Eleven grand challenges in single-cell data science

David Lähnemann; Johannes Köster; Ewa Szczurek; Davis J. McCarthy; Stephanie C. Hicks; Mark D. Robinson; Catalina A. Vallejos; Kieran R. Campbell; Niko Beerenwinkel; Ahmed Mahfouz; Luca Pinello; Pavel Skums; Alexandros Stamatakis; Camille Stephan Otto Attolini; Samuel Aparicio; Jasmijn Baaijens; Marleen Balvert; Buys de Barbanson; Antonio Cappuccio; Giacomo Corleone; Bas E. Dutilh; Maria Florescu; Victor Guryev; Rens Holmer; Katharina Jahn; Thamar Jessurun Lobo; Emma M. Keizer; Indu Khatri; Szymon M. Kielbasa; Jan O. Korbel; Alexey M. Kozlov; Tzu Hao Kuo; Boudewijn P.F. Lelieveldt; Ion I. Mandoiu; John C. Marioni; Tobias Marschall; Felix Mölder; Amir Niknejad; Lukasz Raczkowski; Marcel Reinders; Jeroen de Ridder; Antoine Emmanuel Saliba; Antonios Somarakis; Oliver Stegle; Fabian J. Theis; Huan Yang; Alex Zelikovsky; Alice C. McHardy; Benjamin J. Raphael; Sohrab P. Shah; Alexander Schönhuth

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Eleven grand challenges in single-cell data science

David Lähnemann, Johannes Köster, Ewa Szczurek, Davis J. McCarthy, Stephanie C. Hicks, Mark D. Robinson, Catalina A. Vallejos, Kieran R. Campbell, Niko Beerenwinkel, Ahmed Mahfouz, Luca Pinello, Pavel Skums, Alexandros Stamatakis, Camille Stephan Otto Attolini, Samuel Aparicio, Jasmijn Baaijens, Marleen Balvert, Buys de Barbanson, Antonio Cappuccio, Giacomo CorleoneBas E. Dutilh, Maria Florescu, Victor Guryev, Rens Holmer, Katharina Jahn, Thamar Jessurun Lobo, Emma M. Keizer, Indu Khatri, Szymon M. Kielbasa, Jan O. Korbel, Alexey M. Kozlov, Tzu Hao Kuo, Boudewijn P.F. Lelieveldt, Ion I. Mandoiu, John C. Marioni, Tobias Marschall, Felix Mölder, Amir Niknejad, Lukasz Raczkowski, Marcel Reinders, Jeroen de Ridder, Antoine Emmanuel Saliba, Antonios Somarakis, Oliver Stegle, Fabian J. Theis, Huan Yang, Alex Zelikovsky, Alice C. McHardy, Benjamin J. Raphael, Sohrab P. Shah, Alexander Schönhuth

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Abstract

The recent boom in microfluidics and combinatorial indexing strategies, combined with low sequencing costs, has empowered single-cell sequencing technology. Thousands - or even millions - of cells analyzed in a single experiment amount to a data revolution in single-cell biology and pose unique data science problems. Here, we outline eleven challenges that will be central to bringing this emerging field of single-cell data science forward. For each challenge, we highlight motivating research questions, review prior work, and formulate open problems. This compendium is for established researchers, newcomers, and students alike, highlighting interesting and rewarding problems for the coming years.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	31
Journal	Genome biology
Volume	21
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-020-1926-6
State	Published - Feb 7 2020

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Lähnemann, D., Köster, J., Szczurek, E., McCarthy, D. J., Hicks, S. C., Robinson, M. D., Vallejos, C. A., Campbell, K. R., Beerenwinkel, N., Mahfouz, A., Pinello, L., Skums, P., Stamatakis, A., Attolini, C. S. O., Aparicio, S., Baaijens, J., Balvert, M., Barbanson, B. D., Cappuccio, A., ... Schönhuth, A. (2020). Eleven grand challenges in single-cell data science. Genome biology, 21(1), Article 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-020-1926-6

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AU - Lähnemann, David

AU - Köster, Johannes

AU - Szczurek, Ewa

AU - McCarthy, Davis J.

AU - Hicks, Stephanie C.

AU - Robinson, Mark D.

AU - Vallejos, Catalina A.

AU - Campbell, Kieran R.

AU - Beerenwinkel, Niko

AU - Mahfouz, Ahmed

AU - Pinello, Luca

AU - Skums, Pavel

AU - Stamatakis, Alexandros

AU - Attolini, Camille Stephan Otto

AU - Aparicio, Samuel

AU - Baaijens, Jasmijn

AU - Balvert, Marleen

AU - Barbanson, Buys de

AU - Cappuccio, Antonio

AU - Corleone, Giacomo

AU - Dutilh, Bas E.

AU - Florescu, Maria

AU - Guryev, Victor

AU - Holmer, Rens

AU - Jahn, Katharina

AU - Lobo, Thamar Jessurun

AU - Keizer, Emma M.

AU - Khatri, Indu

AU - Kielbasa, Szymon M.

AU - Korbel, Jan O.

AU - Kozlov, Alexey M.

AU - Kuo, Tzu Hao

AU - Lelieveldt, Boudewijn P.F.

AU - Mandoiu, Ion I.

AU - Marioni, John C.

AU - Marschall, Tobias

AU - Mölder, Felix

AU - Niknejad, Amir

AU - Raczkowski, Lukasz

AU - Reinders, Marcel

AU - Ridder, Jeroen de

AU - Saliba, Antoine Emmanuel

AU - Somarakis, Antonios

AU - Stegle, Oliver

AU - Theis, Fabian J.

AU - Yang, Huan

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AU - Shah, Sohrab P.

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