Human Cell Atlas: why we're mapping the body's cells, with Muzlifah Haniffa | Wellcome

The Human Cell Atlas is providing valuable new insights about the body, such as improving our understanding of how our immune system works. The atlas – an ambitious global project to map all the body's cells – has the potential to shape the future of our health. In this Wellcome Guest Lecture, Muzlifah Haniffa, Interim Head of Cellular Genetics at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, shares updates from ongoing work on the Human Cell Atlas Hear Muzlifah discuss progress towards generating a first draft of the atlas, the importance of democratising data from the atlas and her personal journey as a clinician scientist. Chapter titles: Intro 00:00 What is the Human Cell Atlas? 00:17 Covid-19 and the Human Cell Atlas 00:58 Decoding early immunity 02:01 Generating a first draft 06:16 Data science and AI 07:03 Biological insights from the atlas 07:59 Democratising the data 09:29 Lessons from the Human Cell Atlas 10:41 A global atlas 13:17 Career journey as clinician scientist 14:37 Q&A: How many cell types have been characterised? 17:44 Q&A: How can we encourage demographic representation? 19:23 Q&A: What technologies can advance the Human Cell Atlas? 22:13 Q&A: How can we attract data scientists? 23:10 Q&A: Inspiration and challenges as clinician scientist 24:07 Outro: 28:47 🔔 Subscribe to Wellcome on YouTube: https://wellc.me/3Blh0c1 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: Connect with us on LinkedIn:   / wellcome-trust   Follow us on Instagram:   / wellcometrust   Follow us on X: https://x.com/WellcomeTrust Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wellcometrus... Find us on Facebook:   / wellcometrust   🔗 MORE FROM WELLCOME: Wellcome is a global charitable foundation. We want everyone to benefit from science’s potential to improve health and save lives. Read our latest stories, opinions and reports: https://wellcome.org/news-and-reports Learn more about our work: https://wellcome.org/what-we-do Find our latest funding opportunities: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding