Human Cell Atlas
@humancellatlas.org
Our mission: To create comprehensive reference maps of all human cells—the fundamental units of life—as a basis for both understanding human health and diagnosing, monitoring, and treating disease. https://www.humancellatlas.org
Only two days left for the discounted early-bird registration rate for the 2026 HCA General Meeting, 16-18 June, in Boston, USA. The discount ends on 31 January. Please join us by registering at buff.ly/kLYLPWQ.
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #Spatial #Single-cell #HCA2026GM
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #Spatial #Single-cell #HCA2026GM
January 29, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Only two days left for the discounted early-bird registration rate for the 2026 HCA General Meeting, 16-18 June, in Boston, USA. The discount ends on 31 January. Please join us by registering at buff.ly/kLYLPWQ.
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #Spatial #Single-cell #HCA2026GM
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #Spatial #Single-cell #HCA2026GM
Registration for the HCA Asia Meeting on 2-4 November, 2026 is now open! The #HCA2026Asia meeting will be held in Perth, Australia, and online, and is hosted by @alforrest.bsky.social. Please register at buff.ly/gADDEnC
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #SingleCell #Spatial #HumanCellAtlas
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #SingleCell #Spatial #HumanCellAtlas
January 28, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Registration for the HCA Asia Meeting on 2-4 November, 2026 is now open! The #HCA2026Asia meeting will be held in Perth, Australia, and online, and is hosted by @alforrest.bsky.social. Please register at buff.ly/gADDEnC
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #SingleCell #Spatial #HumanCellAtlas
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #SingleCell #Spatial #HumanCellAtlas
Congratulations to the HCA Eye Biological Network and everyone involved in the integrated HCA Retina Atlas just published in Nature Genetics. This multimodal reference Atlas will help further understanding of retina biology and diseases.
🚀 Excited to share new paper in Nature Genetics: Human Retina Cell Atlas (HRCA) with ~4M cells, >130 retinal cell types, deep scRNA/ATAC integration. Enables cross-species comparisons & GWAS cell-type enrichment. Huge thanks to Ignacio Ibarra & Chen lab.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 23, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Congratulations to the HCA Eye Biological Network and everyone involved in the integrated HCA Retina Atlas just published in Nature Genetics. This multimodal reference Atlas will help further understanding of retina biology and diseases.
We’re happy to announce that @10xGenomics.bsky.social, the exclusive 2026 HCA General Meeting Foundational Sponsor, is running a workshop on 15 June. Indicate your interest when you register for the #HCA2026GM. buff.ly/4F4vGjN
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #SingleCell #SpatialTechnology
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #SingleCell #SpatialTechnology
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
We’re happy to announce that @10xGenomics.bsky.social, the exclusive 2026 HCA General Meeting Foundational Sponsor, is running a workshop on 15 June. Indicate your interest when you register for the #HCA2026GM. buff.ly/4F4vGjN
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #SingleCell #SpatialTechnology
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #SingleCell #SpatialTechnology
We’re really looking forward to the 2026 HCA General Meeting, 16-18 June this year, in Boston, USA.
Early bird registration for the #HCA2026GM runs until 31 January.
Please see buff.ly/4F4vGjN for more information.
#Genomics
Early bird registration for the #HCA2026GM runs until 31 January.
Please see buff.ly/4F4vGjN for more information.
#Genomics
January 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
We’re really looking forward to the 2026 HCA General Meeting, 16-18 June this year, in Boston, USA.
Early bird registration for the #HCA2026GM runs until 31 January.
Please see buff.ly/4F4vGjN for more information.
#Genomics
Early bird registration for the #HCA2026GM runs until 31 January.
Please see buff.ly/4F4vGjN for more information.
#Genomics
Great to see this Human Cell Atlas roadmap paper ‘Towards a reference cell atlas of liver diversity over the human lifespan’ on the cover of Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. Congratulations to the team.
Our JANUARY ISSUE is live! Proteases and the gut, IL-1 cytokines, liver and pancreas organoids, cholangiocarcinoma, liver cell atlas and much more!
www.nature.com/nrgastro/vol...
www.nature.com/nrgastro/vol...
January 8, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Great to see this Human Cell Atlas roadmap paper ‘Towards a reference cell atlas of liver diversity over the human lifespan’ on the cover of Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. Congratulations to the team.
