BICAN: Cell Census of Developing Brain
The new frontier in understanding human and mammalian brain development
perspective

Authors
Tomasz J. Nowakowski, Patricia R. Nano, Katherine S. Matho, Emily K. Corrigan, Wubin Ding, Yuan Gao, Matthew Heffel, Jaikishan Jayakumar, Harris S. Kaplan, Fae N. Kronman, Rothem Kovner, Camiel C.A. Mannens, Mengyi Song, Marilyn R. Steyert, Sridevi Venkatesan, Jenelle L. Wallace, Li Wang, Jonathan M. Werner, Di Zhang, Guohua Yuan, Guolong Zuo, Seth A. Ament, Carlo Colantuoni, Catherine Dulac, Rong Fan, Jesse Gillis, Arnold Kriegstein, Fenna M. Krienen, Yongsoo Kim, Sten Linnarsson, Partha Mitra, Alex Pollen, Nenad Sestan, Daniel J. Tward, Cindy T. J. van Velthoven, Zizhen Yao, Aparna Bhaduri, Hongkui Zeng
Citation
Nowakowski, T., et al. The new frontier of human and mammalian brain development. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09652-1
Summary
A perspective piece covering recent advances in technologies and approaches to understanding brain atlases and how they culminate in this series of cell atlases for development.
Data and Tools
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03450-5 | News and Views | |
Perspective | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09652-1 | Perspective article |
