PCA Initiative
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The Plant Cell Atlas (PCA) will be a community resource that comprehensively describes the state of various plant cell types and integrates high-resolution location information of nucleic acids, proteins, and metabolites within plant cells.
Our published perspective, "Towards Building a Plant Cell Atlas", provides a vision for the PCA Initiative. We also held a Kick-off Workshop in Spring/Summer 2020 and a Symposium in Dec 2021 to discuss how to best build this community resource and to highlight research that will be needed to build a Plant Cell Atlas. This initiative is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation (Grant #'s 1916797 & 2052590), Carnegie Institution for Science's President Fund, and BASF. |
Join the PCA at the upcoming Gordon Research Conference on Single-Cell Approaches to Plant Biology from August 10-15, 2025. This GRC provides a forum to discuss and share cutting-edge approaches that explore plant biology from the perspective of individual cells. Join leaders in the field from around the world at this exciting event. Applications close July 13, 2025
Photo credit Vijaya Lakshmi |
Breaking News
15 August 2024
The PCA is excited to announce our new Tools and Repositories page! Gathered here are resources for analyzing RNAseq data, genetic databases, annotation tools, and many other exciting resources to better your research.
18 June 2024
The PCA will be at ASPB 2024 in Honolulu, HI hosting multiple talks and a workshop on single-cell omics and biology. Find more information on our upcoming events page as or on the ASPB website.
9 May 2024
The public talk recordings from the Spatial Omics Workshop are now on the PCA YouTube channel.
7 February 2024
The Plant Resilience Institute at Michigan State University displayed the PCA Art and Science exhibit in the Molecular Plant Sciences building.
2 February 2024
The PCA Black Plant Scientists exhibit was showcased at Cornell University for Black History Month.
29 January 2024
Members of the PCA scSequencing Committee and collaborators recently published an article on "Best practices for the execution, analysis, and data storage of plant single-cell/nucleus transcriptomics" in The Plant Cell. They discuss challenges and guidelines for single-cell/nucleus transcriptomics in plants to increase the reproducibility and usefulness of these datasets.
19 December 2023
Registration and Abstract Submissions are open for the 3rd PCA Symposium. Applications for the PCA SynBio Hackathon and Travel Award are also open!
18 December 2023
Members of the Plant Cell Atlas who were trained by or were impacted by the life and career of Dr. Philip Benfey share heartfelt remembrances of Philip who passed away earlier this year. Read more.
15-18 November 2023
The PCA will be attending ABRCMS 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona! Come find the PCA booth in the Exhibitor Hall (Booth #1528) to learn more about PCA initiatives and sign up to join our mailing list.
6 November 2023
The PCA Art and Science exhibit is up on display at Oregon State University's Department of Botany and Plant Pathology. If you are on OSU's campus go check it out in the West Wing of Cordley Hall!
26-28 October 2023
The PCA will be attending the 2023 NDiSTEM Conference in Portland, Oregon! Come find the PCA booth in the Exhibitor Hall (Booth #807) to learn more about PCA initiatives and sign up to join our mailing list.
16 October 2023
Registration is open for Part 2 of the PCA Single Cell Sequencing Techniques in Plant Biology workshop on Data Analysis.
30 July 2023
The first Gordon Research Conference on Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology was held in Ventura, CA. Read about attendee perspectives on the conference in our latest blog post.
29 July 2023
Members of the PCA Core Network Participant Group met in person to celebrate accomplishments of the previous year and discuss goals for year 3 of the PCA.
19 July 2023
Learn about how Plant Cell Atlas will be participating at ASPB's Plant Biology 2023 conference!
The PCA is excited to announce our new Tools and Repositories page! Gathered here are resources for analyzing RNAseq data, genetic databases, annotation tools, and many other exciting resources to better your research.
18 June 2024
The PCA will be at ASPB 2024 in Honolulu, HI hosting multiple talks and a workshop on single-cell omics and biology. Find more information on our upcoming events page as or on the ASPB website.
9 May 2024
The public talk recordings from the Spatial Omics Workshop are now on the PCA YouTube channel.
7 February 2024
The Plant Resilience Institute at Michigan State University displayed the PCA Art and Science exhibit in the Molecular Plant Sciences building.
2 February 2024
The PCA Black Plant Scientists exhibit was showcased at Cornell University for Black History Month.
29 January 2024
Members of the PCA scSequencing Committee and collaborators recently published an article on "Best practices for the execution, analysis, and data storage of plant single-cell/nucleus transcriptomics" in The Plant Cell. They discuss challenges and guidelines for single-cell/nucleus transcriptomics in plants to increase the reproducibility and usefulness of these datasets.
19 December 2023
Registration and Abstract Submissions are open for the 3rd PCA Symposium. Applications for the PCA SynBio Hackathon and Travel Award are also open!
18 December 2023
Members of the Plant Cell Atlas who were trained by or were impacted by the life and career of Dr. Philip Benfey share heartfelt remembrances of Philip who passed away earlier this year. Read more.
15-18 November 2023
The PCA will be attending ABRCMS 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona! Come find the PCA booth in the Exhibitor Hall (Booth #1528) to learn more about PCA initiatives and sign up to join our mailing list.
6 November 2023
The PCA Art and Science exhibit is up on display at Oregon State University's Department of Botany and Plant Pathology. If you are on OSU's campus go check it out in the West Wing of Cordley Hall!
26-28 October 2023
The PCA will be attending the 2023 NDiSTEM Conference in Portland, Oregon! Come find the PCA booth in the Exhibitor Hall (Booth #807) to learn more about PCA initiatives and sign up to join our mailing list.
16 October 2023
Registration is open for Part 2 of the PCA Single Cell Sequencing Techniques in Plant Biology workshop on Data Analysis.
30 July 2023
The first Gordon Research Conference on Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology was held in Ventura, CA. Read about attendee perspectives on the conference in our latest blog post.
29 July 2023
Members of the PCA Core Network Participant Group met in person to celebrate accomplishments of the previous year and discuss goals for year 3 of the PCA.
19 July 2023
Learn about how Plant Cell Atlas will be participating at ASPB's Plant Biology 2023 conference!
