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Visualizing and quantifying data from timelapse imaging experiments

Mahlandt, E. K.; Goedhart, J.

2021-02-24 cell biology
10.1101/2021.02.24.432684 bioRxiv
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One obvious feature of life is that it is highly dynamic. The dynamics can be captured by movies that are made by acquiring images at regular time intervals, a method that is also known as timelapse imaging. Looking at movies is a great way to learn more about the dynamics in cells, tissue and organisms. However, science is different from Netflix, in that it aims for a quantitative understanding of the dynamics. The quantification is important for the comparison of dynamics and to study effects of perturbations. Here, we provide detailed processing and analysis methods that we commonly use to analyze and visualize our timelapse imaging data. All methods use freely available open-source software and use example data that is available from an online data repository. The step-by-step guides together with example data allow for fully reproducible workflows that can be modified and adjusted to visualize and quantify other data from timelapse imaging experiments. O_FIG O_LINKSMALLFIG WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=194 SRC="FIGDIR/small/432684v1_ufig1.gif" ALT="Figure 1"> View larger version (51K): org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@d04086org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@3c304borg.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@186bf56org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@17bbd6d_HPS_FORMAT_FIGEXP M_FIG C_FIG

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