Optimal transport for single-cell and spatial omics

C Bunne, G Schiebinger, A Krause, A Regev… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
High-throughput single-cell profiling provides an unprecedented ability to uncover the
molecular states of millions of cells. These technologies are, however, destructive to cells …

Toward a foundation model of causal cell and tissue biology with a Perturbation Cell and Tissue Atlas

JE Rood, A Hupalowska, A Regev - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Comprehensively charting the biologically causal circuits that govern the phenotypic space
of human cells has often been viewed as an insurmountable challenge. However, in the last …

Past, present, and future of CRISPR genome editing technologies

M Pacesa, O Pelea, M Jinek - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Genome editing has been a transformative force in the life sciences and human medicine,
offering unprecedented opportunities to dissect complex biological processes and treat the …

miRTarBase 2025: updates to the collection of experimentally validated microRNA–target interactions

S Cui, S Yu, HY Huang, YCD Lin, Y Huang… - Nucleic Acids …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs (18–26 nucleotides) that regulate gene
expression by interacting with target mRNAs, affecting various physiological and …

Next-generation forward genetic screens: uniting high-throughput perturbations with single-cell analysis

JA Morris, JS Sun, NE Sanjana - Trends in Genetics, 2024 - cell.com
Programmable genome-engineering technologies, such as CRISPR (clustered regularly
interspaced short palindromic repeats) nucleases and massively parallel CRISPR screens …

Single-cell omics: experimental workflow, data analyses and applications

F Sun, H Li, D Sun, S Fu, L Gu, X Shao, Q Wang… - Science China Life …, 2024 - Springer
Cells are the fundamental units of biological systems and exhibit unique development
trajectories and molecular features. Our exploration of how the genomes orchestrate the …

[HTML][HTML] (Alternative) transcription start sites as regulators of RNA processing

C Alfonso-Gonzalez, V Hilgers - Trends in Cell Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Alternative transcription start site usage (ATSS) is a widespread regulatory strategy that
enables genes to choose between multiple genomic loci for initiating transcription. This …

Molecular programs guiding arealization of descending cortical pathways

P Abe, A Lavalley, I Morassut, AJ Santinha… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Layer 5 extratelencephalic (ET) neurons are present across neocortical areas and send
axons to multiple subcortical targets,,,,–. Two cardinal subtypes exist,:(1) Slco2a1 …

Multiome Perturb-seq unlocks scalable discovery of integrated perturbation effects on the transcriptome and epigenome

E Metzner, KM Southard, TM Norman - Cell systems, 2025 - cell.com
Single-cell CRISPR screens link genetic perturbations to transcriptional states, but high-
throughput methods connecting these induced changes to their regulatory foundations are …

Temporal recording of mammalian development and precancer

M Islam, Y Yang, AJ Simmons, VM Shah, KP Musale… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Temporal ordering of cellular events offers fundamental insights into biological phenomena.
Although this is traditionally achieved through continuous direct observations 1, 2, an …