HUMAN CELL ATLAS BIOLOGICAL NETWORK SEMINAR SERIES

The goals of this seminar series are:

To increase biological network visibility and spark new opportunities for collaboration and engagement;
to promote coordination with other networks and consortia; and
To lay the groundwork for drafting Atlas roadmaps in each biological area.

The HCA Biological Network Seminar Series is made possible through the generous support of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

HCA Biological Networks Seminar Series: Spatial Omics - 14 November 2024

10:30-12:00 EST | 15:30-17:00 GMT

Arutha Kulasinghe
Uncoupling pathways involved in immunotherapy resistance: Insights from deep tissue profiling

Anna Pascual Reguant
Mapping the emergence and progression of colorectal cancer with whole transcriptome single molecule imaging

Ilya Korsunsky
Navigating the edges: a boundary-aware approach to tissue segmentation with Tessera

HCA Biological Networks Seminar Series: Reproduction Network - 13 May 2024

10:30-12:00 EDT | 15:30-17:00 BST

Reproduction Network - Roser Vento-Tormo
Mapping the human uterus in time and space

Reproduction Network - Ariella Shikanov
Cellular atlas of the human ovary using morphologically guided spatial transcriptomics and single-cell sequencing

Reproduction Network - Cecilia Lindskog
A high-resolution spatio-temporal protein atlas of the human reproductive system

Reproduction Network - Santhilal Subhash
Ancestrally diverse single cell atlas of human gynecologic carcinosarcoma

HCA Biological Networks Seminar Series: Spatial Genomics - 11 April 2024

10:30-12:00 EDT | 15:30-17:00 BST

Sanja Vickovic
Tissue and cellular spatiotemporal dynamics in colon aging

Fei Chen
Genomic tools for probing the rules of tissue organization

Leeat Keren
Unravelling structure in the tumor microenvironment using multiplexed imaging

Alan Mullen
Spatial transcriptomics of healthy and fibrotic human liver at single-cell resolution

HCA Biological Network Seminar Series: Focus on Technology - 14 March 2024

10:30-12:00 EDT | 14:30-16:00 GMT

Samantha Morris
New genomic technologies to deconstruct and control cell identity

Eric Lubeck
Highly multiplexed, image-based pooled screens in primary cells and tissues with PerturbView

Nikolaus Rajewsky
Spatial Omics and Disease

Maria Brbic
Towards AI-driven Discoveries in Single-cell Genomics

Adipose Bionetwork Seminar - 12 October 2023

10:30-12:00 EDT | 15:30-17:00 BST

Adipose Network - Anne Loft
Adipose tissue adaption to lifestyle and bariatric surgery-induced weight loss in obese patients

Lucas Massier
Comparability and integration of white adipose tissue single cell data

HCA Biological Network Seminar Series: Focus on Technology: Advances in Spatial Omics - 11 May 2023

10:30-12:00 EDT | 15:30-17:00 BST

Lisa McGinnis (Genentech)
Employing new technologies to interrogate the biology of tumor-associated tertiary lymphoid structures

Alma Andersson (Genentech)
Employing new technologies to interrogate the biology of tumor-associated tertiary lymphoid structures

Sanja Vickovic (NYGC, Columbia University)
Spatial host-microbiome sequencing

Will Hwang (MGH)
Intercellular mechanisms of therapeutic resistance in pancreatic cancer identified by single-cell spatial transcriptomics

Rong Fan (Yale University)
Spatial Multi-Omics Sequencing via Deterministic Barcoding in Tissue

HCA Biological Network Seminar Series: Updates on Atlas Integration and CAP (Cell Annotation Platform) - 09 February 2023

10:30-12:00 EST | 15:30-17:00 GMT

Malte Lücken
Atlas Integration updates

Evan Biederstedt
Cell Annotation Platform updates

HCA Biological Network Seminar Series: Focus on Data Submission Guidelines and Ethical Considerations - 10 November 2022

10:30-12:00 EST | 15:30-17:00 GMT

Wei Kheng Teh
One place for all HCA data - The HCA Data Platform and how we can support the Bionetworks

Alexander Bernier
Practicing Ethics and Data Stewardship in Open Biorepositories

Kidney Bionetwork Seminar - 13 October 2022

10:30-12:00 EDT | 15:30-17:00 BST

Kidney Network - Menna Clatworthy (University of Cambridge)
"A 4D Kidney Cell Atlas"

Kidney Network - Matthias Kretzler (University of Michigan)
"Defining the cellular landscape of kidney disease across network and continents"

