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The aim is to understand how patterns of gene activity in biological organs influence the developing shape.
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Genes and growing shapes
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Working with 3D volume imagesThree dimensional (3D) volume images are key to understanding the development of shape. They are produced by CT X-ray scanners, MRI and PET. However, biological gene activity is monitored using fluorescent probes and so optical methods are used: confocal microscopy and optical projection microscopy. The resulting images are large and are best viewed using software that exploits powerful graphics processors. We implemented VolViewer which is a viewer of choice in the open microscopy environment. |
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The Bangham Lab is part of the UEA D’Arcy Thompson Centre for computational biology.