In this workshop, attendees will work in groups of three on a project involving data from the Allen Brain Cell Atlas. These single cell and spatial transcriptomic datasets can be accessed programmatically here.  

As part of the application process, applicants will be asked to propose an idea involving these datasets for the workshop. Attendees can choose to work with any single dataset, with multiple datasets, or can choose to connect one of these datasets to an externally existing dataset (not part of this ABC Atlas collection) as part of their project. 

Once at the workshop, groups will work on a singular project— these group projects can be one of the proposed projects, a combination of proposed projects, or something completely new. Projects can range from data analysis, to model and/or tool development, or to something else entirely. The goals of this workshop are to foster collaboration and creativity among the participants. 

After the conclusion of the workshop, participants are encouraged to feel free to continue working on their projects with their group members and write-up their results however they feel appropriate. In addition, some of the Allen scientists from the workshop can continue to provide as needed guidance on projects.