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ArticlePatterns (New York, N.Y.)2026

Scalable data harmonization for single-cell image-based profiling with CytoTable.

Dave Bunten, Jenna Tomkinson, Erik Serrano, Michael J Lippincott, Kenneth I Brewer, Vince Rubinetti, Faisal Alquaddoomi, Gregory P Way

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Article in Patterns (New York, N.Y.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Single-cell hit calling in high-content imaging screens with Buscar.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  5. A morphology and secretome map of pyroptosis.Molecular biology of the cell · 2025
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8 authors.

Dave BuntenDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Jenna TomkinsonDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Erik SerranoDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Michael J LippincottDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Kenneth I BrewerSeqera Labs S.L., Barcelona, Spain.
Vince RubinettiDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Faisal AlquaddoomiDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Gregory P WayDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-content imaging (HCI) involves the automated acquisition and quantitative analysis of cell phenotypes from microscopy images. These studies often rely on screening, which can involve thousands of chemical or genetic perturbations that produce terabytes of microscopy data. To extract meaningful biological insights, these data must be processed into quantitative features through a technique known as image-based profiling. A major analytical bottleneck is curating the high-dimensional, single-cell data derived from various image-analysis tools. These datasets suffer from inconsistent schemas, inefficient file formats, and undocumented ontological relationships. These challenges reduce reproducibility and slow progress in downstream applications. To solve these issues, we introduce CytoTable, a software package for harmonizing single-cell image-based profiling. CytoTable enables modular, portable, and cross-language data integration through a robust, reproducible, and scalable engine that harmonizes single-cell readouts from multiple image-analysis tools, preparing for feature integration with software in the Cytomining ecosystem such as Pycytominer.

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high-content imagingimage-based profilingmicroscopy image analysisopen-source softwarereproducibilitysingle-cell harmonization

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PMID42130941
PMCPMC13161684

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