Seed Networks for the Human Cell Atlas

The projects below bring together experimental scientists, computational biologists, software engineers, and physicians to support the continued development of the Human Cell Atlas (HCA), an international effort to map all cells in the human body as a resource for better understanding health and disease.

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A Comprehensive Single Cell Atlas of the Human Kidney
Focus Urinary
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics, Spatial Proteomics

This network will develop a comprehensive, validated atlas of the human kidney at single cell resolution open to the entire scientific and clinical community.

A Female Reproductive Cell Atlas
Focus Reproductive
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics

This project will characterize all cell types in the healthy female human reproductive tract using single cell RNA and ATAC sequencing and integrate transcriptomic and epigenetic information.

A Multimodal Strategy for a Single Cell Atlas of the Human Spinal Cord
Focus Central Nervous System
Method Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics

This network seeks to continue their development and implementation of a multimodal single cell sequencing strategy to determine cellular diversity within the human spinal cord.

A Reference Cell Atlas of Human Liver Diversity Over a Lifespan
Focus Hepatobiliary
Method Multiomics, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics

This team will analyze single cells and develop computational tools to build a single cell map of the human liver, combining transcriptomics, spatial organization, and cell-cell interactions across diverse individuals and developmental stages.

A Spatial and Lineage Atlas of Bone Marrow Hematopoiesis
Focus Lymphoreticular
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Multiomics, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics

This project helps build the hematopoietic human cell atlas with single cell transcriptomics, multiplexed spatial imaging data, and a pilot lineage-tracing map in vitro, presented via a portal for exploration and data analysis in the context of the Human Cell Atlas.

A Spatial Cell Type Reference Atlas of the Adult Human Heart
Focus Cardiovascular
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics

The goal of this project is to build a spatially resolved single-cell reference map of the adult human heart.

An Integrated Map of the Immune System in Humans Across Tissues and Ages
Focus Immune
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Proteomics

The goal of this project is to generate an integrated map of cellular diversity in the human immune system across multiple tissues and the human lifespan. It will provide a resource to study mechanisms of tissue residency and the effects of aging.

Asian Immune Diversity Atlas
Focus Immune
Method Multiomics, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics

This network aims to build an atlas of Asian immune cell types and states and characterize differences between six major Asian population groups (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Malay, Thai).

Benchmarking Developing and Adult Kidney with Organoids at Single Cell Resolution
Focus Urinary
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Single Cell Transcriptomics

This network will define the normal developing and adult human kidney transcriptome and epigenome at cellular resolution, across ages and sex, and benchmark human kidney organoid cell types against this dataset.

Bioconductor for Analysis and Comprehension of the Human Cell Atlas
Focus Methods Focus

This network’s collaborative effort enables the large community of users for the open source software R / Bioconductor to effectively access the Human Cell Atlas for statistical analysis, visualization, and novel scientific discovery.

Cell Atlas of the Human Eye from Birth to Old Age
Focus Central Nervous System, Eye
Method Multiomics, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Proteomics

This team will use single cell and single nucleus RNA-sequencing, computational inference, and histological analysis to generate a comprehensive reference atlas of cell types in the human eye, incorporating data across the natural lifespan.

Cell Atlas of the Neural Retina
Focus Central Nervous System, Eye
Method Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics

This project will establish a cell reference atlas of the human neural retina, build a high-resolution spatial map for all cell types in the retina, and develop single cell classification and integrative analysis software tools.

Deciphering Intra- and Inter-Individual Variation at Single Cell Resolution
Focus Multiple Organs
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics, Spatial Proteomics

With a goal of understanding how non-coding genetic variation in humans functionally impacts disease traits, this network proposes a framework to map and interpret intra- and inter-individual variation in complex tissues using single cell approaches.

Deep Visual Proteomics: Image-Guided Cell Characterization
Focus Hepatobiliary, Methods Focus
Method Spatial Proteomics

This network will develop an integrated technology to study human cells through a combination of highly multiplexed imaging, classification by deep learning, and ultra-sensitive mass spectrometry-based proteomics.

Developing Tools and Standards for Integration of Multidimensional Human Cell Atlas Data
Focus Methods Focus, Urinary
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics

This network proposes a benchmarking framework to generate guidelines, technologies, quality metrics, and new computational tools that will serve as a compass for the Human Cell Atlas’s generation of reproducible and high-quality tissue atlases.

Dissecting the Genetic Basis for Tissue Composition and Gene Regulation
Focus Multiple Organs
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Single Cell Transcriptomics

This project will identify genetic variants that alter the frequency of cell types within human tissues or modulate gene expression or chromatin accessibility within those cell types.

Generating an Immune Cell Atlas in Ethnically Diverse Africans
Focus Immune
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Single Cell Transcriptomics

This network’s goal is to generate an African Immune Cell Atlas using single-cell RNA sequencing techniques to profile the transcriptomic and epigenetic profile of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from ethnically diverse Africans before and after immune stimulation.

Human Breast Cell Atlas Seed Network
Focus Breast
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics

This project will establish a comprehensive reference of cell types and cell states in human breast tissue with single cell and spatial resolution.

Human Cell Atlas Along the Gut-Brain Axis
Focus Gastrointestinal
Method Single Cell Transcriptomics

This network will build a human cell atlas along the gut-brain axis by isolating and profiling vagal nodose ganglion and enteroendocrine cells using single cell RNA-seq and ATAC-seq.

Human Cell Atlas of the Female Reproductive System
Focus Reproductive
Method Single Cell Transcriptomics

This project will establish a human cell atlas of the female reproductive system, focusing on the ovaries, fallopian tube, and uterus.

Human Immune Variation Across Genetic Backgrounds, Gender and Time
Focus Immune
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Single Cell Transcriptomics

This project seeks to establish the normal range of immune phenotypic variability — both within and across individuals — and assess contributions from genetics and environment, such as diurnal, seasonal, and reproductive cycles and life experience.

Human Lung Cell Atlas 1.0
Focus Respiratory
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics, Spatial Proteomics

This network will develop the first version of the Human Lung Cell Atlas by integrating single cell and spatial genomics, microscopy, anatomic, and computational methods.

Human Vascular Endothelial Cell Atlas in the Young and Old
Focus Cardiovascular
Method Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics

This network is contributing to an endothelial cell atlas in space and time by mapping the transcriptomes of endothelial cells from several tissues from donors of different ages and ancestry and developing cutting-edge computational tools.

Individual Variability in Human Cell Type Transcriptomes and Epigenomes
Focus Central Nervous System
Method Epigenetic Sequencing

This project will identify inter-individual differences in molecular signatures of human brain cell types, including single cell transcriptomes and DNA methylomes.

Inferring Cell Interactions: Spatial Organization of Human Lymph Nodes
Focus Lymphoreticular
Method Multiomics, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics

This project aims to combine spatially resolved and single cell transcriptional profiling to develop a systematic method for inferring cell-cell interactions, and to apply that method to create a high-resolution spatial atlas of healthy human lymph nodes.

Mapping Cells and Interactions in the Thymus Across Development and Aging
Focus Lymphoreticular
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Multiomics, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics, Spatial Proteomics

This project brings together scientists with broad and complementary expertise to generate a comprehensive cell atlas of the human thymus across development and aging.

Mapping Human Adipose Tissue Heterogeneity
Focus Adipose
Method Multiomics, Single Cell Transcriptomics

This project’s goal is to map adipose tissue heterogeneity in healthy humans by integrating chemical imaging, single cell, and single nucleus RNA sequencing from adipocytes and adipocyte precursors with distinct anatomical origins and metabolic function.

Mapping the Human Adipose Tissue Cells and Intercellular Communication
Focus Adipose
Method Single Cell Transcriptomics

This network will characterize the single nucleus transcriptomes and intercellular communication networks of human adipose tissue cells (adipocytes and stroma-vascular cells) across fat depots, sex, and ethnicity.

Mapping the Transcriptome and Proteome of Human Testis in 3D
Focus Reproductive
Method Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics, Spatial Proteomics

This network will map the human testis in 3D using paired single cell analysis by mass-spectrometry, clampFISH, and RNA-sequencing.

Multi-Modal Cell Profiling and Data Integration to Atlas the Immune System
Focus Methods Focus
Method Multiomics, Spatial Proteomics

This project will develop a set of generalizable tools, resources, and best practices for multi-modal cell and tissue phenotyping, integrating high-throughput and spatially resolved methods applied to tissues of the human immune system.

Oligodendroglia Heterogeneity in the Human Brain
Focus Central Nervous System
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Single Cell Transcriptomics

This project will investigate the transcriptional and chromatin accessibility landscapes of the human oligodendrocyte lineage during development and in adulthood in both males and females.

Single Cell Chromatin Profiling by High-Efficiency Tethered Integrase
Focus Methods Focus
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Single Cell Transcriptomics

This network introduces a novel chromatin profiling technology, CUT&Tag, and will demonstrate its single cell application, thus motivating the development of new experimental and computational tools to transfer their innovation to the global Human Cell Atlas effort and the broader scientific community.

Single Cell Mapping of the Normal Breast of Ethnically Diverse Populations
Focus Breast
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Multiomics

This network will perform single-cell mapping of the normal breast of ethnically diverse populations, including women of African, Latinx, Asian, Ashkenazi Jewish, and Native American descent.

Single Cell Resolution of Cell Lineages and States Based on Chromatin Accessibility Combined with CellTagging or Somatic Mutations
Focus Immune, Methods Focus
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Multiomics

This project will provide the Human Cell Atlas community with datasets, technological advancement, and computational methods for a high-resolution reconstruction of cell lineages and states combining chromatin accessibility and barcoding techniques.

Single Cell Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Features of the Human Vasculature
Focus
Method Epigenetic Sequencing, Single Cell Transcriptomics

The purpose of this project is to create an atlas of single cell transcriptomic and epigenomic features of the human vasculature to define the cellular composition and key regulatory features of these vessels.

Spatiotemporal Multi-Organ Developmental Maps from the Same Individual
Focus Multiple Organs
Method Multiomics, Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Proteomics

This project will build a spatiotemporal atlas of a single individual’s multi-organ developmental program by applying integrated single-cell RNA-seq and 4i spatial maps to primary tissue and matched iPSC-derived organoids from the same individual.

Technology and Analytics for Sequencing Physically Interacting Cells
Focus Methods Focus
Method Multiomics

This project will develop the technology and analytics to sequence pairs of attached tissue cells to determine their interactions and spatial localization. The network will apply these approaches to reconstruct 3D maps and interaction models in the human intestine and bone marrow, studying how cell interactions impact differentiation, proliferation, metabolism, and more.

The Tendon Seed Network
Focus Tendon
Method Single Cell Transcriptomics, Spatial Genomics, Spatial Proteomics

The Tendon Seed Network will spatially define the transcriptome of extracellular matrix-rich tissues such as tendon across multiple anatomic and micro-anatomic sites. To enable this, the project will develop clinical, laboratory, bioinformatics, and mathematical modelling tools and platforms.

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