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Alamoudi, E.* ; Schälte, Y. ; Müller, R.* ; Starruß, J.* ; Bundgaard, N.* ; Graw, F.* ; Brusch, L.* ; Hasenauer, J.

FitMultiCell: simulating and parameterizing computational models of multi-scale and multi-cellular processes.

Bioinformatics 39:btad674 (2023)
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MOTIVATION: Biological tissues are dynamic and highly organized. Multi-scale models are helpful tools to analyse and understand the processes determining tissue dynamics. These models usually depend on parameters that need to be inferred from experimental data to achieve a quantitative understanding, to predict the response to perturbations, and to evaluate competing hypotheses. However, even advanced inference approaches such as approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) are difficult to apply due to the computational complexity of the simulation of multi-scale models. Thus, there is a need for a scalable pipeline for modeling, simulating, and parameterizing multi-scale models of multi-cellular processes. RESULTS: Here, we present FitMultiCell, a computationally efficient and user-friendly open-source pipeline that can handle the full workflow of modeling, simulating, and parameterizing for multi-scale models of multi-cellular processes. The pipeline is modular and integrates the modeling and simulation tool Morpheus and the statistical inference tool pyABC. The easy integration of high-performance infrastructure allows to scale to computationally expensive problems. The introduction of a novel standard for the formulation of parameter inference problems for multi-scale models additionally ensures reproducibility and reusability. By applying the pipeline to multiple biological problems, we demonstrate its broad applicability, which will benefit in particular image-based systems biology. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: FitMultiCell is available open-source at https://gitlab.com/fitmulticell/fit.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Korrespondenzautor
Schlagwörter Approximate Bayesian Computation; Systems; Growth
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1367-4803
Zeitschrift Bioinformatics
Quellenangaben Band: 39, Heft: 11, Seiten: , Artikelnummer: btad674 Supplement: ,
Verlag Oxford University Press
Verlagsort Oxford
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Computational Biology (ICB)
Förderungen Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation
German Research Foundation
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research