The SenNet Sentinel is a monthly newsletter spotlighting SenNet announcements, publications, programs, and personnel. Additional news updates are archived on this page as well.
CODCC News
- NIH HEAL INTERACT Data Coordination Center (RFA-AR-27-002): the NIH HEAL Initiative seeks applications for a Data Coordination and Integration Center (DCIC) to harmonize multimodal data from chronic low back pain and musculoskeletal pain studies. Applications due October 1, 2026. Full announcement here.
- Single Cell Genomics Day Free Livestream: The Satija Lab’s 10th annual Single Cell Genomics Day is June 12, 10 AM-5 PM EST, featuring Aviv Regev, Xin Jin, Anshul Kundaje, and Junyue Cao. Free to attend and no registration required. Schedule and livestream here.
Archived Consortium News & Updates
CODCC Updates
- Deadline 6/27/25: The NIH Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI) is seeking reviewers with scientific expertise, including those with lived experience, to review applications to be selected for funding under the Autism Data Science Initiative (OTA-25-006) research opportunity announcement.
- The 10th Annual ICSA Meeting will take place in Rome, Italy on Sep. 17-19, 2025. The 2nd Phaedon Institute-ICSA SenoTherapeutics Summit will be held immediately prior to the ICSA meeting on Sep. 16th. Registration for both events is open, with special pricing for combo tickets. Abstract submission and early bird pricing are available through June 15th. Visit www.ICSA2025Rome.com for details.
- Buck Institute Team is named semifinalist of XPRIZE Heatlhspan: $101 million global competition aims to revolutionize how we approach aging. Read more here.
- The Brain Image Library, HuBMAP, CFDE, and others will host a virtual Spatial Omics workshop on May 12–16, 2025, featuring hands-on training with Giotto, SPArrOW, and Harpy tools. Participants will use real-world data on Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center systems; register by 5/1/25.
- At the Knowledge Graphs symposium at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, SenNet PI Jonathan C. Silverstein presented the UBKG Knowledge Graph (KG) that serves as data backend for both the SenNet and HuBMAP Data Portal. PI Katy Börner presented the Human Reference Atlas KG that serves as data backend for the HRA Portal. (April 2025).
- “MRI detection of senescent cells in porcine knee joints with a β-galactosidase responsive Gd-chelate” is in press with Nature Publishing Group (NPJ) Imaging, featuring the research of SenNet scientists. Check back for a link to the publication soon! (April 2025).
- “Human BioMolecular Atlus Program (HuBMAP): 3D Human Reference Atlas Construction and Usage” was published in Nature Methods on March 13, 2025, featuring the work of several SenNet authors. Read here. Additional supporting information can be found here. (March 2025).
- The HDIVE Lab at Harvard Medical School is pleased to announce “VUES on Spatial Biology – The Future of 3D Tissue Maps” on March 11, 2025. This in person event will be held at Harvard Medical School. Registration is free, and more information can be found here. (March 2025).
- The 2025 HuBMAP JumpStart Fellowship is now accepting applications, offering junior investigators working on human atlasing projects the opportunity to take a leadership role in conducting synergistic, collaborative research projects within the HuBMAP Consortium. Apply and find more info here! (February 2025).
- SenNet research sites at Indiana University and Columbia University collaborate on a senescent cell VR demo, featuring Andreas Bueckle, PhD, and Hemali Phatnani, PhD. Click to view here. (December 2024).
- “SenNet recommendations for detecting senescent cells in different tissues” has been published in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. Click to view the entire article. (December 2024).
- SenNet is featured in the Nature article “How to kill the ‘zombie’ cells that make you age” by Carissa Wong. View the entire article here. (May 2024).
- Pitt’s high-performance computing upgrade signals accelerated translational research. Read more here. (March 2024).
- Computer hardware gift from Dell enhances SenNet Consortium research infrastructure. Read more here. (March 2024).
- Project pitches for the 2024 in-person HTAN Data Jamboree are being accepted until July 12. Selected projects will be included at the Jamboree at NIH headquarters on Nov. 6-8, 2024. Submit your idea here.
- Akoya Biosciences launches an imaging contest–submissions are due by May 31, 2024. To enter the contest, click here.
- The Common Fund Data Ecosystem Public Webinar Series will take place on 4/26/24.
- National Institute of Aging: Cellular Quiescence, Senescence, and Death in Aging and Longevity on 4/23/24.
- The 2024 scverse Hackathon in Boston, MA is accepting applicants until March 24.
- CUSP 2023 Graduate Hillina Berhane accepts a postbac fellowship at the NIH!
- SenNet remembers Dr. Judith Campisi (1949-2024).
- Registration open for the NIH-CZI Junior Investigators Atlas Builders Meeting on March 17-19, 2024. The conference topic is “Cellular and Molecular Human Atlases in Health and Disease.”
- The 6th release of the Human Reference Atlas (HRA) is now available via https://humanatlas.io/. See details on what data, tools, training materials were updated/added in the Release Notes at https://humanatlas.io/release-
notes/v2.0. - Sign up for HuBMAP’s 12/19/23 VUES Seminar with Jeremy Kriegel! Topic is: “Development of User Personas: Who is the User in Your Stories?”
- The NIH Common Fund Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP) is excited to announce the 2023-2024 JumpStart Program!
