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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

A consensus atlas of human brain development defines cell type-specific maturation trajectories across the lifespan.

Sridevi Venkatesan, Patricia Nano, Jonathan Werner, Sonia Malaiya, Brian Herb, Yuan Gao, Li Wang, Aparna Bhaduri, Tomasz J Nowakowski, Carlo Colantuoni and 2 more

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Sridevi VenkatesanTerrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9175-7161
Patricia NanoDepartment of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5507-2656
Jonathan WernerTerrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Sonia MalaiyaGraduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0010-3259
Brian HerbInstitute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5910-9647
Yuan GaoAllen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA.
Li WangDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, CA, USA.
Aparna BhaduriDepartment of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4625-6899
Tomasz J NowakowskiDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2345-4964
Carlo ColantuoniInstitute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6818-6380
Seth A AmentInstitute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6443-7509
Jesse GillisTerrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0936-9774

Funding

Comprehensive single-cell atlas of the developing mouse brainU01MH130962 · NIMH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI Paola Arlotta, Tomasz Nowakowski · 2022 to 2026
$33.3M
A Multidisciplinary Center for Developing Human and Non-human Primate Brain Cell AtlasesUM1MH130991 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Hao Huang, ARNOLD KRIEGSTEIN · 2022 to 2026
$25.2M
A BRAIN Initiative Resource: The Neuroscience Multi-omic Data ArchiveR24MH114788 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI Anup Mahurkar, Owen R White · 2017 to 2026
$17.2M
Neuroinflammation, Epigenetics and Male VulnerabilityR01MH052716 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI MARGARET M. MCCARTHY · 2000 to 2026
$9.6M
Scalable Molecular Pipelines for FAIR and Reusable BICAN Molecular DataU24MH130968 · NIMH · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI TIMOTHY L TICKLE, Owen R White · 2022 to 2026
$8.3M
Assessing Genomic, Regulatory and Transcriptional Variation at Single Nuclei Resolution in the Brains of Individuals with Autism Spectrum DisorderR01MH125516 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ARNOLD KRIEGSTEIN, Tomasz Nowakowski · 2021 to 2026
$3.8M
Elucidating Regulation of Cell Fate Specification in Human Cortical Development to Understand Etiology of Neurodevelopment DisordersR01MH132689 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Aparna Bhaduri · 2024 to 2026
$2.1M
Identifying mechanisms ofsynapse maturation at neuronal subtype resolutionR00MH131832 · NIMH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Li Wang · 2026 to 2026
$249k
NIMH NIH HHS R00 MH131832NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH052716NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH125516NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH132689NIMH NIH HHS R24 MH114788NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH130962NIMH NIH HHS U24 MH130968NIMH NIH HHS UM1 MH130991
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human neurodevelopment is a continuous process that begins prenatally and extends into postnatal life. Current transcriptomic datasets are limited, fragmented across analytical frameworks, precluding comprehensive reconstruction of cellular trajectories linking developmental states to mature cell types. Here we present a consolidated cellular-resolution transcriptomic atlas of human brain development from the onset of neurogenesis to adulthood, covering ~2.2 million cells from 156 donors across nine studies. All data were reprocessed from raw sequencing reads and annotated within a unified cell-type taxonomy, enabling reliable mapping across the lifespan. Cell types were highly replicable across heterogeneous datasets, enabling us to chart their maturation and cortical layer localization over time. We identify dynamic gene programs predictive of cell-type maturation, validate gene modules tracking known fate transitions, and leverage our atlas' scale to characterize rare populations, including microglia. This resource establishes a standardized reference of human brain development and maturation gene modules for future comparisons across model systems, species, and disease states.

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