Hongkui Zeng
@hongkuizeng.bsky.social
Director of Allen Institute for Brain Science
This week’s launch of the #BrainHealth accelerator marks an important step forward for neuroscience. I’m excited to see this ambitious effort rally teams around a shared goal: building a deeper understanding of brain disease and accelerating progress toward better therapies.
Brain disease is tragic, but it doesn’t have to be. It’s time for a new approach to #brainhealth research.
That’s why we and our partners are launching the Brain Health accelerator.
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That’s why we and our partners are launching the Brain Health accelerator.
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Brain Health accelerator: a new way to study brain disease to find new treatments for it
YouTube video by allen institute
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June 4, 2026 at 10:54 PM
This week’s launch of the #BrainHealth accelerator marks an important step forward for neuroscience. I’m excited to see this ambitious effort rally teams around a shared goal: building a deeper understanding of brain disease and accelerating progress toward better therapies.
Excited to be part of #SRCKC26 this April in Kansas City. This year’s focus, Development, Regulatory Genomics & AI, highlights how regulatory DNA and AI-based sequence models are reshaping our understanding of gene expression and development. Join us: bit.ly/4kUvNAn
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March 8, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Excited to be part of #SRCKC26 this April in Kansas City. This year’s focus, Development, Regulatory Genomics & AI, highlights how regulatory DNA and AI-based sequence models are reshaping our understanding of gene expression and development. Join us: bit.ly/4kUvNAn
It was a great pleasure to discuss why and how to study cell types in the human brain on The Transmitter.
The single-cell omics revolution is changing how we study the brain. 🧠📈
Brain Science leaders @hongkuizeng.bsky.social and Ed Lein share how these tools have changed neuroscience and what's next in a new perspective piece in @thetransmitter.bsky.social.
www.thetransmitter.org/human-neurot...
Brain Science leaders @hongkuizeng.bsky.social and Ed Lein share how these tools have changed neuroscience and what's next in a new perspective piece in @thetransmitter.bsky.social.
www.thetransmitter.org/human-neurot...
Single-cell genomics technologies and cell atlases have ushered in a new era of human neurobiology
Single-cell approaches are already shedding light on the human brain, identifying cell types that are most vulnerable in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, for example.
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April 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
It was a great pleasure to discuss why and how to study cell types in the human brain on The Transmitter.
Spectacular work from the MICrONS project! We are learning so much from the amazingly detailed wiring diagram of the mouse visual cortex.
How does the brain work?
Scientists are closer to the answer with the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date. 🧵
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Scientists are closer to the answer with the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date. 🧵
🧠📈
April 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Spectacular work from the MICrONS project! We are learning so much from the amazingly detailed wiring diagram of the mouse visual cortex.
Excited to share our single-cell study on aging mouse brain! We found 2,449 cell-type specific age-DE genes, and an aging hotspot in specific hypothalamic cell types involved in energy homeostasis, which show both decreased neuronal function and increased immune response. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
January 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Excited to share our single-cell study on aging mouse brain! We found 2,449 cell-type specific age-DE genes, and an aging hotspot in specific hypothalamic cell types involved in energy homeostasis, which show both decreased neuronal function and increased immune response. doi.org/10.1038/s415...