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.