Synthesizing developmental trajectories. Author Paul Villoutreix, Joakim Andén, Bomyi Lim, Hang Lu, Ioannis Kevrekidis, Amit Singer, Stanislav Shvartsman Publication Year 2017 Type Journal Article Abstract Dynamical processes in biology are studied using an ever-increasing number of techniques, each of which brings out unique features of the system. One of the current challenges is to develop systematic approaches for fusing heterogeneous datasets into an integrated view of multivariable dynamics. We demonstrate that heterogeneous data fusion can be successfully implemented within a semi-supervised learning framework that exploits the intrinsic geometry of high-dimensional datasets. We illustrate our approach using a dataset from studies of pattern formation in Drosophila. The result is a continuous trajectory that reveals the joint dynamics of gene expression, subcellular protein localization, protein phosphorylation, and tissue morphogenesis. Our approach can be readily adapted to other imaging modalities and forms a starting point for further steps of data analytics and modeling of biological dynamics. Keywords Animals, Drosophila, Models, Biological, Computational Biology, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Microscopy, Confocal, Body Patterning, Supervised Machine Learning Journal PLoS Comput Biol Volume 13 Issue 9 Pages e1005742 Date Published 2017 Sep ISSN Number 1553-7358 DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005742 Alternate Journal PLoS Comput Biol PMCID PMC5619836 PMID 28922353 PubMedPubMed CentralGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XML