Allen Institute
| Formation | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Founders | Paul Allen, Jody Allen |
| Type | Independent, nonprofit medical research organization (IRS exemption status): 501(c)(3) |
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| Purpose | Basic science research in neuroscience, cell biology, immunology |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Paul Allen, founder Jody Allen, founder, Rui Costa, D.V.M., Ph.D., CEO |
| Employees | ~825 |
| Website | www |
The Allen Institute is a non-profit, bioscience research institute located in Seattle. It was founded by billionaire philanthropist Paul G. Allen in 2003. The Allen Institute conducts large-scale basic science research studying the brain, cells and immune system in an effort to accelerate science and disease research. The organization practices open science, in that they make all their data and resources publicly available for researchers to access.