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William E. Allen

Stanford University · US
Area of research
Cognitive Neuroscience · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Neural dynamics and brain function, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.
h-index
29
citations
7,076
works
82
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
email

Recent publications

Perturb-Multimodal: A platform for pooled genetic screens with imaging and sequencing in intact mammalian tissue
Cell 2025cited by 34position: middledoi
High-resolution spatial mapping of cell state and lineage dynamics in vivo with PEtracer
Science 2025cited by 18position: middledoi
A transcription factor atlas of directed differentiation
Cell 2023cited by 220position: middledoi
Neural landscape diffusion resolves conflicts between needs across time
Nature 2023cited by 32position: middledoi
Molecular and spatial signatures of mouse brain aging at single-cell resolution
Cell 2022cited by 402position: firstdoi
Cell-type-specific population dynamics of diverse reward computations
Cell 2022cited by 78position: middledoi
Cerebellar nuclei evolved by repeatedly duplicating a conserved cell-type set
Science 2020cited by 246position: middledoi
Population-scale longitudinal mapping of COVID-19 symptoms, behaviour and testing
Nature Human Behaviour 2020cited by 129position: firstdoi
Differential encoding in prefrontal cortex projection neuron classes across cognitive tasks
Cell 2020cited by 128position: middledoi
Cortical Observation by Synchronous Multifocal Optical Sampling Reveals Widespread Population Encoding of Actions
Neuron 2020cited by 100position: middledoi
Building an international consortium for tracking coronavirus health status
Nature Medicine 2020cited by 33position: middledoi
Temporal evolution of cortical ensembles promoting remote memory retrieval
Nature Neuroscience 2019cited by 652position: middledoi
Thirst regulates motivated behavior through modulation of brainwide neural population dynamics
Science 2019cited by 410position: firstdoi
Three-dimensional intact-tissue sequencing of single-cell transcriptional states
Science 2018cited by 1,691position: middledoi
Dynamic salience processing in paraventricular thalamus gates associative learning
Science 2018cited by 201position: middledoi
Structural mechanisms of selectivity and gating in anion channelrhodopsins
Nature 2018cited by 93position: middledoi
Early adolescent Rai1 reactivation reverses transcriptional and social interaction deficits in a mouse model of Smith–Magenis syndrome
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2018cited by 36position: middledoi
Global Representations of Goal-Directed Behavior in Distinct Cell Types of Mouse Neocortex
Neuron 2017cited by 427position: firstdoi
Thirst-associated preoptic neurons encode an aversive motivational drive
Science 2017cited by 401position: firstdoi
Ancestral Circuits for the Coordinated Modulation of Brain State
Cell 2017cited by 231position: middledoi
Wiring and Molecular Features of Prefrontal Ensembles Representing Distinct Experiences
Cell 2016cited by 353position: middledoi
Intersectional Illumination of Neural Circuit Function
Neuron 2015cited by 15position: firstdoi
An Epigenetic Trap Stabilizes Singular Olfactory Receptor Expression
Cell 2013cited by 198position: middledoi

Grants

Integrated Laboratory Exercises for Undergraduate Cell and Molecular Biology
NSF9250298$31,7991992–1994PIRePORTER
Equipment for Undergraduate Laboratory Instruction in Biotechnology
NSF8551978$50,0001985–1987PIRePORTER
Interorgan Transport of Lipid in the Blood of Molluscs
NSF7705589$34,5001977–1980PIRePORTER
Instructional Scientific Equipment Program
NSF7415860$19,8001974–1976PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Karl Deisseroth · Stanford University11 papers (2016–2023)Liqun Luo · Howard Hughes Medical Institute11 papers (2015–2023)Charu Ramakrishnan · Howard Hughes Medical Institute5 papers (2016–2022)Ethan B. Richman · Stanford University4 papers (2017–2023)Sam Vesuna · Stanford University3 papers (2017–2022)Lief E. Fenno · The University of Texas at Austin3 papers (2017–2022)Michael Z. Chen · World Health Organization3 papers (2017–2019)Isaac Kauvar · Stanford University3 papers (2017–2020)Xiaowei Zhuang · Harvard University3 papers (2022–2025)Laura A. DeNardo · University of California, Los Angeles2 papers (2017–2019) · 2 papers (2019–2022)Zuri A. Sullivan · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research2 papers (2022–2025)Jonathan S. Weissman · Howard Hughes Medical Institute2 papers (2025–2025)Justus M. Kebschull · Johns Hopkins University2 papers (2020–2020)Drew Friedmann · Allen Institute2 papers (2019–2020)Xiao Wang · Broad Institute2 papers (2018–2022)Emily Sylwestrak · Oregon Research Institute2 papers (2018–2022)Reuben A. Saunders · Harvard University Press2 papers (2025–2025)Cindy D. Liu · University of California, San Francisco2 papers (2017–2019)Catherine Dulac · Harvard University2 papers (2022–2025)