The tagged cell lines are available for others in the scientific community to use,[15] and have been used in research on kidney disease[16] and cardiomyocyte function,[17] among others.

[21] Projects supported by Frontiers Group awards include research on regeneration,[22] gene drives,[23] and human brain evolution,[24] among many others.

The Allen Institute employs three core principles that distinguish it from traditional academic laboratory and industry organization settings.

Their large-scale, data-rich "big science" projects aim to answer fundamental questions of biology.

Other current board members are Margaret Anderson, Joanne Berger-Sweeney, Ph.D., Phyllis J. Campbell, Alta Charo, J.D., Thomas L Daniel, Ph.D., Carla DewBerry, Steve Hall, Allan Jones, Ph.D., and Michael Stryker, Ph.D.[27] The Allen Institute for Brain Science is part of the MICrONS program, which is funded by IARPA.

The research collaboration aims to map all the synapses in one cubic millimeter of the mouse brain,[30] the largest such connectomics project to date.

This collaborative effort, funded by the National Institutes of Health, aims to create comprehensive catalogs of brain cell types from mouse, human and monkeys.

[36] To help facilitate their collaborative team science approach, the six-story building was designed around a central atrium, alternating laboratories with traditional and flexible meeting spaces throughout.

The location of the Allen Institute was home to the historic McKay Ford and Pacific auto dealer, built in the early 1920s.