Allen Institute for Brain Science
Overview
The Allen Institute produces large-scale open-access neuroscience datasets and tools. It co-founded NWB and is known for the Allen Brain Atlas series, the Allen Cell Types Database, and large-scale Neuropixels electrophysiology datasets archived on DANDI Archive.
Standards Co-Created
The Allen Institute co-founded NWB with the NIH BRAIN Initiative. INCF endorses NWB but did not co-found it.
Key Outputs
- Allen Brain Atlas covers mouse and human gene expression.
- Allen Cell Types Database covers electrophysiology and morphology.
- Allen Brain Connectivity Atlas maps axonal projections.
- MindScope Neuropixels datasets cover large-scale electrophysiology.
Connections
- relatedTo: NWB (co-founded the standard; all large-scale electrophysiology data archived in NWB format)
- registeredIn: DANDI Archive
- relatedTo: INCF (Allen Institute is an INCF institutional partner)
- relatedTo: BICAN (Allen Institute is a core BICAN participant, producing single-cell brain atlases as BICAN deliverables)