Congratulations to @UNESCO.org on the opening of their new Virtual Museum, enabling people around the world to explore scientific stories and building public trust in science. We are delighted to see the HCA and our co-founders featuring in their Women in Science exhibition.
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Aviv Regev & Sarah Teichmann
Building an Atlas of Human Cells
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December 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Congratulations to @UNESCO.org on the opening of their new Virtual Museum, enabling people around the world to explore scientific stories and building public trust in science. We are delighted to see the HCA and our co-founders featuring in their Women in Science exhibition.
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Congratulations to everyone involved in creating this cellular map of the developing human reproductive system, published in @nature.com. The team mapped key genes and signals in reproductive organ formation, giving insights into congenital disorders and reproductive health.
Nature research paper: Spatiotemporal cellular map of the developing human reproductive tract
go.nature.com/458uOGb
go.nature.com/458uOGb
Spatiotemporal cellular map of the developing human reproductive tract - Nature
A detailed spatiotemporal roadmap of the human female and male reproductive tracts during key periods of sexual differentiation provides new cellular and molecular insights into how early axial gradients lead to specific cell lineages and tissue structures.
go.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Congratulations to everyone involved in creating this cellular map of the developing human reproductive system, published in @nature.com. The team mapped key genes and signals in reproductive organ formation, giving insights into congenital disorders and reproductive health.
Wonderful to see these renowned African leaders at the jointly organised UNESCO-Human Cell Atlas Africa Leadership Workshop, 15-16 December in Nairobi, Kenya.
@UNESCO.org 🖥️ 🧬 #SingleCell #Genomics
@UNESCO.org 🖥️ 🧬 #SingleCell #Genomics
December 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Wonderful to see these renowned African leaders at the jointly organised UNESCO-Human Cell Atlas Africa Leadership Workshop, 15-16 December in Nairobi, Kenya.
@UNESCO.org 🖥️ 🧬 #SingleCell #Genomics
@UNESCO.org 🖥️ 🧬 #SingleCell #Genomics
Thank you to everyone who attended the inaugural webinar in the “Towards a Human Exposome Atlas” series on 09 Dec. More than 350 people joined the event, bringing the @unesco.org, @exposomemoonshot.bsky.social and HCA communities together. 🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #Exposome #SingleCell
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended the inaugural webinar in the “Towards a Human Exposome Atlas” series on 09 Dec. More than 350 people joined the event, bringing the @unesco.org, @exposomemoonshot.bsky.social and HCA communities together. 🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #Exposome #SingleCell
Starting in one hour, the first webinar in the “Towards a Human Exposome Atlas” series, co hosted by @UNESCO.org, @exposomemoonshot.bsky.social and the HCA.
Join us 07:30-09:30 EST | 12:30-14:30 GMT | 21:30-23:30 JST.
buff.ly/gLKI8xH
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #Exposome
Join us 07:30-09:30 EST | 12:30-14:30 GMT | 21:30-23:30 JST.
buff.ly/gLKI8xH
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #Exposome
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Starting in one hour, the first webinar in the “Towards a Human Exposome Atlas” series, co hosted by @UNESCO.org, @exposomemoonshot.bsky.social and the HCA.
Join us 07:30-09:30 EST | 12:30-14:30 GMT | 21:30-23:30 JST.
buff.ly/gLKI8xH
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #Exposome
Join us 07:30-09:30 EST | 12:30-14:30 GMT | 21:30-23:30 JST.
buff.ly/gLKI8xH
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #Exposome
Join us tomorrow, 09 Dec, at 07:30-09:30 EST | 12:30-14:30 GMT | 21:30-23:30 JST for the first webinar in the “Towards a Human Exposome Atlas” series.
Please register at buff.ly/CgFfTz0
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #Exposome
Please register at buff.ly/CgFfTz0
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #Exposome
December 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Join us tomorrow, 09 Dec, at 07:30-09:30 EST | 12:30-14:30 GMT | 21:30-23:30 JST for the first webinar in the “Towards a Human Exposome Atlas” series.
