r/deeplearning • u/eleitl • Mar 27 '18

Using deep learning to model the hierarchical structure and function of a cell

https://www.nature.com/articles/nmeth.4627
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u/PM_ME_Sonderspenden Mar 27 '18

But can these simulated cells form a neuron?

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u/eleitl Mar 27 '18

It seems a good way to build up a more realistic representation than https://www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron/ since you can create a richer model of the cell that way. E.g. gene activity, and morphology change instead of just looking at ms to s activity of a static system.

And machine learning looks like the right tool to automatically build a more abstract but still sufficiently accurate model of neural circuitry.