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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · 18h

Highlighted at the Town Hall, early bird registration for the 2026 HCA General Meeting to be held in Boston, USA, 16-18 June, is open! Register at buff.ly/lLtmePG #HCA2026GM

2026 Human Cell Atlas General Meeting

The 2026 HCA General Meeting will take place in person in Boston, USA and virtually. Topics will include creating a cross-tissue 3D reference Atlas with spatial resolution that is geographically and…

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · 18h

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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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · 2d

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

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · 2d

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

Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · 7d

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

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · 15d

The HCA Town Hall sessions will share updates on completing the first draft of the Human Cell Atlas next year and plans for incorporating Spatial omics. Please join the best session for your time zone. For more information see buff.ly/XqQVk2k

Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · 15d

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

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · 22d

The HCA 2026 General Meeting will include sessions on Atlas expansion towards a spatially resolved, cross-tissue 3D reference Atlas, that is geographically and genetically representative, and clinically applicable. We hope you can join us! #HCA2026GM

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · 22d

HCA welcomes further sponsorship inquiries for the HCA General Meeting. Please contact [email protected] if you are interested in joining us as a sponsor at #HCA2026GM

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · 22d

We are delighted to announce that @10xgenomics.bsky.social is the exclusive Foundational Level Sponsor of the 2026 HCA General Meeting. #HCA2026GM

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · 22d

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.

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · 27d

The HCA Town Hall sessions will share updates on completing the first draft of the Human Cell Atlas next year and plans for incorporating Spatial omics. Please join the session that works with your time zone. Register at buff.ly/MvyU3Im

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · 27d

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

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · Aug 6

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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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · Jul 23

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

Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · Jul 8

To become a registered HCA Member, and stay up to date with future HCA events and announcements, please sign up on our website at: buff.ly/9qYZgDF

Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · Jul 8

We are also happy to share that the 2026 HCA Asia Meeting will take place in Perth, Australia, between October and December. #HCA2026Asia. We look forward to seeing you in Boston or in Perth next year.

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · Jul 8

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.

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · Jul 1

HCA is committed to providing a broad benefit to the wider human communities to which we belong. For examples of previous HCA Public Engagement work, please see buff.ly/NsAI2Vy

Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · Jul 1

The new HCA Civic Science #PublicEngagement post will be based in the HCA UK Office @sangerinstitute, initially for 18 months. Unique opportunity to join the #HumanCellAtlas team and help make HCA science accessible and meaningful to communities. See buff.ly/JdxwmJ4

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · Jul 1

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

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · Jun 24

The AWS listing gives greater visibility to the HCA datasets and facilitates excellent access to the data in every region of the world. @awscloud.bsky.social‬ buff.ly/CltpkDQ

Human Cell Atlas - Registry of Open Data on AWS

biology cell biology cell imaging gene expression genome genomic Homo sapiens life sciences Mus musculus single-cell transcriptomics transcriptomics

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · Jun 24

Data from the HCA Biological Network Atlases and other studies, from more than 66 million cells, are available on the #HCADataPortal. See the HCA Lung, Brain, Organoid and Retina Atlases at buff.ly/aEbdrsU now, with further HCA Atlases coming soon.

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · Jun 24

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

HCA Data now freely available on AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) helps give worldwide access to open HCA data.

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Human Cell Atlas @humancellatlas.org · Jun 20

To continue the discussions, please use the HCA Membership platform - HCA Hub - to connect with your fellow speakers and participants. If you aren’t already an HCA member, please join at buff.ly/uhB2T1N to access the HCA Hub.