nanotechnology.

Mission statement

Brain Mapping Foundation (BMF) is a non-profit 501c3 charitable organization, which is established for the purpose of facilitating multidisciplinary brain and spinal cord research and expediting integration of cutting-edge technologies into the field of neuroscience. BMF is focused on translating state-of-the-art technologies from NASA, DOD and industry into neurosurgery/neuroscience in order to bring the most advanced medicine to wounded warriors and civilians ...

Principal Investigator: Pavel Osten Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Osten’s lab works on identification and analysis of brain regions, neural circuits, and connectivity pathways that are disrupted in genetic mouse models of autism and schizophrenia. Osten and colleagues have developed the first systematic approach to the study of neural circuits in mouse models of psychiatric diseases, based on a pipeline of anatomical and functional methods for analysis of mouse brain circuits employing serial two-photon (STP) tomography.

Still image from movie of how the Osten lab maps active brain regions at cellular resolution during social behavior. Eureka Alert

Web Information

Brain Initiative Grant

Contact Information

Email: osten@cshl.edu Phone: (516) 367-6990 Address: One Bungtown Road Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724

Research

CSHL team introduces automated imaging to greatly speed whole-brain mapping efforts

Cold Springs Harbor News by Peter Tarr

Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. – A new technology developed by neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) transforms the way highly detailed anatomical images can be made of whole brains.  Until now, means of obtaining such images – used in cutting-edge projects to map the mammalian brain — have been painstakingly slow and available only to a handful of highly specialized research teams.

By ...