Previous Webinars

Cell Types 101

This webinar will feature an introduction to the study of cell types! We will cover evolving cell type definitions, cell types across species, the types of data used to define cell types, and the importance of having standard definitions for cell types. This will be a great starting point for those who are new to cell types, and refresher for the experts.

Recording of this webinar is available on our YouTube channel here.

What is a taxonomy?

This webinar will focus on the systematic classification of cell types and their hierarchical relationships. Much like species taxonomy (family, genus, species, etc.), researchers at the Allen Institute and their collaborators are working to create a standard taxonomy for cell types.

Recording of this webinar is available on our YouTube channel here

PatchSeq: The techniques behind the Cell Type Knowledge Explorer

This webinar will focus on the Cell Type Knowledge Explorer, a cell type taxonomy tool created by the Allen Institute and their collaborators. Here we will learn how transcriptomic, morphological, and electrophysiological data is generated and used to define cell types in the CTKE.

Recording of this webinar is available on our YouTube channel here.

Cross-species cell types

This webinar will also focus on the Cell Type Knowledge Explorer, a cell type taxonomy tool created by the Allen Institute and their collaborators. Here we will learn how multimodal data is used in the CTKE to determine cell type homologies across species (mouse, human, and marmoset) in the primary motor cortex.

Recording of this webinar is available on our YouTube channel here.

What is your cell type: MapMyCells

This webinar will focus on MapMyCells, a new interactive cell type taxonomy tool. MapMyCells allows for users to upload their own cell type data and compare it to taxonomy datasets generated by the Allen Institute and their collaborators.

Recording of this webinar is available on our YouTube channel here

Introduction to ABC Atlas

This webinar will focus on the Allen Brain Cell (ABC) Atlas, a platform for visualizing single cell transcriptomic data in the brain. Currently, the atlas features spatial, non-spatial, human, and mouse data; this webinar will be an introduction to and a general overview of the atlas.

Recording of this webinar is available on our YouTube channel here

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This webinar series was supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U24NS133077. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.