Cell-o-pane: a cell lineage visualisation tool

Cell-o-pane was developed to assist scientists in understanding fundamental cellular processes captured by cell lineage data sets. This includes the study of cell differentiation and the pharmacodynamic action of anticancer agents. To achieve this, Cell-o-pane was designed to emphasise three important properties:

• Multimodality: cell lineages combine spatial, temporal, and other properties;
• Symmetry: which characterises the lineage branching structure; and
• Synchrony: which is related to temporal alignment of cellular events.

Our approach has been valuable for determining the cytotoxic action of anticancer drugs.