Molecular connectomics: Placing cells into morphological tissue context.

Journal: PLoS biology
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Abstract

Here we propose "molecular connectomics" to link molecular and morphological cell features in three dimensions across scales, using machine learning and artificial intelligence to reveal emergent properties of complex biological systems.

Authors

  • Stathis Megas
    Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Nadav Yayon
    Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Kerstin B Meyer
    Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Sarah A Teichmann
    Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK.