StarryNite

StarryNite is an image analysis tool for automatically tracking fluorescently-labelled nuclei during C. elegans embryogenesis. For more information, see:

• Automated cell lineage tracing in Caenorhabditis elegans, Bao Z, Murray JI, Boyle T, Ooi SL, Sandel MJ, Waterston RH. PNAS 2006.
• AceTree: a tool for visual analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans embryogenesis, Boyle TJ, Bao Z, Murray JI, Araya CL, Waterston RH. BMC Bioinformatics 2006.
• The lineaging of fluorescently-labeled Caenorhabditis elegans embryos with StarryNite and AceTree, Murray JI, Bao Z, Boyle TJ, Waterston RH. Nature Protocols 2006.

Project page

For bug reports, mailing lists, etc., please visit the project page on sourceforge.net.

Source code access

A Subversion repository for the project can be browsed on SourceForge. To check out a copy of the code, use:

File releases are available from the project download page.

Sample data

A sample data set for testing the program is available here.