Table 2 List of existing and nascent single-cell genomics consortiums.

The Human Cell Atlas

HCA

To create comprehensive reference maps of all human cells as a basis for both understanding human health and diagnosing, monitoring, and treating disease

https://www.humancellatlas.org/

Various^a

Human Biomolecular Atlas Program

HuMAP

To develop an open and global platform to map healthy cells in the human body

https://hubmapconsortium.org/

NIH

Gene-Tissue Expression

GTEx

To build a comprehensive public resource to study tissue-specific gene expression and regulation

https://gtexportal.org/

NIH

LifeTime Initiative

LifeTime

Revolutionizing healthcare by tracking, understanding, and treating human cells during diseases

https://lifetime-fetflagship.eu/

EU (Horizon 2020)

The Human Protein Atlas

HPA

To map all the human proteins in cells, tissues, and organs using integration of various omics technologies, including antibody-based imaging, mass spectrometry-based proteomics, transcriptomics, and systems biology

https://www.proteinatlas.org/

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (main)

Single-cell eQTLGen Consortium

sc-eQTLGen

To identify the upstream interactors and downstream consequences of trait-related genetic variants in specific immune cell types

https://www.eqtlgen.org/single-cell.html

Various

The Human Tumor Cell Atlas

HTCA

Constructing three-dimensional atlases of the cellular, morphological, and molecular features of human cancers over time

https://humantumoratlas.org/

NIH/NCI

Allen Brain Atlas

Allen Brain Map

Accelerating progress toward understanding the brain

https://portal.brain-map.org/

Philanthropic (Paul G. Allen)

The BRAIN initiative

Cell Census Network (BICCN)

Discovering diversity: identify and provide experimental access to the different brain cell types to determine their roles in health and disease

https://braininitiative.nih.gov/

NIH

The Molecular Atlas of Lung Development Program

LungMAP

Omics, images, 3D viewer, and Analytics platform to study the human lung

https://lungmap.net/

NHLBI

Kidney Precision Medicine Program

KPMP

Purpose of understanding and finding new ways to treat chronic kidney disease (CKD) and acute kidney injury (AKI)

https://kpmp.org/

NIDDK

Immunological Genome Project

ImmGen

To computationally reconstruct the gene- regulatory network in immune cells

http://www.immgen.org/

NIAID

GenitoUrinary Development Molecular Anatomy Project

GUDMAP

Focused on the kidney, lower urinary tract, and nociceptors (pain receptors), and expanding our understanding of human development of the genito-urinary system

https://www.gudmap.org/

NIDDK