Please register at buff.ly/CgFfTz0
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #Exposome
Please register at buff.ly/CgFfTz0
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #Exposome
Don’t miss the first webinar in the “Towards a Human Exposome Atlas” series next week. To join us on Tuesday, 09 Dec, please register at buff.ly/XT0BGLH
🖥️ 🧬 #Exposome #Genomics #SingleCell
🖥️ 🧬 #Exposome #Genomics #SingleCell
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Don’t miss the first webinar in the “Towards a Human Exposome Atlas” series next week. To join us on Tuesday, 09 Dec, please register at buff.ly/XT0BGLH
🖥️ 🧬 #Exposome #Genomics #SingleCell
🖥️ 🧬 #Exposome #Genomics #SingleCell
Remember to register for the first webinar in the new series “Towards a Human Exposome Cell Atlas”, held on Tuesday, 9 December. You can register at buff.ly/FfAYSCZ
🖥️ 🧬 #Exposome #Genomics #SingleCell
🖥️ 🧬 #Exposome #Genomics #SingleCell
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Remember to register for the first webinar in the new series “Towards a Human Exposome Cell Atlas”, held on Tuesday, 9 December. You can register at buff.ly/FfAYSCZ
🖥️ 🧬 #Exposome #Genomics #SingleCell
🖥️ 🧬 #Exposome #Genomics #SingleCell
Please Save the Date for the 2026 HCA Asia Meeting, which will be held on 2-4 November 2026 as a hybrid meeting in Perth, Australia. Registration will open later this year. 🖥️ 🧬
#HCA2026Asia #SingleCell #Genomics #Spatial
#HCA2026Asia #SingleCell #Genomics #Spatial
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Please Save the Date for the 2026 HCA Asia Meeting, which will be held on 2-4 November 2026 as a hybrid meeting in Perth, Australia. Registration will open later this year. 🖥️ 🧬
#HCA2026Asia #SingleCell #Genomics #Spatial
#HCA2026Asia #SingleCell #Genomics #Spatial
Congratulations to everyone involved in this fabulous #BICAN collection of papers in Nature creating a cell census of the developing human brain. These give new insights into #brain development, to help advance health and disease research.
More powerful tools for understanding the brain. 🧠🔍
Today, comprehensive, cross-species developing brain cell atlases were released to help advance health and disease research. 🧵
#studyBRAIN #BICAN
Today, comprehensive, cross-species developing brain cell atlases were released to help advance health and disease research. 🧵
#studyBRAIN #BICAN
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We are delighted to announce a new webinar series, “Towards a Human Exposome Cell Atlas,” co-hosted by @unesco.org, @exposomemoonshot.bsky.social, and HCA. buff.ly/VnxllaM #Exposome #HumanCellAtlas
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We are delighted to announce a new webinar series, “Towards a Human Exposome Cell Atlas,” co-hosted by @unesco.org, @exposomemoonshot.bsky.social, and HCA. buff.ly/VnxllaM #Exposome #HumanCellAtlas
Wonderful to see this Roadmap ‘Towards a reference cell atlas of liver diversity over the human lifespan’. It reveals how the HCA Liver Biological Network is creating the Human Liver Cell Atlas, including challenges and potential impact on disease research.
Towards a reference cell atlas of liver diversity over the human lifespan - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
This Roadmap presents and outlines the creation of the Human Liver Cell Atlas as a reference map and resource for the liver community, providing an overview of the steps needed to build the atlas, as…
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October 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Wonderful to see this Roadmap ‘Towards a reference cell atlas of liver diversity over the human lifespan’. It reveals how the HCA Liver Biological Network is creating the Human Liver Cell Atlas, including challenges and potential impact on disease research.
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the HCA Town Hall sessions this week. Recordings are available on the HCA YouTube at buff.ly/gtt4gfR and buff.ly/fpqiUI2
Human Cell Atlas October 2025 Town Hall - Session 1
Co-led by: Sarah Teichmann, Chloe Villani and Muzlifah Haniffa
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the HCA Town Hall sessions this week. Recordings are available on the HCA YouTube at buff.ly/gtt4gfR and buff.ly/fpqiUI2
Session 2 of the HCA Town Hall Meeting starts soon.
10:00-11:00 JST/ 12:00-13:00 AEDT
Hear progress towards the first draft of the Atlas, details of the recently approved HCA Immune Cell Atlas, and plans for the next phase of HCA. buff.ly/axbh5JE
10:00-11:00 JST/ 12:00-13:00 AEDT
Hear progress towards the first draft of the Atlas, details of the recently approved HCA Immune Cell Atlas, and plans for the next phase of HCA. buff.ly/axbh5JE
October 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Session 2 of the HCA Town Hall Meeting starts soon.
