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author Tan, Shawn Zheng Kai
Puig-Barbe, Aleix
Goutte-Gattat, Damien
Eastwood, Caroline
Aevermann, Brian
Avola, Alida
Balhoff, James P
Bayindir, Ismail Ugur
Belfiore, Jasmine
Caron, Anita Reane
Fischer, David S
George, Nancy
Gyori, Benjamin M
Haendel, Melissa A
Hoyt, Charles Tapley
Kir, Huseyin
Lubiana, Tiago
Matentzoglu, Nicolas
Overton, James A
Peng, Beverly
Peters, Bjoern
Quardokus, Ellen M
Ray, Patrick L
Roncaglia, Paola
Rivera, Andrea D
Stefancsik, Ray
Teh, Wei Kheng
Toro, Sabrina
Vasilevsky, Nicole
Xu, Chuan
Zhang, Yun
Scheuermann, Richard H
Mungall, Christopher J
Diehl, Alexander D
Osumi-Sutherland, David
author_facet Tan, Shawn Zheng Kai
Puig-Barbe, Aleix
Goutte-Gattat, Damien
Eastwood, Caroline
Aevermann, Brian
Avola, Alida
Balhoff, James P
Bayindir, Ismail Ugur
Belfiore, Jasmine
Caron, Anita Reane
Fischer, David S
George, Nancy
Gyori, Benjamin M
Haendel, Melissa A
Hoyt, Charles Tapley
Kir, Huseyin
Lubiana, Tiago
Matentzoglu, Nicolas
Overton, James A
Peng, Beverly
Peters, Bjoern
Quardokus, Ellen M
Ray, Patrick L
Roncaglia, Paola
Rivera, Andrea D
Stefancsik, Ray
Teh, Wei Kheng
Toro, Sabrina
Vasilevsky, Nicole
Xu, Chuan
Zhang, Yun
Scheuermann, Richard H
Mungall, Christopher J
Diehl, Alexander D
Osumi-Sutherland, David
contents Single-cell omics technologies have transformed our understanding of cellular diversity by enabling high-resolution profiling of individual cells. However, the unprecedented scale and heterogeneity of these datasets demand robust frameworks for data integration and annotation. The Cell Ontology (CL) has emerged as a pivotal resource for achieving FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data principles by providing standardized, species-agnostic terms for canonical cell types - forming a core component of a wide range of platforms and tools. In this paper, we describe the wide variety of uses of CL in these platforms and tools and detail ongoing work to improve and extend CL content including the addition of transcriptomic types, working closely with major atlasing efforts including the Human Cell Atlas and the Brain Initiative Cell Atlas Network to support their needs. We cover the challenges and future plans for harmonising classical and transcriptomic cell type definitions, integrating markers and using Large Language Models (LLMs) to improve content and efficiency of CL workflows.
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spellingShingle The Cell Ontology in the age of single-cell omics
Tan, Shawn Zheng Kai
Puig-Barbe, Aleix
Goutte-Gattat, Damien
Eastwood, Caroline
Aevermann, Brian
Avola, Alida
Balhoff, James P
Bayindir, Ismail Ugur
Belfiore, Jasmine
Caron, Anita Reane
Fischer, David S
George, Nancy
Gyori, Benjamin M
Haendel, Melissa A
Hoyt, Charles Tapley
Kir, Huseyin
Lubiana, Tiago
Matentzoglu, Nicolas
Overton, James A
Peng, Beverly
Peters, Bjoern
Quardokus, Ellen M
Ray, Patrick L
Roncaglia, Paola
Rivera, Andrea D
Stefancsik, Ray
Teh, Wei Kheng
Toro, Sabrina
Vasilevsky, Nicole
Xu, Chuan
Zhang, Yun
Scheuermann, Richard H
Mungall, Christopher J
Diehl, Alexander D
Osumi-Sutherland, David
Other Quantitative Biology
Information Retrieval
Single-cell omics technologies have transformed our understanding of cellular diversity by enabling high-resolution profiling of individual cells. However, the unprecedented scale and heterogeneity of these datasets demand robust frameworks for data integration and annotation. The Cell Ontology (CL) has emerged as a pivotal resource for achieving FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data principles by providing standardized, species-agnostic terms for canonical cell types - forming a core component of a wide range of platforms and tools. In this paper, we describe the wide variety of uses of CL in these platforms and tools and detail ongoing work to improve and extend CL content including the addition of transcriptomic types, working closely with major atlasing efforts including the Human Cell Atlas and the Brain Initiative Cell Atlas Network to support their needs. We cover the challenges and future plans for harmonising classical and transcriptomic cell type definitions, integrating markers and using Large Language Models (LLMs) to improve content and efficiency of CL workflows.
title The Cell Ontology in the age of single-cell omics
topic Other Quantitative Biology
Information Retrieval
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10037