Biotech Methods

Machine learning-based automated yeast cell counting under a complicated background with ilastik and ImageJ

Chenxi Li¹, Xiaoyu Ma¹, Jing Deng¹, Jiajia Li¹, Yanjie Liu¹, Xudong Zhu¹, Ping Zhang^1* and Jin Liu^2*

1 Beijing Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering Drug and Biotechnology, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University (CLS-BNU), Beijing 100875, China

2 Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resources and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University (CLS-BNU), Beijing 100875, China

*Corresponding author

Correspondence Ping Zhang:zp1516@bnu.edu.cn

Correspondence Jin Liu:liujin@bnu.edu.cn