Single-Cell Omics Community

Community established: 12 May 2022

Community white paper: Community-driven ELIXIR activities in single-cell omics

Community goal: The ELIXIR Single-Cell Omics (SCO) Community focuses on the identification of key challenges in single-cell and spatial omics. The community aims to develop integrated, long-term solutions for SCO research. Additionally, the SCO Community is committed to advancing the adoption of FAIR principles (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability) in single-cell data analysis.

Join this Community

Join our community to collaborate on innovative single-cell and spatial research integrating multi-omics and multimodal approaches.

Community objectives

Upskilling scientists in SCO data analysis and standards
Developing benchmark proposals and collecting data suitable for benchmark creation
Proposing best practices for FAIRification, establishing and promoting data and metadata standards

Community impact

Examples of past activities and events:

Community white paper: Published in 2022, detailing the Community's foundational goals and strategies
Tutorial "Generative AI for Single-Cell Perturbation Modeling: Theoretical and Practical Considerations" (ISMB/ECCB, UK, 2025)
Spatial Omics Data Analysis course (Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025)
SCONE - Single-Cell Omics Network of ELIXIR: Community implementation study (2023–2025)
Project “Perturb-Bench, assessing the robustness of single-cell perturbation modelling tools” (EU Biohackathon 2024, Barcelona, Spain, November 2024)
Workshop for Single-Cell Omics data analysis trainers (Geneva, Switzerland, 2023)

Leadership

The Communities portfolio is overseen by the Programme Manager for Communities. The Community is led by a team of three co-leads, supported by an ELIXIR Hub liaison.

**Georgios Gavriilidis**
(ELIXIR Greece)

**Katharina Heil**
katharina.heil@elixir-europe.org
(Communities Liaison, ELIXIR Hub)

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