COVID-19 scRNA-seq Resource Datasets Released

COVID-19 scRNA-seq Resource Datasets Released

Mar 14, 2020

In light of the spread of SARS-CoV-2, we are sharing multiple unpublished and published scRNA-seq datasets across both health and disease that harbor cells expressing ACE2 (the gene encoding the host receptor) and TMPRSS2 (the gene involved in processing the viral spike protein). We are sharing these resources for SARS-CoV-2 on the Alexandria Project. This […]

Alex Shalek Featured in Nature Methods: “Voices in Methods Development”

Alex Shalek Featured in Nature Methods: “Voices in Methods Development”

Oct 04, 2019

Alex was recently featured in Nature Methods to discuss challenges and future opportunities in high-throughput genomics techniques. He joins researchers spanning across the spectrum of biology disciplines in laying out technological challenges of their respective fields and the great potential next-generation techniques hold in better understanding complex biological systems. Read Alex’s vision and those of […]

Human Cell Atlas Launches in Latin America

Human Cell Atlas Launches in Latin America

Sep 11, 2019

Alex was recently in Sao Paulo to kick off work with the the Human Cell Atlas in Latin America. Alongside both Brazilian and international researchers, Alex introduced the scope and potential impact of the initiative, which seeks to create comprehensive reference maps of all human cells—the fundamental units of life—as a basis for both understanding human […]

Shalek Lab visits Durban

Shalek Lab visits Durban

Jul 07, 2015

With the generous support of a MISTI grant from MIT, the Shalek Lab had the opportunity to visit collaborators at the Kwazulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH) in Durban, South Africa during the last week of June. The group met with professors Al Leslie and Thumbi Ndung’u and their labs to discuss current and […]

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