10:00-11:00 JST/ 12:00-13:00 AEDT
Hear progress towards the first draft of the Atlas, details of the recently approved HCA Immune Cell Atlas, and plans for the next phase of HCA. buff.ly/axbh5JE
10:00-11:00 JST/ 12:00-13:00 AEDT
Hear progress towards the first draft of the Atlas, details of the recently approved HCA Immune Cell Atlas, and plans for the next phase of HCA. buff.ly/axbh5JE
Today's HCA Town Hall Meeting Session 1 starts soon.
11:00-12:00 EDT / 16:00-17:00 BST
Hear progress towards the first draft of the Atlas, details of the recently approved HCA Immune Cell Atlas, and plans for the next phase of HCA.
buff.ly/axbh5JE
11:00-12:00 EDT / 16:00-17:00 BST
Hear progress towards the first draft of the Atlas, details of the recently approved HCA Immune Cell Atlas, and plans for the next phase of HCA.
buff.ly/axbh5JE
October 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today's HCA Town Hall Meeting Session 1 starts soon.
11:00-12:00 EDT / 16:00-17:00 BST
Hear progress towards the first draft of the Atlas, details of the recently approved HCA Immune Cell Atlas, and plans for the next phase of HCA.
buff.ly/axbh5JE
11:00-12:00 EDT / 16:00-17:00 BST
Hear progress towards the first draft of the Atlas, details of the recently approved HCA Immune Cell Atlas, and plans for the next phase of HCA.
buff.ly/axbh5JE
Please join us next week for the HCA-wide Town Hall Meeting to hear updates towards completing the first draft of the Human Cell Atlas next year. There are two sessions to accommodate our membership in different time zones. buff.ly/axbh5JE
October 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Please join us next week for the HCA-wide Town Hall Meeting to hear updates towards completing the first draft of the Human Cell Atlas next year. There are two sessions to accommodate our membership in different time zones. buff.ly/axbh5JE
Remember to register for the HCA October Town Hall meeting. It will be held twice, to accommodate different time zones.
* Monday, 06 October 11:00-12:00 EDT/16:00-17:00 BST
* Tuesday, 07 October 10:00-11:00 JST/12:00-13:00 AEDT.
Register at buff.ly/XqQVk2k
* Monday, 06 October 11:00-12:00 EDT/16:00-17:00 BST
* Tuesday, 07 October 10:00-11:00 JST/12:00-13:00 AEDT.
Register at buff.ly/XqQVk2k
September 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Remember to register for the HCA October Town Hall meeting. It will be held twice, to accommodate different time zones.
* Monday, 06 October 11:00-12:00 EDT/16:00-17:00 BST
* Tuesday, 07 October 10:00-11:00 JST/12:00-13:00 AEDT.
Register at buff.ly/XqQVk2k
* Monday, 06 October 11:00-12:00 EDT/16:00-17:00 BST
* Tuesday, 07 October 10:00-11:00 JST/12:00-13:00 AEDT.
Register at buff.ly/XqQVk2k
The 2026 HCA General Meeting will take place in Boston, USA, 16-18 June. Early bird registration for the #HCA2026GM is now open and runs until 31 January. Please see buff.ly/oaFJZ0E for more information.
September 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The 2026 HCA General Meeting will take place in Boston, USA, 16-18 June. Early bird registration for the #HCA2026GM is now open and runs until 31 January. Please see buff.ly/oaFJZ0E for more information.
Please join us for the next HCA-wide Town Hall meeting. It will be held twice to accommodate different time zones.
* Monday, 06 October 11:00-12:00 EDT/16:00-17:00 BST
* Tuesday, 07 October 10:00-11:00 JST/12:00-13:00 AEDT
See buff.ly/MvyU3Im
* Monday, 06 October 11:00-12:00 EDT/16:00-17:00 BST
* Tuesday, 07 October 10:00-11:00 JST/12:00-13:00 AEDT
See buff.ly/MvyU3Im
September 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Please join us for the next HCA-wide Town Hall meeting. It will be held twice to accommodate different time zones.
* Monday, 06 October 11:00-12:00 EDT/16:00-17:00 BST
* Tuesday, 07 October 10:00-11:00 JST/12:00-13:00 AEDT
See buff.ly/MvyU3Im
* Monday, 06 October 11:00-12:00 EDT/16:00-17:00 BST
* Tuesday, 07 October 10:00-11:00 JST/12:00-13:00 AEDT
See buff.ly/MvyU3Im