Exploring Brain Cell Types with Allen Institute
To Know
Where:
6001 Executive Blvd, North Bethesda, MD
Presented By:
Allen Institute Scientists
About this Class
At this time, this workshop is only for NIH-affiliated staff & scientists only. Please use your NIH email when registering.
Join Allen Institute scientists for a one-day, hands-on workshop at NIH focused on helping researchers explore and use cell type taxonomy data and tools from the Brain Knowledge Platform. The workshop will begin with an accessible overview of what cell types are and how they are defined, followed by guided tutorials and interactive exercises using resources for exploring open datasets such as the Allen Brain Cell Atlas. Designed to be highly interactive and applicable across experience levels, the workshop will combine short presentations with individual and guided hands-on time to help participants build practical skills and confidence in applying these tools to their own research and teaching.
Breakfast, coffee/tea, and lunch will be provided. Registration is free, but required. There is a hybrid option for lectures only, please still register if you need the remote option.
Agenda:
9:00-9:30 Check-in / breakfast
9:30-9:40 Welcome, logistics, overview of the Allen Institute
9:40-10:05 Cell typing at the Allen Institute: taxonomies, data sets, and use cases
10:05-10:30 Deep-dive into the human and mammalian brain atlas
10:30-10:40 Break
10:40-11:05 Localizing cell types with spatial transcriptomics
11:05-11:30 Cell-type targeted enhancer development
11:30-11:55 Deep-dive into the Seattle Alzheimer's disease brain cell atlas
11:55-12:10 Overview of Brain Knowledge Platform tools and resources
12:10-12:15 Preview of afternoon tracks
12:15-1:15 Lunch
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Breakout session 1: Connecting multimodal data to brain cell types
1:15-1:35 Defining and using common coordinate frameworks
1:35-1:55 Patch-seq overview and tools for analysis
1:55-2:30 Additional multimodal datasets from Allen
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Breakout session 2: Analysis of your own sequencing data using Allen Institute resources
1:15-1:45 Cell type analysis, taxonomy creation, and mapping
1:45-2:10 Cross-species alignment and comparative analyses
2:10-2:30 Other interactive tools for -omics data exploration
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2:30-2:40 Break
2:40-3:00 ABC Atlas demo & external use case examples
3:00-3:30 User exploration of Allen Institute tools
3:30-3:45 Tool feedback and Discussion
3:45-4:00 Workshop Survey / closing of formal program
4:00-5:00 Additional time for user exploration
