Nathan E Botts / Tuesday, April 23, 2024 / Categories: Mental Health Day 3: From Single-Cell Genomics to Brain Function and Disorders—Data Integration and Annotation Day 3: From Single-Cell Genomics to Brain Function and Disorders—Data Integration and AnnotationA vast amount of single-cell genomic profiling data has been generated to date from human and other mammalian brains by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative - Cell Census Network (BICCN) and the Cell Atlas Network (BICAN) and the broad research community to characterize brain cell types and states across lifespan and diseases. These information-rich data represent a tremendous research advancement, which engenders new and essential opportunities for data analysis, integration, and annotation. This workshop from January 16-18, 2024, featured targeted and coordinated presentations, panel discussions, and demonstrations with the following goals: -Foster the development of data standards for the integration and annotation of single-cell genomics data. -Systemize and automate the process of data to information to knowledge and develop pipelines where feasible -Shed new insights on brain cell functional studies by using cell atlasing data and cell type-specific targeting tools. -Develop strategies with brain disease research communities to maximally leverage BICCN/BICAN data. -Develop a community roadmap for the analysis and annotation of single-cell data. The overarching BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlasing Program goal is to build reference brain cell atlases that will be widely used throughout the research community, providing a molecular and anatomical foundational framework for the study of brain function and disease. Learn more: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/events/2024/the-brain-initiativer-cell-atlas-workshop-from-single-cell-genomics-to-brain-function-and-disorders-data-integration-and-annotationLink to original article Previous Article Day 1: From Single-Cell Genomics to Brain Function and Disorders—Data Integration and Annotation Next Article Day 2: From Single-Cell Genomics to Brain Function and Disorders—Data Integration and Annotation Print 27 Rate this article: No rating 0Upvote 0Downvote Leave a comment Name: Please enter a name. Email: Please enter an email address. Please enter a valid email address. Comment: Please enter comment. Add comment