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Cellerie

Gene Expression Tracking

2015

SUMMARY

A unifying tool for researchers to interactively track, filter, compare, and analyze gene expression over time within individual cells as they proliferate.

COLLABORATORS

Michael Elowitz, Caltech Professor of Biology and Bioengineering, and Sahand Hormoz, Elowitz Lab Postdoc

DATA VISUALIZATION TEAM

Pei Liew (Designer), Alex Sciuto (Designer, Developer), and Donovan Toure (Preliminary Developer)

Background

Caltech biologists in Michael Elowitz’s lab have developed complex systems to grow, record, and analyze families of cells. Using videos taken with a microscope, they track the DNA information of lineages of cells as they divide into new ones.

Process

Resolution

This process led to a final design, a hybrid 2d small multiple overview of the data paired with a three-dimensional detail view. The final result is working software, targeted to solve the needs of current hard scientific projects

Recognition and Follow-on Funding

The Elowitz Lab invested $30K for Santiago Lombeyda to finalize and successfully launch the browser-based software. The software has also been shared with other labs. http://cellerie.caltech.edu/