Human BioMolecular Atlas Program: Scientists Announce New Version of 3D Human Reference Atlas (HRA)

by | Mar 14, 2025 | HuBMAP, News, Press release, Research, Resources

Paper in Nature Methods Charts Latest Progress, Use of HRA for Studying Human Body Across Scales

Graphic showing how HuBMAP's Human Reference Atlas focuses on Data, Usage, Publications, and Experimental Data
Coverage and Quality of the Human Reference Atlas (HRA): Experts from many fields of science around the globe have constructed and use the HRA; the HRA Dashboard shows the size and coverage of the HRA data, including the number and type of HRA usage over time, publication, and experimental data, as well as data about atlas donors, users, and authors that will help ensure consistent results and medical relevance for patients. The HRA Dashboard can be explored at https://apps.humanatlas.io/dashboard

A new paper in the prestigious journal Nature Methods describes the latest expansion of the Human Reference Atlas (HRA) and its Common Coordinate Framework (CCF), a central set of 3D tools for mapping the human body at the smallest scales created by the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP) funded by the NIH Common Fund. The “Resource” paper, which appeared on March 13, 2025, shares Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable (FAIR) data and open code for the 3D HRA for the scientific community to use.

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