MORPHIAS: Molecular Phenotyping Image Analysis System

Abstract

Visualizing metabolic phenotypes, tracking phenotype dynamics, and screening molecular interventions all require comprehensive, quantitative measures of micromolecular patterns across cell classes. In this project we develop an easy-to-use interface that permits the same sequence of operations as described in Marc and Jones [1] and is based on Cell Kit developed by Marc's lab. Work products for this project include: user application software (Matlab), user manual and if possible, a web portal interface to allow internet access and application of the system. The MORPHIAS system will be implemented by means of a Matlab function which creates a GUI which allows the user to import molecular signature images (in TIFF format), and then to perform classification using a clustering algorithm, and to then perform data analysis on the result.