include studies of cardiomyocyte differentiation and mitosis. Cell biology resources from the institute have been used in high school and college biology education, including at Washington State University. The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group recommends research funding from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to support bioscience and biomedical research. Projects supported by Frontiers Group awards include research on regeneration, gene drives, and human brain evolution, among many others. The Frontiers Group directs research support through two primary award mechanisms: Allen Distinguished Investigator awards, which are typically three-year, $1.5 million awards given to one or a small set of researchers, and Allen Discovery Center awards, which are larger grants given to launch new research centers. To date, four Allen Discovery Centers have been launched. Allen Institute for Immunology The newest division of the Allen Institute, the Allen Institute for Immunology, was launched with a $125 million donation from Paul G. Allen two months after Allen's death. The Allen Institute for Immunology's initial research focus is on the healthy human immune system and on changes in the immune system in two cancers, multiple myeloma and melanoma, and in three autoimmune diseases, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The institute does not conduct clinical research, but rather partners with existing clinical research groups at other organizations who collaborate on research and provide patient samples; the institute's research partners are the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the University of California San Diego with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and the University of Pennsylvania. The institute's executive director is Thomas Bumol, formerly an executive at Eli Lilly. Scientific approach 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. Cross-functional groups of employees with differing specialties work together in a collaborative "team science" environment. All data and resources generated within the Institute are made publicly available as part of their "open science" model. Notable public resources include the Allen Mouse Brain and Human Brain Atlases. Board of Directors The Allen Institute Board of Directors is chaired by Jody Allen. Other current board members are Margaret Anderson, Nathaniel T. "Buster" Brown, Phyllis J. Campbell, Alta Charo, Thomas Daniel, Ph.D., Carla DewBerry, Steve Hall, Allan Jones, Ph.D., Allen D.