shu

shu integrates and visualizes high-dimensional biological pathways by consolidating diverse multi-omics datasets into comprehensive metabolic maps to reveal condition-specific molecular distributions.


Key Features:

  • Metabolic maps: Metabolic maps developed with contributions from the metabolic modeling community that provide a structured framework for pathway-level visualization.
  • Multi-omics integration: Consolidates diverse, condition-specific multi-omics datasets into unified metabolic maps for comparative pathway analysis.
  • Visualization of condition-specific distributions: Displays distributions across conditions within metabolic networks to support interpretation of system-level changes.
  • Python API (Grammar of Graphics): A Python API implemented on Grammar of Graphics principles for programmable generation and customization of visualizations.

Scientific Applications:

  • Systems biology: Pathway-level integration and visualization of multi-omics data to support systems-level analysis.
  • Personalized medicine: Mapping condition-specific molecular profiles onto metabolic networks to inform personalized-medicine analyses.
  • Molecular research requiring detailed insights: Supporting studies that require comprehensive, pathway-centric interpretation of high-dimensional datasets.

Methodology:

Consolidates diverse multi-omics datasets into comprehensive metabolic maps and exposes a Python API based on Grammar of Graphics for visualization.

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Details

License:
Apache-2.0
Cost:
Free of charge
Tool Type:
web application
Operating Systems:
Mac, Linux, Windows
Programming Languages:
Python
Added:
6/19/2024
Last Updated:
11/24/2024

Operations

Publications

Carrasco Muriel J, Cowie N, Taylor Parkins S, Mansouvar M, Groves T, Nielsen LK. Shu: visualization of high-dimensional biological pathways. Bioinformatics. 2024;40(3). doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btae140. PMID:38452346. PMCID:PMC10957514.

PMID: 38452346
Funding: - Novo Nordisk Foundation: NNF14OC0009473, NNF20CC0035580

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