On February 28, the first NATON Quarterly Meeting of 2024 was held virtually. Following a presentation by Dr. Emanuel Wyler from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) on the topic of ‘Spatiotemporally resolved transcriptome analyses with single-cell resolution on autopsy samples,’ the project coordinators provided updates on the recent in-person meeting in Berlin, the NUM Convention, and the meeting on NUM evaluation. Additionally, there was an update on the coordinated ethics procedure for the National Autopsy Register (NAREG) and a call from the NATON Methods Platform for an online survey on autopsy practices in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. A recording of the meeting can be found in the February newsletter.