Protocol for cellular age prediction in yeast and human single cells using transfer learning.

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Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), Okhla, Phase III, New Delhi 110020, India; Infosys Centre for AI, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), Okhla, Phase III, New Delhi 110020, India. Electronic addre

Published: August 2025


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Here, we present a protocol for predicting cellular age via computer vision analysis of cellular morphology and aging-related bioactivities from phase contrast microscopy images. We describe the steps for cultivating yeast cells, performing phase contrast microscopy of drug-treated yeast cells, and inducing senescence in human dermal fibroblasts. We detail the process of using the scCamAge Docker container, running the scCamAge model, applying the yeast-trained model to senescent human fibroblasts, and performing transfer learning to adapt scCamAge using human fibroblast data. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Gautam et al..

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