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A workflow to process 3D+time microscopy images of developing organisms and reconstruct their cell lineage

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Communications, February 2016
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Title
A workflow to process 3D+time microscopy images of developing organisms and reconstruct their cell lineage
Published in
Nature Communications, February 2016
DOI 10.1038/ncomms9674
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Emmanuel Faure, Thierry Savy, Barbara Rizzi, Camilo Melani, Olga Stašová, Dimitri Fabrèges, Róbert Špir, Mark Hammons, Róbert Čúnderlík, Gaëlle Recher, Benoît Lombardot, Louise Duloquin, Ingrid Colin, Jozef Kollár, Sophie Desnoulez, Pierre Affaticati, Benoît Maury, Adeline Boyreau, Jean-Yves Nief, Pascal Calvat, Philippe Vernier, Monique Frain, Georges Lutfalla, Yannick Kergosien, Pierre Suret, Mariana Remešíková, René Doursat, Alessandro Sarti, Karol Mikula, Nadine Peyriéras, Paul Bourgine

Abstract

The quantitative and systematic analysis of embryonic cell dynamics from in vivo 3D+time image data sets is a major challenge at the forefront of developmental biology. Despite recent breakthroughs in the microscopy imaging of living systems, producing an accurate cell lineage tree for any developing organism remains a difficult task. We present here the BioEmergences workflow integrating all reconstruction steps from image acquisition and processing to the interactive visualization of reconstructed data. Original mathematical methods and algorithms underlie image filtering, nucleus centre detection, nucleus and membrane segmentation, and cell tracking. They are demonstrated on zebrafish, ascidian and sea urchin embryos with stained nuclei and membranes. Subsequent validation and annotations are carried out using Mov-IT, a custom-made graphical interface. Compared with eight other software tools, our workflow achieved the best lineage score. Delivered in standalone or web service mode, BioEmergences and Mov-IT offer a unique set of tools for in silico experimental embryology.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 1%
France 2 1%
Germany 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Slovakia 1 <1%
Unknown 129 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 28 20%
Researcher 25 18%
Student > Master 25 18%
Student > Bachelor 10 7%
Other 7 5%
Other 20 14%
Unknown 23 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 45 33%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 27 20%
Computer Science 9 7%
Physics and Astronomy 8 6%
Engineering 6 4%
Other 17 12%
Unknown 26 19%
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