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
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
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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
Thank you again to everyone who attended the 2025 HCA General Meeting in June, in person and online. For those who weren’t able to attend, the #HCA2025GM recordings are now available on YouTube at
HCA General Meeting 2025
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August 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Thank you again to everyone who attended the 2025 HCA General Meeting in June, in person and online. For those who weren’t able to attend, the #HCA2025GM recordings are now available on YouTube at
Please Save the Date for the 2026 HCA General Meeting, which will be held 16-18 June in Boston, USA, and online. Registration opens in September. We hope you can join us. #HCA2026GM
July 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Please Save the Date for the 2026 HCA General Meeting, which will be held 16-18 June in Boston, USA, and online. Registration opens in September. We hope you can join us. #HCA2026GM
We are delighted to announce that the 2026 HCA General Meeting will take place 16-18 June in Boston, USA, at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School. Please mark your calendar #HCA2026GM.
July 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We are delighted to announce that the 2026 HCA General Meeting will take place 16-18 June in Boston, USA, at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School. Please mark your calendar #HCA2026GM.
Did you see that we are looking for a Civic Science Public Engagement Fellow, to design and lead a new HCA #PublicEngagement programme? Applications close this week, on Sunday 6th July. More information at buff.ly/JdxwmJ4
July 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Did you see that we are looking for a Civic Science Public Engagement Fellow, to design and lead a new HCA #PublicEngagement programme? Applications close this week, on Sunday 6th July. More information at buff.ly/JdxwmJ4
We are delighted that HCA has joined the AWS Open Data Program. This will assist the HCA commitment to make data openly and freely available worldwide long-term. @awscloud.bsky.social
See buff.ly/IHw40Ro
See buff.ly/IHw40Ro
HCA Data now freely available on AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) helps give worldwide access to open HCA data.
www.humancellatlas.org
June 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We are delighted that HCA has joined the AWS Open Data Program. This will assist the HCA commitment to make data openly and freely available worldwide long-term. @awscloud.bsky.social
See buff.ly/IHw40Ro
See buff.ly/IHw40Ro
The #HCA2025GM highlighted HCA strategic goals for the next 5 years, and calls to action. These goals include plans to create a cross-tissue reference Atlas, that is spatially resolved in 3D, geographically representative, and clinically applied.
June 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The #HCA2025GM highlighted HCA strategic goals for the next 5 years, and calls to action. These goals include plans to create a cross-tissue reference Atlas, that is spatially resolved in 3D, geographically representative, and clinically applied.
The HCA 2025 General Meeting brought together 63 speakers and session leads and 631 participants, from 47 countries, to discuss HCA strategic goals and how to achieve them. Many thanks to our Platinum Sponsor @10xGenomics for their support of the #HCA2025GM meeting.
June 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The HCA 2025 General Meeting brought together 63 speakers and session leads and 631 participants, from 47 countries, to discuss HCA strategic goals and how to achieve them. Many thanks to our Platinum Sponsor @10xGenomics for their support of the #HCA2025GM meeting.
Thank you so much to everyone who attended the #HCA2025GM meeting. It’s been wonderful to connect with everyone and we really hope you’ve enjoyed it. Thanks to our great Programme Committee hosts Jay Shin and Shyam Prabhakar, and to all the attendees, speakers and panellists.
June 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who attended the #HCA2025GM meeting. It’s been wonderful to connect with everyone and we really hope you’ve enjoyed it. Thanks to our great Programme Committee hosts Jay Shin and Shyam Prabhakar, and to all the attendees, speakers and panellists.
We’re looking forward to tomorrow’s Genetic Diversity Collaboration between Asia & Latin America Meeting. For those joining us in-person tomorrow, please go to NTU@OneNorth. We will also livestream so our virtual participants can join.
June 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We’re looking forward to tomorrow’s Genetic Diversity Collaboration between Asia & Latin America Meeting. For those joining us in-person tomorrow, please go to NTU@OneNorth. We will also livestream so our virtual participants can join.
Thank you to our Program Committee Co-Chairs, Shyam Prabhakar and Jay Shin from @astar_gis for hosting the 2025 HCA General Meeting, and to everyone involved in the HCA2025GM. It has been a truly inspirational meeting.
June 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Thank you to our Program Committee Co-Chairs, Shyam Prabhakar and Jay Shin from @astar_gis for hosting the 2025 HCA General Meeting, and to everyone involved in the HCA2025GM. It has been a truly inspirational meeting.
Thank you to all of the speakers and participants of this afternoon’s HCA Regional Networks Meeting in Singapore
June 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Thank you to all of the speakers and participants of this afternoon’s HCA Regional Networks Meeting in Singapore
Thanks to @AWS for hosting this morning’s workshop which had more than 75 in-person participants.
June 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Thanks to @AWS for hosting this morning’s workshop which had more than 75 in-person participants.