Systems-level approach to uncovering diffusive states and their transitions from single-particle trajectories

Koo, P. K., Mochrie, S. G. (November 2016) Systems-level approach to uncovering diffusive states and their transitions from single-particle trajectories. Phys Rev E, 94 (5-1). 052412. ISSN 2470-0045

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Abstract

The stochastic motions of a diffusing particle contain information concerning the particle's interactions with binding partners and with its local environment. However, an accurate determination of the underlying diffusive properties, beyond normal diffusion, has remained challenging when analyzing particle trajectories on an individual basis. Here, we introduce the maximum-likelihood estimator (MLE) for confined diffusion and fractional Brownian motion. We demonstrate that this MLE yields improved estimation over traditional mean-square displacement analyses. We also introduce a model selection scheme (that we call mleBIC) that classifies individual trajectories to a given diffusion mode. We demonstrate the statistical limitations of classification via mleBIC using simulated data. To overcome these limitations, we introduce a version of perturbation expectation-maximization (pEMv2), which simultaneously analyzes a collection of particle trajectories to uncover the system of interactions that give rise to unique normal and/or non-normal diffusive states within the population. We test and evaluate the performance of pEMv2 on various sets of simulated particle trajectories, which transition among several modes of normal and non-normal diffusion, highlighting the key considerations for employing this analysis methodology.

Item Type: Paper
Subjects: organism description > animal behavior > motion
CSHL Authors:
Communities: CSHL labs > Koo Lab
Depositing User: Matthew Dunn
Date: November 2016
Date Deposited: 16 Sep 2019 16:43
Last Modified: 16 Sep 2019 16:43
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/38391

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