To create comprehensive reference maps of all human cells—the fundamental units of life—as a basis for both understanding human health and diagnosing, monitoring, and treating disease.
The international Human Cell Atlas consortium is supported by two not-for-profit organisations, HCA Inc. and HCA Stichting, incorporated under the laws of the United States and The Netherlands, respectively. HCA Inc. and HCA Stichting are independent organisations but work together to ensure compliance with national and international data protection regulations and to provide sustainable financial management for the HCA Executive Office.
Formulation and oversight of the scientific mission of HCA remains the purview of the HCA Organising Committee (OC), a volunteer body of approximately 30 scientists from around the world.
Please contact hca@humancellatlas.org for more information on either organisation.
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Human Cell Atlas, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organisation incorporated in the State of Delaware on April 24, 2020, with the primary purpose of (i) supporting the development of a global collaboration among researchers to develop a comprehensive reference map of all human cells as a basis for understanding human health and diagnosing, monitoring, and treating disease, (ii) recommending best practices concerning the storage, processing, and access of personal data collected through such efforts; and (iii) advancing the pursuit of research and education in single cell and spatial genomics and related subjects, including proteomics and other “omics” fields.
HCA Inc is governed by an seven-member Board, each of whom serves without compensation. The current members are:
Officers:
Address:
Prinses Margrietplantsoen 33
2595 AM The Hague
The Netherlands
The Foundation’s objective is in the public interest: (a) to support the development of a global collaboration among researchers to develop a comprehensive reference map of all human cells as a basis for understanding human health and diagnosing, monitoring, and treating disease; (b) to facilitate the storage, processing, and access of personal data collected through such efforts, with due observance of all applicable laws and regulations regarding the privacy, protection and processing of personal data including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); and (c) to advance the pursuit of research and education in single cell and spatial genomics and related subjects, including proteomics and other similar fields, and all other acts and things which may be conducive to the aforesaid objects.
HCA Stichting is governed by a three-member Supervisory Board, each of whom serves without compensation. The current members are:
HCA Stichting is managed by a two-member Management Board, each of whom serves without compensation. The current members are:
Please note that the HCA Stichting is in the process of being set-up, therefore the organisation has not yet released an annual report or financial statement.