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. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Image-based identification and isolation of micronucleated cells to dissect cellular consequences

    Lucian DiPeso, Sriram Pendyala ... Emily M Hatch
    The development of an automated micronucleus segmentation program enables population-level comparisons between cells with and without micronuclei and defines a highly limited response to micronucleus formation or rupture.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    A comprehensive antigen-antibody complex database unlocking insights into interaction interface

    Yuwei Zhou, Wenwen Liu ... Jian Huang
    AACDB provides a comprehensive, manually curated antigen-antibody interface dataset with rich metadata, interaction annotations, and therapeutic target annotations to advance antibody drug development.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    MorphoCellSorter is an Andrews plot-based sorting approach to rank microglia according to their morphological features

    Sarah Benkeder, Son-Michel Dinh ... Jean-Christophe Comte
    MorphoCellSorter is a versatile, user-friendly tool that automates microglial morphology ranking, enabling standardized, reproducible analysis across diverse models, imaging techniques, and conditions using principal component analysis and Andrews plots.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Single nuclei RNA-sequencing of adult brain neurons derived from type 2 neuroblasts reveals transcriptional complexity in the insect central complex

    Derek G Epiney, Gonzalo Morales Chaya ... Chris Q Doe
    The central complex of the adult Drosophila brain, required for sensorimotor integration, is transcriptionally complex as detected by single-cell transcriptome analysis.
    1. Neuroscience

    Dual-color optical activation and suppression of neurons with high temporal precision

    Noëmie Mermet-Joret, Andrea Moreno ... Sadegh Nabavi
    An optogenetic system capable of precise, high-frequency neuronal excitation using red pulsed light and rapid, millisecond inhibition using blue light.
    1. Neuroscience

    Anti-drift pose tracker (ADPT), a transformer-based network for robust animal pose estimation cross-species

    Guoling Tang, Yaning Han ... Pengfei Wei
    ADPT enhances the robustness of animal pose estimation by minimizing keypoint tracking drift, enabling more accurate multi-animal tracking and facilitating refined behavioral analysis across species.
    1. Neuroscience

    A toolbox for ablating excitatory and inhibitory synapses

    Aida Bareghamyan, Changfeng Deng ... Don B Arnold
    Novel genetically encoded tools PFE3, paGFE3, and chGFE3 can be used to reversibly ablate excitatory synapses constitutively, and inhibitory synapses in a light- or chemically dependent manner.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology

    Barcode-free multiplex plasmid sequencing using Bayesian analysis and nanopore sequencing

    Masaaki Uematsu, Jeremy M Baskin
    SAVEMONEY is a computational tool that guides users to mix plasmids prior to nanopore sequencing, reducing the effective cost of whole-plasmid sequencing to below that of Sanger sequencing.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    UFMTrack, an Under-Flow Migration Tracker enabling analysis of the entire multi-step immune cell extravasation cascade across the blood-brain barrier in microfluidic devices

    Mykhailo Vladymyrov, Luca Marchetti ... Britta Engelhardt
    The established under-flow migration tracker (UFMTrack) framework allows for automated and scalable studies of immune cell interactions with and extravasation across endothelial monolayer under flow in vitro.
    1. Developmental Biology

    A single-cell atlas of spatial and temporal gene expression in the mouse cranial neural plate

    Eric R Brooks, Andrew R Moorman ... Jennifer A Zallen
    Single-cell RNA sequencing and computational analysis define a spatial and temporal map of gene expression during early patterning and morphogenesis of the mouse cranial neural plate, providing a resource for elucidating the transcriptional basis of mammalian brain development.