- Kaggle Competition Launched: “SenNet + HOA – Hacking the Human Vasculature in 3D”
- HTAN Jamboree & HuBMAP Jumpstart Program
- Collection of Articles Reports Advances in Building Cellular Organization Maps of the Human Body
- Joao Passos‘s new publication Spatial mapping of cellular senescence: emerging challenges and opportunities is out now.
- NIH launches program to map a rare type of non-dividing cells implicated in human health and disease
- Molecular Atlas of Senescent Cells Could Chart Way to Therapies for Age-Related Diseases and Cancer
- Pitt teams tapped to develop ‘Google Maps’ of cells important in aging
- $125 Million in Grants to Study Cellular Aging to Be Coordinated from Pittsburgh
- CMU CompBio Researchers Take Leading Roles in NIH SenNet Program
- Buck Institute awarded $12.7 million from NIH to join SenNet, Cellular Senescence Network
- Tissue Mapping Center for Cellular Senescence Launched at Yale Cancer Center to Study Human Lymphoid Organs
- NIH supports studies on senescent cells: UW Medicine will be part of the Cellular Senescence Network to research these cells in aging and other processes.
- Dr. Hemali Phatnani Awarded NIH Grant to Build 3D Atlas To Map “Senescent” Cells and Probe Their Role in Human Aging and Disease
- $7.5 million to study elusive cell type important in aging, cancer, other diseases
- Brown University researcher awarded NIH SenNet grant to investigate senescent cell microenvironments across multiple tissues
- UT Health Science Center San Antonio among group tapped by NIH to map senescent ‘zombie’ cells in the body
- Senescent Cell Tissue Mapping Will Facilitate Study of Aging and Chronic Diseases
- The Human Reference Atlas is hosting a 24-hour online webinar titled “What is a Multiscale Human,” starting at 12:00pm on Dec. 14, 2024. Visit this page to register and attend.
- Thomas Höllt, PhD from the Delft University of Technology will be speaking on “Visual Analytics for Spatially resolved High-Dimensional Data – Methods and Applications in Biology.” Register to attend here.
- Join the NHLBI for a virtual workshop on November 7-8, 2024, from 10:30am-4:00pm EST, focused on progenitor resilience and the early onset of chronic lung diseases. More details and registration can be found here.
- VUES Webinar: “Democratizing the analysis and visualization of omics datasets using Multi-Dimensional Viewer” with speaker Stephen Taylor, PhD. Presented on 10/15/24 at 11:00am EST. More info and registration here.
- The 2024 HuBMAP Fall Hackathon kicks off on Sep. 20, 2024. Applications are accepted until Aug. 30. Click here for more information.
- The Buck Institute presents “Cellular Senescence: The Road to Immortality?” on Monday, Aug. 12 as a part of the Judy Campisi Inaugural Symposium. Free virtual passes are available now: click here.
- Katy Börner and Bruce Herr will present A Tour of the Human Reference Atlas v.2.1 during the Common Fund Data Ecosystem’s Public Webinar Series on July 26, 1:00-2:00pm EST. Please register here.
- The 2024 SenNet Annual Meeting webpage is now live: click to view meeting and registration information.
- The NIH Common Fund is requesting research applications (RFA-RM-24-006) encouraging the use of Common Fund data. To be eligible, the proposed research must substantially leverage data from at least two Common Fund programs (a full list of eligible Common Fund data sets is listed in the Notice of Funding Opportunity). Applications are due June 27, 2024 by 5:00 PM local time of the applicant organization. More information can be found on the Common Fund Data Ecosystem website.
- The CUSP 2024 cohort has been announced! Click to learn about our incoming students.
- Fall 2024 Meeting: The SenNet Fall Meeting will take place September 9-10 in San Diego, near Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discover Institute. More meeting information coming soon. All meeting participants must register to attend–link will be emailed to all SenNet members and posted here. SenNet members will be able to attend by Zoom if they require.
- The SenNet Interview Series continues with interviews with Laura Niedernhofer, Simon Melov, Patty Lee, and Hemali Phatnani. Email help@sennetconsortium.org if you’d like to be interviewed!
- The 6th release of the Human Reference Atlas (HRA) is now available via https://humanatlas.io/. See details on what data, tools, training materials were updated/added in the Release Notes at https://humanatlas.io/release-
notes/v2.0. - Sign up for HuBMAP’s 12/19/23 VUES Seminar with Jeremy Kriegel! Topic is: “Development of User Personas: Who is the User in Your Stories?”
- Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) is looking to host post-doctoral candidates to present their research, meet faculty and learn about postdoctoral training programs, on March 25-26, 2024. Flights, hotel, meals and transportation will be sponsored by Duke. Application deadline is by January 1. More details attached!
- The HRA team is hosting a “24 Hour Macroscopes: Interactive Data Visualizations Event” on Dec 9-10. The evolving agenda is now available at https://tinyurl.com/24h-Macroscopes. Last year’s event can be seen here: https://humanatlas.io/events/2022-24h/
- SenNet YouTube page is live: https://www.youtube.com/@SenNetConsortium. Currently posted are the first three SenNet Interview Series videos, with spotlight on Lexi Rindone, Peter Adams, and Andi Bueckle.
- Talks from the 2023 Fall SenNet meeting are in the conference folder with in the SenNet All shared drive – if you missed the conference. SenNet Science Talks will be public moving forward, but Q&A will be edited out.