atlas
at luhs
- n (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
- n a collection of maps in book form
- n the 1st cervical vertebra
- n a figure of a man used as a supporting column
- We use the atlas every day, to figure out which genes are important to the biology of the tumor, and which are bystanders.
- The atlas would give researchers and physicians around the world access to virtual maps of how the brain functions, to compare with data they obtain from scans of their subjects or .
- Most promisingly, he established the Allen Institute for Brain Science, which has produced an atlas of gene activity in the mouse brain, mapping 20,000 genes so far.