allen institute for cell science founded 2014 founder paul allen headquarters seattle washington usa key people executive director alan rick horwitz website http alleninstitutecellscience.org the allen institute for cell science is a research institute established by paul allen in seattle washington on 8 december 2014 . 1 the institute is modelled in large part on the allen institute for brain science and received the same initial financial commitment from allen us 100 000 000 over five years . 1 2 the two institutes also share the same building . 2 the focus of the institute will be how does information encoded in our genes become living cells and what goes wrong when a disease affects those cells 3 all data generated and research tools developed by the institute will be made publicly available online . 3 the inaugural executive director for the institute is rick horwitz formerly of the university of virginia . 1 among those serving on the institute s science advisory board is joan brugge chairwoman of the department of cell biology at harvard medical school . 2 references edit a b c callaway ewen 11 december 2014 . microsoft billionaire takes on cell biology . nature . 516 7530 157 . doi 10.1038 516157a . a b c doughton sandi 8 december 2014 . allen gives 100 million for new seattle institute to unravel cells . the seattle times . a b zak annie 8 december 2014 . paul allen donates 100 million to create cell science institute in seattle . puget sound business journal . this article about a scientific organization is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about an organization in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this washington related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title allen institute for cell science & oldid 737171241 categories research institutes in seattle2014 establishments in washington state organizations established in 2014scientific organization stubsunited states organization stubswashington state stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 04 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view