Likelihood-free parameter inference for gene regulatory networks
Biochemical reaction networks represent complex cellular regulatory mechanisms. These networks are typically analyzed using discrete stochastic simulation models. The models may involve numerous reactions involving a large number of chemical species, governed by highly uncertain parameters. Given existing data pertaining to a biochemical reaction network, one is often interested in inferring the values of the […]
Hierarchical Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Data
The HASTE project, a SSF-funded project on computational science and big data, takes a holistic approach to new, intelligent ways of processing and managing very large amounts of microscopy images to leverage the imminent explosion of image data from modern experimental setups in the biosciences. One central idea is to represent datasets as intelligently formed […]
Scalable simulation of stochastic multicellular systems
In multicellular systems, cells of different types interact in various ways, both mechanically and chemically, to regulate complex processes. There is a large computational gap between detailed models of sub-cellular, molecular processes in single cells, and models of multicellular systems comprising of large numbers of interacting cells such as bacterial colonies, tissue and tumors. In […]
Model exploration using active learning
The exploration of a system described by a non-linear, high-dimensional and stochastic computational model is a fundamental problem in all scientific disciplines relying on modeling and simulation. In this project we are interested in the scenario where a modeler has no or very limited prior knowledge about what type of qualitative interesting behavior the model […]
StochSS: Stochastic Simulation Service
StochSS is an integrated development environment (IDE) for discrete stochastic biochemical simulations. Users make use of a graphical user interface (GUI) to define their problem, including its domain (geometry, volume), molecular interactions (stoichiometry, rate constants), and simulation goals (single trajectory, histogram, probabilities of rare events). The platform transparently executes model workflows using local resources (laptops, […]
Multiscale simulations of chemical kinetics
Life spans in size from small organisms consisting of single cells to complex organisms built up of billions of cells. Even the single-cell organisms are challenging to fully understand and study—their function is dependent on a rich set of reaction networks. Important molecules inside a cell may exist in only a few copies, and that […]