THE HUMAN CELL ATLAS (HCA)
THE HUMAN CELL ATLAS (HCA) PROJECT IS AN INTERNATIONAL ENDEAVOUR TO
MAP EVERY CELL IN THE HUMAN BODY (HTTPS://WWW.HUMANCELLATLAS.ORG
[https://www.humancellatlas.org]). THIS EFFORT IS BUILT UPON THE USE
OF, AMONG OTHER TECHNIQUES, SINGLE-CELL RNA SEQUENCING TO MEASURE
EVERY AVAILABLE TRANSCRIPT IN EACH INDIVIDUAL CELL, PROVIDING A FULL
PHENOTYPIC MAP FROM EVERY ORGAN IN THE BODY. AS THE COST OF SEQUENCING
DECREASES, AND SINGLE-CELL THROUGHPUT INCREASES, THIS APPROACH IS AN
ARCHETYPE OF METHODOLOGIES THAT ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE PREVALENT
IN SINGLE CELL SCIENCE. IN ADDITION TO GENOMIC APPROACHES, THE UNIQUE
CHALLENGES RAISED BY THE HCA ARE DRIVING DEVELOPMENTS IN A WIDE RANGE
OF SUSPENSION AND SPATIAL SINGLE CELL TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE FOCUSED ON
THE MEASUREMENT OF PROTEIN, INCLUDING FLOW CYTOMETRY, SPECTRAL
CYTOMETRY, MASS CYTOMETRY, AND TISSUE MASS CYTOMETRY.
'CPC REMOTE EVENT' FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING IN TOKYO, 23 - 24 MAY
On THURSDAY MAY 23 AND FRIDAY MAY 24, the HCA is hosting their general
assembly in Tokyo, Japan. The talks will cover progress for all the
atlases that are underway, including the brain, lung, gut/colon,
immune system, heart/vasculature, kidney, liver, kidney, development
(embryonic), bone marrow, and model systems (mice etc). Some of our
staff will be attending in person.
As the talks from the HCA MEETING ARE LIVE-STREAMED ON YOUTUBE, we are
planning to host a 'remote site' event at CPC where interested parties
can get together, watch the talks, and engage in our own social
activities. The time difference from Tokyo to Sydney is only 1 hr at
the time of the conference, so the majority of the conference will
take place during normal working hours.
DRAFT PROGRAM
The agenda for this year's MEETING IS HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET, but
the agend for last years meeting is available
here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1czulip8Ow49W1w7voP-eWHuh8zTDPlQs/view
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1czulip8Ow49W1w7voP-eWHuh8zTDPlQs/view].
We will publish the final program here when it becomes available.
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