Tools and Resources

A Tools and Resources article allows authors to publish the details of new experimental techniques, datasets, software tools, and other resources.

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    1. Developmental Biology

    Molecular, cellular, and developmental organization of the mouse vomeronasal organ at single cell resolution

    Max Henry Hills, Limei Ma ... C Ron Yu
    A transcriptomic atlas of the mouse vomeronasal organ reveals novel receptor co-expression patterns and provides a framework for understanding sensory neuron lineage and receptor specification.
    1. Neuroscience

    A novel image segmentation method based on spatial autocorrelation identifies A-type potassium channel clusters in the thalamus

    Csaba Dávid, Kristóf Giber ... Laszlo Acsady
    The spatial autocorrelation method Local Moran’s I was used for image segmentation to delineate pixel clusters representing congruous objects with fuzzy borders, in this case potassium ion channel clusters.
    1. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveal the differentiation trajectories of periosteal skeletal/stem progenitor cells in bone regeneration

    Simon Perrin, Maria Ethel ... Céline Colnot
    A single-nucleus atlas of bone repair uncovers the trajectories of periosteal skeletal stem/progenitor cells in response to fracture and identifies injury-induced fibrogenic cells as intermediate osteochondroprogenitors and key paracrine regulators.
    1. Neuroscience

    Whole-brain in situ mapping of neuronal activation in Drosophila during social behaviors and optogenetic stimulation

    Kiichi Watanabe, Hui Chiu, David J Anderson
    While monitoring neuronal activity in freely moving Drosophila is challenging, HI-FISH enables brain-wide mapping of active neurons and reveals behavior-specific neural activity.
    1. Neuroscience

    A deep learning approach for automated scoring of the Rey–Osterrieth complex figure

    Nicolas Langer, Maurice Weber ... Ce Zhang
    A deep learning-based system objectively and reliably scores the Rey–Osterrieth complex figure test, enhancing the assessment of visual memory deficits from hand-drawn images in clinical settings.
    1. Cell Biology

    High-throughput expansion microscopy enables scalable super-resolution imaging

    John H Day, Catherine M Della Santina ... Laurie A Boyer
    A simple and accessible method for high-throughput super-resolution fluorescence microscopy that is compatible with commonly used staining practices, 96-well cell culture plates, and confocal microscopes.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Automated workflow for the cell cycle analysis of (non-)adherent cells using a machine learning approach

    Kourosh Hayatigolkhatmi, Chiara Soriani ... Simona Rodighiero
    The automated workflow significantly enhances the precision and scalability of cell cycle analysis, enabling high-throughput studies in both non-adherent and adherent cells for advanced cancer research and drug development.
    1. Neuroscience

    Patch-walking, a coordinated multi-pipette patch clamp for efficiently finding synaptic connections

    Mighten C Yip, Mercedes M Gonzalez ... Craig R Forest
    Patch-walking is a novel automated patch clamp approach for finding synaptic connections in brain tissue, yielding 80–92% more probed connections than traditional approaches.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Isobaric crosslinking mass spectrometry technology for studying conformational and structural changes in proteins and complexes

    Jie Luo, Jeff Ranish
    A novel pair of isobaric crosslinking reagents is described, which allow relative quantification of crosslinker-modified peptides during mass spectrometry analysis for comparative structural studies of proteins and protein complexes.
    1. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Complete suspension culture of human induced pluripotent stem cells supplemented with suppressors of spontaneous differentiation

    Mami Matsuo-Takasaki, Sho Kambayashi ... Yohei Hayashi
    Adding suppressors of spontaneous differentiation enables precise control of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) status in suspension culture conditions and leads to scalable and automated cell therapy using hiPSCs.