Functional Heatmap

Functional Heatmap identifies and visualizes temporally patterned multi-omics signals across tissues, cohorts, and time points to reveal synchronized analyte behavior and the temporal evolution of biological functions.


Key Features:

  • Integrated time-series visualization: Integrates multi-omics measurements across multiple tissues, cohorts, and time points to reveal collective patterns, synchrony across cohorts, and temporal functional changes.
  • Pattern recognition and clustering: Dissects multi-omics time-series into patterned clusters of analytes linked to specific biological functions to reveal cascades of functional changes.
  • Automated statistical-to-visual translation: Automates pattern discovery and comparison by translating statistical models into visual representations such as heatmaps and line-charts.
  • Comparative functional analysis: Compares patterned responses across experimental conditions to interpret how variables influence biological functions over time.
  • Multi-omics time-course support: Supports analysis of datasets comprising multiple tissues, time points, and samples for comprehensive temporal functional assessment.

Scientific Applications:

  • Time-series multi-omics integration: Analysis of multi-omics time-course experiments across tissues and cohorts to detect coordinated analyte patterns.
  • Functional dynamics and cascade discovery: Identification of temporal cascades of functional changes and the evolution of biological functions over time.
  • Comparative condition analysis: Comparison of functional responses across experimental conditions to assess condition-specific temporal dynamics.

Methodology:

Automated pattern discovery and comparison using statistical models translated into heatmaps and line-charts to cluster analytes and link clusters to biological functions over time.

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Details

Maturity:
Mature
Cost:
Free of charge
Tool Type:
web application
Operating Systems:
Linux, Windows, Mac
Added:
5/19/2019
Last Updated:
6/16/2020

Operations

Publications

Williams JR, Yang R, Clifford JL, Watson D, Campbell R, Getnet D, Kumar R, Hammamieh R, Jett M. Functional Heatmap: an automated and interactive pattern recognition tool to integrate time with multi-omics assays. BMC Bioinformatics. 2019;20(1). doi:10.1186/s12859-019-2657-0. PMID:30770734. PMCID:PMC6377781.

PMID: 30770734
PMCID: PMC6377781
Funding: - Medical Research and Materiel Command: 09284002

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