On Supt. 22, 2022, with a five-year, $126 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a team led by Salk Institute scientists announced the launch of a new Center for Multiomic Human Brain Cell Atlas.

Part of the NIHﾒs Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologiesﾮ (BRAIN) Initiative, the project aims to describe the cells that make up the human brain in unprecedented molecular detail, classify brain cells into more precise subtypes, and pinpoint the location of each cell in the brain.