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Developing mouse whole-brain transcriptomic cell type atlas - MERSCOPE v1: 1296400233

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Cite this dataset

Allen Institute, Zeng, Hongkui. (2025). Developing mouse whole-brain transcriptomic cell type atlas - MERSCOPE v1: 1296400233 [Dataset/Microscopy]. Brain Image Library.

Abstract

Spatial transcriptomics atlas of the entire brain of a developing mouse (P28). We profiled 500 genes which were selected to maximize our ability to relate each cell to one of the 5200 cell types defined in our RNAseq-based taxonomy. We image 10 µm section which were acquired at an interval of 200 µm. Individual cell were identified using cell segmentation algorithms to a total of ~6 million cells. The MERFISH datasets not only provide the possibility for accurate spatial annotation of major cell types at subclass level, but also reveal very fine resolution spatial distinctions or gradients for cell types within each subclass.

Contributors

Funding

Technical Information

Modality
spatial transcriptomics
Technique
MERFISH
Details
Dataset was resegmented using cellpose

Instrument

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microscopemanufacturerandmodel Vizgen MERSCOPE
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objectivemagnification 63x
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illuminationtypes
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sampletemperature

Specimen

localid 702265.0
species Mouse
ncbitaxonomy NCBI:txid10090
age 28.0
ageunit Days
sex Male
genotype Strain_Name='C57BL6'
organlocalid 1296400233.0
organname Brain
samplelocalid 1296400233
atlas AllenMouseV2
locations
linkage [{'class': 'xref', 'type': 'cubie_tissue', 'relationship': 'section', 'xid': 'SC-TSTA201699'}, {'class': 'xref', 'type': 'cubie_tissue', 'relationship': 'tissue', 'xid': 'TI-AZZI381627'}, {'class': 'xref', 'type': 'cubie_tissue', 'relationship': 'donor', 'xid': 'DO-OHTO1697'}]

Image

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displaycolor NA
representation
flurophore DAPI, NA
stepsizex 0.108
stepsizey 0.108
stepsizez 1.5
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channels 3.0
slices 7.0
z 1.0
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Data

Analysis Ecosystem path
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