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
Human Cell Atlas
We’re having an amazing Day 1 at the #HCA2026GM, celebrating all the progress towards the first draft Human Cell Atlas. Thank you to everyone who has joined us today.
Delighted to welcome our Day 1 Keynote speaker Jure Leskovec, with his talk From Cells to Cures: Building AI Systems That Reason Across Biological Scales. #HCA2026GM
Day 1 of #HCA2026GM on 16 June includes a lunchtime Civic Science session with @kritvenks.bsky.social exploring the impact of HCA beyond discoveries. From trust and shared infrastructure to capacity-strengthening, how we recognize and value these contributions. buff.ly/8GSh97r
🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics
Open consultative sessions on Ethics on Day 3 of the #HCA2026GM discuss the ethical, legal, and equity considerations specific to Human Cell Atlas reference data across early life, and discuss AI in HCA’s data use from an ethics perspective.
Join us on Day 3 of #HCA2026GM for open discussions on HCA and the Global Exposome, highlighting current research and emerging opportunities in the field, and an Equity and Diversity session, shaping strategies to ensure global representation, access and opportunities.
The 2026 HCA General Meeting begins tomorrow. We’re really looking forward to seeing everyone! For a preview of what’s to come, have a look at the event agenda
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🖥️ 🧬 #Genomics #HCA2026GM #SingleCell #Spatial
