Author

Stella Maris Cao

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Listed by name: these papers carry no ORCID for this author, so different people with the same name may be mixed together.

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Genomics· 3

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 3 Assay:scRNA-seq· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:database / resource· 2 Approach:deep learning· 2 Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Organism:mouse· 2

Frequent Co-Authors

Ariana S. BarcomaiD· 3 shared Bing ReniD· 3 shared Jackson K. Willier· 3 shared Jonathan A. RinkiD· 3 shared Joseph R. EckeriD· 3 shared Nora EmersoniD· 3 shared Silvia ChoiD· 3 shared Timothy H. Loe· 3 shared

Activity by Year

2026-2026 · peak 3/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

10 top collaborators · 45 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

3 shared papersGenomics

Ariana S. BarcomaORCID

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

3 papers

Recent·Most cited

An Integrative Single-Cell Epigenomic Atlas Annotates the Regulatory Genome of the Adult Mouse Brain

Zhaoning Wang, Songpeng Zu, Ethan J. Armand, Timothy H. Loe, Jonathan A. Rink, Wanying Wu, Yang Xie, Lei Chang, Chenxu Zhu, Nicholas D. Johnson, Jasper Lee, Jackson K. Willier, Silvia Cho, Stella Maris Cao, Ariana S. Barcoma, , Bing Ren

The paper constructs an integrative single-cell epigenomic atlas of the adult mouse brain, mapping chromatin states and gene regulatory programs across 100 cell subclasses.

bioRxiv · Jul 21, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

Single-Cell Epigenomics Uncovers Heterochromatin Instability and Transcription Factor Dysfunction during Mouse Brain Aging

Maria Luisa Amaral, Sainath Mamde, Michael Miller, Xiaomeng Hou, Jessica Arzavala, Julia K. Osteen, Nicholas D. Johnson, Elizabeth W. Smoot, Qian Yang, Emily R. Eisner, Qiurui Zeng, Cindy Tatiana Báez-Becerra, Jacqueline Olness, Joseph Colin Kern, Jonathan A. Rink, , Bing Ren

The paper uses single-cell epigenomics to study brain aging in mice, finding heterochromatin instability and transcription factor dysfunction across multiple brain regions and cell types.

Cell Reports · Mar 1, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics

Single-Cell Atlas of Transcription and Chromatin States Reveals Regulatory Programs in the Human Brain

Yang Xie, Lei Chang, Guojie Zhong, Jonathan A. Rink, Tatiana Baez-Becerra, Ethan J. Armand, Wubin Ding, Kai Li, Éric Bonne, Anita Lie, Hannah S. Indralingam, Keyi Dong, Timothy H. Loe, Bohan Huang, Zhaoning Wang, , Bing Ren

The paper creates a single-cell atlas of transcription and chromatin states in the human brain, identifying regulatory programs and linking them to neuropsychiatric disorders.

bioRxiv · Feb 3, 2026 · PreprintGenomics