New CellScapes website coming soon

We’re redesigning this site to reflect our shift from single-cell tools and datasets to CellScapes: a unified effort to understand and build multicellular systems.​ 

Expect a more focused experience for exploring our tools, data, and research​. Stay tuned!

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We're at CellBio 2025!

Dec 6 - 10, 2025 | Philadelphia, PA

Come see us at booth #1125!  
Allen Institute scientists and staff will be on hand to answer all of your questions about our research, open data, and online tools.

​Audience
Doctors, Educators, General public, Graduate, Health Care Providers, Postdocs, Scientists, Students, Undergraduate​

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A new publication in Cell Systems

Unveiling crucial insights into nuclear growth in human iPS cell colonies. By analyzing 3D timelapse data, our Cell Science team has shown how cell lineage and environment shape cellular behavior. 

This timelapse video illuminates the height of nuclei from 4μm (turquoise) to 11μm (fuchsia).

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Celebrating a decade of discovery

For 10 years, the cell science accelerator at Allen Institute has been a leader in accelerating advancements in cell biology. By creating groundbreaking tools, resources, and open-access datasets & models, the Institute has empowered researchers and educators to explore and understand cells in new ways.

​Through its large-scale, interdisciplinary efforts, it has enabled the scientific community to tackle complex biological questions and make discoveries that wouldn’t be possible otherwise.

Explore our past foundational projects

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