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PCA Initiative

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.

Epidermal plasma membrane in green and nuclei (H2B-TFP) in blue, together with chlorophyll autofluorescence in red below in the mesophyll. Photo credit: Kate Harline (Roeder Lab)
Epidermal plasma membrane in green and nuclei (H2B-TFP) in blue, together with chlorophyll autofluorescence in red below in the mesophyll. Photo credit: Kate Harline (Roeder Lab)
Grayscale image of potato sprout epidermal cells. Photo Credit: Tie Liu.
Potato sprout epidermal cells. Photo Credit: Tie Liu
African Violet pollen. Photo credit: Elison Blancaflor
African Violet pollen. Photo credit: Elison Blancaflor

Breaking News

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!

2 July 2023
The application deadline for the 2023 GRC on Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology is quickly approaching on July 2nd! Be sure to apply for the chance to attend.

22 June 2023
The workshop on The Missing Link: Broadening Participation and Embracing Biodiversity in Scientific Research had insightful presentations on broadening participation in plant science. Subscribe to the PCA YouTube channel to get notified when the recordings are posted!

9 June 2023
We had a fantastic time at ICAR 2023. So much research being done using single cell omics!

27 April 2023
Registration is open for a new PCA workshop called “The Missing Link: Broadening Participation and Embracing Biodiversity in Scientific Research.” Speakers will discuss anti-colonial research frameworks, innovative capacity-building efforts, and forward-thinking technology transfer.

26 April 2023
We are launching a new PCA committee focused on Spatial Omics! If you are interested in joining the PCA Spatial Omics Committee, fill out this brief form.

​3 April 2023
The full program for the GRC on Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology is up! Go check it out and apply to the conference.

31 March 2023
Our first blog post is up! Check it out to learn more about  Joan Josephine C. Kimutai, the “Best Talk” award winner at the JR Biotek-PCA African Scholar Ph.D. Mentoring Program Celebration and watch our interview with her.

17 March 2023
Registration is open for a PCA workshop on Single Cell Sequencing Techniques in Plant Biology - Part I: From plants to data generation!

15 February 2023 
Meet our 2023 PCA Travel Award Recipient, Oluwatoyosi Adaramodu!
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
“The Plant Cell Atlas operates predominantly out of Michigan State University. We acknowledge that Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg – the Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. We affirm Indigenous sovereignty and hold Michigan State University accountable to the needs of American Indian and Indigenous peoples.”

For questions about the PCA Initiative please contact us at [email protected].

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    • Annual Report
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  • Resources
    • Publications >
      • 2022 Plant Physiology Focus Issue
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    • Upcoming Events >
      • Spatial Metabolomics Workshop - March 2025
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    • JR Biotek-PCA Best Talk Winner
    • PCA Art Exhibit >
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      • Black Plant Scientists
      • Bowie State University
      • Howard University
      • Morgan State University
    • Futurum Brochure
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