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ArticleNature communications2025

Quantitative evaluation of methods to analyze motion changes in single-particle experiments.

Gorka Muñoz-Gil, Harshith Bachimanchi, Jesús Pineda, Benjamin Midtvedt, Gabriel Fernández-Fernández, Borja Requena, Yusef Ahsini, Solomon Asghar, Jaeyong Bae, Francisco J Barrantes and 26 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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36 authors.

Gorka Muñoz-GilInstitute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. gorka.munoz-gil@uibk.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9223-0660
Harshith BachimanchiDepartment of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, SE-41296, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9497-8410
Jesús PinedaDepartment of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, SE-41296, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9197-3451
Benjamin MidtvedtDepartment of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, SE-41296, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Gabriel Fernández-FernándezICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss 3, 08860, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6719-8275
Borja RequenaICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss 3, 08860, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1904-4137
Yusef AhsiniInstituto Universitario de Matemática Pura y Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-5582-6725
Solomon AsgharDepartment of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.
Jaeyong BaeDepartment of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea.
Francisco J BarrantesMolecular Neurobiology Division, BIOMED UCA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4745-681X
Steen W B BenderDepartment of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-6561-4743
Clément CabrielInstitut Langevin, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0316-0312
J Alberto ConejeroInstituto Universitario de Matemática Pura y Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3681-7533
Marc EscotoCentro de Investigación en Gestión e Ingeniería de Producción, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain.
Xiaochen FengSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-9582-017X
Rasched HaidariGene Machines Group, Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Nikos S HatzakisDepartment of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4202-0328
Zihan HuangSchool of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3094-9017
Ignacio IzeddinInstitut Langevin, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8476-3915
Hawoong JeongDepartment of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2491-8620
Yuan JiangSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China.
Jacob Kæstel-HansenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Judith Miné-HattabLaboratory of Computational Quantitative and Synthetic Biology (CQSB), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Paris, France.
Ran NiSchool of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9478-0674
Junwoo ParkLaboratory of Computational Quantitative and Synthetic Biology (CQSB), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-6126-2125
Xiang QuSchool of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-6391-0691
Lucas A SaavedraMolecular Neurobiology Division, BIOMED UCA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Hao ShaSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3231-1570
Nataliya SokolovskaLaboratory of Computational Quantitative and Synthetic Biology (CQSB), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Paris, France.
Yongbing ZhangSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3320-2904
Giorgio VolpeDepartment of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9993-5348
Maciej LewensteinICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss 3, 08860, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0210-7800
Ralf MetzlerInstitute for Physics & Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6013-7020
Diego KrapfDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2833-5553
Giovanni VolpeDepartment of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, SE-41296, Gothenburg, Sweden. giovanni.volpe@physics.gu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5057-1846
Carlo ManzoFacultat de Ciències, Tecnologia i Enginyeries, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), C. de la Laura, 13, 08500, Vic, Spain. carlo.manzo@uvic.cat.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8625-0996

Funding

Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation) 2019.0079
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The analysis of live-cell single-molecule imaging experiments can reveal valuable information about the heterogeneity of transport processes and interactions between cell components. These characteristics are seen as motion changes in the particle trajectories. Despite the existence of multiple approaches to carry out this type of analysis, no objective assessment of these methods has been performed so far. Here, we report the results of a competition to characterize and rank the performance of these methods when analyzing the dynamic behavior of single molecules. To run this competition, we implemented a software library that simulates realistic data corresponding to widespread diffusion and interaction models, both in the form of trajectories and videos obtained in typical experimental conditions. The competition constitutes the first assessment of these methods, providing insights into the current limitations of the field, fostering the development of new approaches, and guiding researchers to identify optimal tools for analyzing their experiments.

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Single Molecule ImagingDiffusionHumansMotionSoftware

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PMID40695819
PMCPMC12283970

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