Tools and Resources

A Tools and Resources article allows authors to publish the details of new experimental techniques, datasets, software tools, and other resources.

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    1. Neuroscience

    Conditional chemoconnectomics (cCCTomics) as a strategy for efficient and conditional targeting of chemical transmission

    Renbo Mao, Jianjun Yu ... Yi Rao
    New toolkits have been developed to enable cell-type-specific manipulation of CCT genes with remarkable efficiency while also uncovering the role of CNMa signal in regulating morning anticipation.
    1. Cell Biology

    Endogenous tagging using split mNeonGreen in human iPSCs for live imaging studies

    Mathieu C Husser, Nhat P Pham ... Alisa Piekny
    The split mNeonGreen system enables fast and efficient endogenous tagging in human iPSCs and facilitates the study of proteins in human stem cells and differentiated cells by live imaging.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Haplotype function score improves biological interpretation and cross-ancestry polygenic prediction of human complex traits

    Weichen Song, Yongyong Shi, Guan Ning Lin
    Using sequence-determined functional genomic features instead of original genotypes can partially overcome challenges in genetic association studies, such as rare variant exclusion and population structure.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Tools and methods for high-throughput single-cell imaging with the mother machine

    Ryan Thiermann, Michael Sandler ... Suckjoon Jun
    A user-friendly pipeline for analysis of time-lapse imaging data from the microfluidic mother machine.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology

    Genome-scale annotation of protein binding sites via language model and geometric deep learning

    Qianmu Yuan, Chong Tian, Yuedong Yang
    Integration of language model and geometric deep learning enables accurate and efficient genome-scale annotation of comprehensive protein-ligand binding sites.
    1. Neuroscience

    Transcriptomic atlas of midbrain dopamine neurons uncovers differential vulnerability in a Parkinsonism lesion model

    Behzad Yaghmaeian Salmani, Laura Lahti ... Thomas Perlmann
    Single nuclei RNA sequencing unmasks 16 variants of midbrain dopamine neurons within a continuum of their gene expression landscape and resolves their differential vulnerability.
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Expanding the Drosophila toolkit for dual control of gene expression

    Jonathan Zirin, Barbara Jusiak ... Norbert Perrimon
    A CRISPR knock-in approach enables the efficient generation of tissue-specific LexA and QF driver lines which can simultaneously control gene expression in multiple tissues.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    voyAGEr, a free web interface for the analysis of age-related gene expression alterations in human tissues

    Arthur L Schneider, Rita Martins-Silva ... Nuno L Barbosa-Morais
    voyAGEr is an online platform that facilitates the exploration of age-related gene expression dynamics in human tissues, allowing users to analyse tissue- and sex-specific changes alongside donor medical histories.
    1. Neuroscience

    Establishment of transgenic fluorescent mice for labeling synapses and screening synaptogenic adhesion molecules

    Lei Yang, Jingtao Zhang ... Chen Zhang
    A Syt1-tdTomato transgenic mice with normal synaptic transmission is established to label synapse in situ and screen synaptogenic adhesion molecules.