Automated velocity mapping of migrating cell populations (AVeMap).

Deforet, Maxime; Parrini, Maria Carla; Petitjean, Laurence; Biondini, Marco; Buguin, Axel; Camonis, Jacques; Silberzan, Pascal · Nat Methods · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Characterizing the migration of a population of cells remains laborious and somewhat subjective. Advances in genetics and robotics allow researchers to perform many experiments in parallel, but analyzing the large sets of data remains a bottleneck. Here we describe a rapid, fully automated correlation-based method for cell migration analysis, compatible with standard video microscopy. This method allows for the computation of quantitative migration parameters via an extensive dynamic mapping of cell displacements.

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