Latin America & the Caribbean are home to >8% of the world’s population, yet Hispanic people + people of LatAm ancestry comprise only 1.3% of all genomics data.

Read how #SingleCell researchers are building relationships to diversify the Human Cell Atlas czi.co/3uV8H7k

We’re thrilled to announce #KempnerInstitute ’s first cohort of post-bac scholars! These 4 recent college grads will undertake extensive mentored research & coursework with 2 years of funding & professional development. Read more: bit.ly/3KhCJ9x @harvardGSAS #AI #NeuroAI

Imaging scientist Leonel Malacrida + team are making strides in deep tissue imaging with DIVER, novel tech that will revolutionize metabolic live imaging in cells + tissue using specialized detection & multiphoton excitation #ImagingTheFuture

With expertise in large-volume light-sheet imaging, high throughput screens & circuit-based tools, neuroscientist Li Ye wants to develop technologies for a whole-body approach to studying neurodegeneration #BrainAwarenessMonth

Stunning details of mitosis revealed by stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy.

Richard Cole works to image cells + tissue in their intact environment for longer periods of time, and is part of a collaborative team hosting an intercontinental imaging workshop

Commercial imaging systems are often too expensive for small institutions—leaving many without the tools to measure human biology in action.

Kevin Cash + Josh Brake are developing a solution that leverages the power of nanosensors

👋 Say hi to the Exploratory Cell Networks teams collaborating across institutions to develop #tech to deepen our understanding of the cell. This kick off meeting facilitated new connections + built momentum for their projects that are pushing the frontiers of cell science

Brain regions have specific mechanical signatures throughout aging and in pathology.

Diz-Muñoz Lab is working on the first biomechanome of the brain to understand the molecular players involved in the brain’s physiological & pathological mechanical properties

Findings in Nature Communications from the Storniolo + Nakshatri labs at @iumedschool shed light on ancestry-related differences in breast cancer susceptibility. Variations in disease outcomes are linked to populations of ZEB1-expressing stromal cells. bit.ly/3vSUmJ9

Say hello to the first group of Investigators at #CZBiohubNY ! Check out their projects to enable Biohub New York to harness the power of immune cells for early detection of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

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The first 7 #CZBiohubNY Investigators aim to build new tools to characterize + bioengineer immune cells that will eventually detect disease earlier bit.ly/4dDKunl

“Humans have a hard time visualizing something in 20,000 dimensional space, So we need the help of computers.”

In the newest episode of Moira Gunn, Stephen Quake spoke with Moira Gunn about how we’re using #AI to create predictive models of cells bit.ly/4acqpSn

Physics 🤝 Biology

#CZBiohubSF Investigator Hawa Thiam is designing new ways to experimentally replicate the physical forces cells encounter in the body bit.ly/3vbEIbo

By employing very high-resolution CT scans of entire human kidneys, @Sarahteichmann1 + HiP-CT team are linking our knowledge of molecular changes to an imaging modality. It is a step towards linking cell atlas data to clinical imaging

In this @nature piece, Theodoris Lab says it took 2 months to manually aggregate the 30M+ #SingleCell datasets that initially trained their deep-learning model, Geneformer.

We built CZ #CellxGene so that now this work can be done in minutes. Read more ⤵️ nature.com/articles/d4158…

Open research + AI = the power to transform scientific work. That's why we're launching an RFI with @sloanfoundation to learn more about existing applications of AI that align with open research principles.

📫 Submit your ideas by May 30 bit.ly/49ZUR26

As neuroscience uncovers more of the molecular & cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration, new questions emerge about how they affect neuronal networks.

Sabine Krabbe is uncovering how local pathology impacts neuronal function in the amygdala 🧠

At NYAS our co-founder Priscilla Chan shared the latest on the #AI models we’re training to help researchers better understand the molecular underpinnings of healthy + diseased cells