Micropilot: automation of fluorescence microscopy-based imaging for systems biology.

Conrad, Christian; Wünsche, Annelie; Tan, Tze Heng; Bulkescher, Jutta; Sieckmann, Frank; Verissimo, Fatima; Edelstein, Arthur; Walter, Thomas et al. · Nat Methods · 2011

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Quantitative microscopy relies on imaging of large cell numbers but is often hampered by time-consuming manual selection of specific cells. The 'Micropilot' software automatically detects cells of interest and launches complex imaging experiments including three-dimensional multicolor time-lapse or fluorescence recovery after photobleaching in live cells. In three independent experimental setups this allowed us to statistically analyze biological processes in detail and is thus a powerful tool for systems biology.

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