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Counting biomolecules with Bayesian inference

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A combination of Bayesian inference, physics modeling, and Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling allows for accurate inference of biomolecule numbers and their photophysical state in cellular clusters.

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Fig. 1: An illustrative example of the Bayesian approach and the model architecture.

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Masson, JB. Counting biomolecules with Bayesian inference. Nat Comput Sci 2, 74–75 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-022-00202-7

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