Allen Institute for Cell Science
The Allen Institute for Cell Science is a research institute established by Paul Allen in Seattle, Washington on 8 December 2014.
The Institute is modelled in large part on the Allen Institute for Brain Science and received the same initial financial commitment from Allen— over five years.
The two Institutes also share the same building.
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?
" All data generated and research tools developed by the Institute will be made publicly available online.
The inaugural executive director for the Institute is Rick Horwitz, formerly of the University of Virginia.
Among those serving on the Institute's science advisory board is Joan Brugge, chairwoman of the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School.
Herbert Allen Jr.
Herbert A. Allen Jr. is an American businessman and former president of Allen& Company.
Yoshimaro Yamashina
Marquis was a Japanese ornithologist.
He was the founder of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology.
John De Margheriti
John De Margheriti( born July 1962) is an Italian- born Australian electrical engineer, software developer and entrepreneur.
De Margheriti is widely seen as a founding' father' of Australia's video games industry and Australia's most experienced interactive entertainment business executive.
He is the founder and former CEO of BigWorld Pty Limited and the founder of parent company Micro Forté Pty Limited.
De Margheriti is also the Executive Chairman of the Academy of Interactive Entertainment, the Chairman of Canberra Technology Park, the founder of the Game Developers' Association of Australia, the founder of the Australian Game Developers Conference, and the founder of the three Canberra business parks, the co-founder of DEMS Entertainment, the co-founder of Dreamgate Studios, the co-founder of Game Plus and co-founder of The Film Distillery De Margheriti has been recognised as an Honorary Ambassador for Canberra due to his contribution to Australia's national capital.
Paul Allen
Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American business magnate, researcher, investor, and philanthropist.
He is best known for co-founding Microsoft Corporation alongside Bill Gates in 1975, which helped spark the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s and later became the world's largest personal computer software company.
Allen was ranked as the 44th-wealthiest person in the world by "Forbes" in 2018, and had an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion at the time of his death.
Allen was the founder, with his sister Jody Allen, and Chairman of Vulcan Inc., the privately held company that managed his various business and philanthropic efforts.
He had a multibillion-dollar investment portfolio including technology and media companies, scientific research, real estate holdings, private spaceflight ventures, and stakes in other sectors.
He owned two professional sports teams: the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League and the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association, and was part-owner of the Seattle Sounders FC, which joined Major League Soccer in 2009.
Allen was also the founder of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Institute for Cell Science, Stratolaunch Systems, and Apex Learning.
He gave more than $2 billion to causes such as education, wildlife and environmental conservation, the arts, healthcare, community services, and more.
He received numerous awards and honors in several different professions, and was listed among the "Time" 100 Most Influential People in the World in both 2007 and 2008.
Through his work funding the first manned private spaceflight in 2004 with SpaceShipOne, he became the co-recipient of both the Collier and National Air and Space Museum trophies.
Christof Koch
Christof Koch( born November 13, 1956) is a German- American neuroscientist best known for his work on the neural bases of consciousness.
He is the president and chief scientist of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle.
From 1986 until 2013, he was a professor at the California Institute of Technology.
Yogesh Shouche
Yogesh S. Shouche is an Indian microbiologist.
Currently, he is Principal Investigator of National Centre for Microbial Resource( formerly known as the Microbial Culture Collection) at the National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, India.
Manas Kumar Santra
Manas Kumar Santra is an Indian cell biologist, biological chemist and a scientist at the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS).
He is known for his studies on F-box proteins which is the research focus of his laboratory at NCCS where he hosts a number of researchers.
Santra graduated in chemistry from Vidyasagar University in 1996 and earned a master's degree from the same institution in 1998.
He moved to the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai from where he secured an MTech and a PhD in 2001 and 2006 respectively before doing his post-doctoral work at the University of Massachusetts Medical School during 2006–10.
On his return to India, he joined the National Centre for Cell Science, Pune in 2010 and holds the position of a Scientist D. He has published a number of articles, ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 57 of them.
The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences, in 2017–18.
Sky Dayton
Sky Dylan Dayton( born August 8, 1971) is an American entrepreneur and investor.
He is the founder of Internet service provider EarthLink, co-founder of eCompanies, and the founder of Boingo.
Gyan Chandra Mishra
Gyan Chandra Mishra is an Indian immunologist, cell biologist and the Director of the National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, known for his researches towards the therapeutic control of diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.
He was honoured by the Government of India in 2003 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.

Question: Which country the founder of Allen Institute For Cell Science is from?
Answer: American