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rSNAPed: RNA Sequence to NAscent Protein Experiment Designer.
Authors: Luis U. Aguilera, William Raymond, Tatsuya Morisaki, Brooke Silagy, Timothy J. Stasevich, and Brian Munsky.

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Description

rSNAPed is a library to simulate single-molecule gene expression experiments to test machine learning and computational pipelines. The code generates simulated intensity translation spots using rSNAPsim. Cell segmentation is performed using Cellpose. Spot detection and tracking is achieved using Trackpy. If you use rSNAPed, please make sure you properly cite cellpose, trackpy and rSNAPsim.

Summary of uses

  • Simulating the single-molecule translation for any gene.
  • Design of single-molecule gene expression experiments.
  • Tracking for single-molecule translation (RNA + nascent protein) spots.
  • Tracking for single-molecule RNA spots.

Ethical Considerations and Content Policy

You must accept our Content Policy when using this library:

  • All simulated images generated with this software are intended to be used to test Machine learning or computational algorithms.
  • All images generated with this software should always be labeled with the specific terms "simulated data" or "simulated images".
  • All datasets resulting from a simulated image should explicitly be reported with the term "simulated data".
  • Under any circumstance, a simulated image or dataset generated with rSNAPed should not be used to misrepresent real data.
  • For public or private use, you must disclose that the generated images are simulated data and give proper credit to rSNAPed.

Test the codes in Google Colab

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How to simulate your cell! 👉 Open In Colab
Harringtonin experiment 👉 Open In Colab
Manual particle tracking 👉 Open In Colab
🔥 Automated cell segmentation and particle tracking 🔥 👉 Open In Colab
Multiplexing experiments 👉 Open In Colab

Simulating single-molecule translation

The code generates videos with the simulated cell and a data frame containing spot and intensity positions. This simulation can be used to train new algorithms.

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Local installation using PIP

  • To create a virtual environment using:
    conda create -n rsnaped_env python=3.8.5 -y
    source activate rsnaped_env
  • Open the terminal and use pip for the installation:
    pip install rsnaped

Local installation from the Github repository

  • To create a virtual environment navigate to the location of the requirements file, and use:
    conda create -n rsnaped_env python=3.8.5 -y
    source activate rsnaped_env
  • To install GPU for Cellpose (Optional step). For Linux and Windows users check the specific version for your computer on this link :
    conda install pytorch cudatoolkit=10.2 -c pytorch -y
  • To install CPU for Cellpose (Optional step). For Mac users check the specific version for your computer on this link :
    conda install pytorch -c pytorch
  • To include the rest of the requirements use:
    pip install -r requirements.txt

Additional steps to deactivate or remove the environment from the computer:

  • To deactivate the environment use
    conda deactivate
  • To remove the environment use:
    conda env remove -n rsnaped_env

References for main dependencies

  • rSNAPsim: Aguilera, Luis U., et al. "Computational design and interpretation of single-RNA translation experiments." PLoS computational biology 15.10 (2019): e1007425.

  • Trackpy: Dan Allan, et al. (2019, October 16). soft-matter/trackpy: Trackpy v0.4.2 (Version v0.4.2). Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3492186

  • Cellpose: Stringer, Carsen, et al. "Cellpose: a generalist algorithm for cellular segmentation." Nature Methods 18.1 (2021): 100-106.

Licenses for dependencies

For a complete list containing the complete licenses for the dependencies, check file: Licenses_Dependencies.md.

Cite as

Luis Aguilera, William Raymond, Tatsuya Morisaki, Brooke Silagy, Timothy J. Stasevich, & Brian Munsky. (2022). rSNAPed. RNA Sequence to NAscent Protein Experiment Designer. (v0.1-beta.2). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6967555