Chinese Team Publishes 3D Cell Atlas of Rice's Full Life Cycle in Cell

A Chinese-led team published in Cell a three-dimensional spatiotemporal cell atlas covering rice from germinating seed to grain fill, along with a public portal and the RICE scGPT single-cell foundation model.

The atlas combines single-nucleus RNA sequencing with BGI's Stereo-seq spatial transcriptomics across 10 organ and tissue types and 61 stages, defining 119 cell types and 133 subtypes.