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Masaki Watabe¹, Satya N V Arjunan¹, Seiya Fukushima²

¹Laboratory for Biochemical Simulation, Quantitative Biology Center, RIKEN, Suita, Osaka, Japan.

|July 7, 2015

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This study introduces a computational framework to bridge bioimaging and mathematical modeling in cell biology. It enables quantitative comparison of cell models with bioimages by accounting for systematic imaging effects.

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Area of Science:

Cell Biology
Computational Biology
Bioimaging

Background:

Biologists use bioimaging to study cellular phenomena, while theoretical biology models these using mathematical biochemical reaction networks.
A significant challenge exists in quantitatively comparing bioimage data with mathematical cell models due to systematic effects in imaging.
Existing computational tools are insufficient for this comparison, hindering progress in understanding emergent cellular functions.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a novel computational framework for integrating bioimaging data with mathematical cell models.
To address the limitations in quantitatively comparing cell models and bioimages by accounting for optical and imaging system parameters.
To enable accurate, quantitative comparisons between simulated biological systems and experimental bioimaging data.

Main Methods:

Development of a computational framework to handle parameters from both cell models and optical physics.
Implementation of simulation capabilities within the framework to generate digital images.
Accounting for systematic effects inherent in bioimaging systems during simulation.

Main Results:

The framework successfully generates simulated digital images that incorporate systematic effects from bioimaging.
Demonstration that the framework allows for quantitative comparisons between cell models and bioimages.
Enabling comparisons at the precise level of photon-counting units.

Conclusions:

The developed computational framework effectively bridges the gap between bioimaging and mathematical modeling in cell biology.
This approach facilitates more accurate and quantitative analysis of biological phenomena by enabling direct comparison of models and experimental data.
The framework advances the field by allowing comparisons at the fundamental photon-counting level, improving the reliability of biological insights.