Immune Network - 12 May 2022

10:30-12:00 EDT | 15:30-17:00 BST

Immune Network - Ramon Massoni (CNAG-CRG)
The periodic table of tonsillar cells

Daniel Rainbow (University of Cambridge)
Developing an Integrated Map of the Immune System in Humans Across Tissues and Ages

Ronald Germain (NIH/NIAID)
New 2D and 3D Imaging and Analytic Methods for Generation of Spatial Tissue Atlases

Reproduction Network - 14 April 2022

10:30-12:00 EDT | 15:30-17:00 BST

Reproduction Network - Pauliina Damdimopoulou (Karolinska Institute)
Characterization of human ovaries from birth to menopause

Alain Chédotal (Inserm)
Three-dimensional analysis of sexual differentiation in human embryos

Amander Clark (UCLA)
Development of the Ovary and Testis in Primates

HCA Biological Seminar Series: Focus on Technology - 10 March 2022

10:30-12:00 EST | 15:30-17:00 GMT

Andrew Adey
Multimodal profiling

Pratiksha Thakore
Multimodal profiling

Sanja Vickovic
Spatial profiling

Eric Lubeck
Spatial profiling

Ron Germain
Imaging

HCA Pediatric Cell Atlas - 10 February 2022

10:30-12:00 EST | 15:30-17:00 GMT

Donna Pacicca
Establishing an Atlas of the Developing Skeleton: Single Cell Analysis of Healthy Pediatric Bone and Cartilage

Bruce Aronow
Interactively Exploring the Systems Biology of Cells, Tissues, and Biological Processes Using the ToppCell Datamine

Kathrin Bernt
Pediatric hematopoietic development - opportunities and challenges

Bartha Maria Knoppers
Pediatric Research Ethics: ‘Growing Up’

Eye and Pancreas Networks - 09 December 2021

10:30-12:00 EST | 15:30-17:00 GMT

Eye Network - Joshua Sanes
Evolution of cell classes and types in the vertebrate retina

Pancreas Network - Klaus Kaestner
Multimodal analysis of the human pancreas in health and disease by the Human Pancreas Analysis Program (HPAP)

Nervous System Network - 14 October 2021

10:30-12:00 EDT | 15:30-17:00 BST

Nervous system Network - Ed Lein
Overview of progress in the Neuro network/BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network

David Rowitch
High resolution spatial transcriptomics for brain development and disease

Oral/Craniofacial and Skin Networks - 08 July 2021

10:30-12:00 EDT | 15:30-17:00 BST

Oral & Craniofacial Network - Paul Sharpe
Data cherry picking and making connections: Telocytes and macrophages in periodontitis

Skin Network - Magnus Lynch
Decoding human skin in health and disease at single-cell resolution

Heart and Musculoskeletal Networks - 13 May 2021

10:30-12:00 EDT | 15:30-17:00 BST

Heart Network - Jonathan Seidman
Mapping the cellular complexity of the human heart

Musculoskeletal Network - Chris Buckley
The implications of the Human Cell atlas for Experimental Medicine studies in arthritis

Gut and Genetic Diversity Networks - 08 April 2021

10:30-12:00 EDT | 15:30-17:00 BST

Genetic diversity Network - Joseph Powell
Population-scale cellular genomics

Genetic diversity Network - Shyam Prabhakar
Genetic Diversity: New Cohort Studies on Immune Cells

Gut Network - Agne Antanaviciute
Spatiotemporal analysis of human intestinal development at single-cell resolution

Developmental and Organoids Networks - 11 March 2021

10:30-12:15 EST | 15:30-17:15 GMT

Organoid Network - Hans Clevers
Adult stem cell-based organoids at single cell resolution

Development Network - Paola Arlotta
Development and disease of the human brain at single cell resolution

Adipose and Lung Networks - 11 February 2021

10:30-12:00 EST | 15:30-17:00 GMT

Adipose Network - Christian Wolfrum
A single cell approach to adipose plasticity and thermogenesis

Lung Network - Nick Banovich
Chronic lung diseases are associated with gene expression programs favoring SARS-CoV-2 entry and severity

Breast and Liver Networks - 14 January 2021

10:30-12:00 EST | 15:30-17:00 GMT

Breast Network - Alecia-Jane Twigger
Unravelling the heterogeneity and function of human milk secretory cells using single-cell RNA-sequencing

Liver Network - Sonya MacParland
Mapping the human liver in health and disease with single-cell resolution