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Mineotaur: a tool for high-content microscopy screen sharing and visual analytics.

ABSTRACT: High-throughput/high-content microscopy-based screens are powerful tools for functional genomics, yielding intracellular information down to the level of single-cells for thousands of genotypic conditions. However, accessing their data requires specialized knowledge and most often that data is no longer analyzed after initial publication. We describe Mineotaur ( http://www.mineotaur.org ), a open-source, downloadable web application that allows easy online sharing and interactive visualisation of large screen datasets, facilitating their dissemination and further analysis, and enhancing their impact.

SUBMITTER: Antal B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4699365 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mineotaur: a tool for high-content microscopy screen sharing and visual analytics.

Antal Bálint B Chessel Anatole A Carazo Salas Rafael E RE

Genome biology 20151217

High-throughput/high-content microscopy-based screens are powerful tools for functional genomics, yielding intracellular information down to the level of single-cells for thousands of genotypic conditions. However, accessing their data requires specialized knowledge and most often that data is no longer analyzed after initial publication. We describe Mineotaur ( http://www.mineotaur.org ), a open-source, downloadable web application that allows easy online sharing and interactive visualisation o ...[more]

PMID: 26679168

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Mineotaur: a tool for high-content microscopy screen sharing and visual analytics.

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Mineotaur: a tool for high-content microscopy screen sharing and visual analytics.

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