Updated: Allen Institute launches $400M effort to turn brain atlas lessons into medicines

Allen Institute Brain Health Accelerator leader Ed Lein (L) and scientist Aaron Garcia examine a section of human brain. Photo credit: Erik Dinnel / Allen Institute June 2, 2026 05:00 AM EDT FinancingR&D Allen In­sti­tute launch­es $200M ef­fort to turn brain at­las lessons in­to med­i­cines Ryan Cross Senior Science Correspondent A Seat­tle-based non­prof­it known for ba­sic brain re­search is launch­ing a $200 mil­lion ini­tia­tive to trans­late its knowl­edge in­to drug de­vel­op­ment for neu­rode­gen­er­a­tive dis­eases, in­clud­ing … Sign up to read this article for free. Get free access to a limited number of articles, plus choose newsletters to get straight to your inbox. SIGN UP LOG IN BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER