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Martin Falk

Dipl.-Inf. Martin Falk

Büro: Informatikgebäude 1.456

Universität Stuttgart
Universitätsstraße 38
70569 Stuttgart

Telefonnummer: +49 (0)711 685-88269

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E-Mail-Adresse: martin.falk@vis.uni-stuttgart.de

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Forschung

  • Visualisierung und Mesoskopische Simulation der zellulären Signaltransduktion

    In der Systembiologie spielen Zusammenhänge eine große Rolle und Visualisierungen sind sehr gut dafür geeignet diese sichtbar zu machen. Daher liegt der Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit in der Visualisierung und interaktiven Exploration von Daten aus diesem Umfeld. Die zu visulisierenden Daten werden von in silico Simulationen erzeugt. Besonderer Wert wird auf die Entwicklung von Methoden gelegt, welche auf modernen Grafikprozessoren (GPUs) ausgeführt werden. Die parallele Architektur von GPUs ist von Interesse, da sie ein großes Potential für das Beschleunigen von Berechnungen besitzt.

    Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist die Entwicklung einer mesoskopischen Simulation von ausgewählten intra- und extrazellulären Prozessen. Weiter sollen Visualisierungen entwickelt werden, welche in der Lage sind die Simulationsergebnisse sinnvoll darzustellen. Insbesondere werden zelluläre Signaltransduktionsprozesse, d.h. die Signalübertragung innerhalb der Zelle, untersucht.

    Forschungsfragen sind:

    • Wie beeinflussen die verschiedenen Transportarten die Signalausbreitung?
    • Welches Signalmolekül erreicht den Zellkern als Erstes?
    • Wie sieht die ausgeprägte Signalfront aus?
  • CellVis

    CellVis LogoDas Visualisierungswerkzeug CellVis erlaubt die Datenanalyse der in silico Simulationsergebnisse. CellVis nutzt überwiegend GPU-basierte Visualisierungstechniken wie beispielsweise glyphenbasiertes Rendering oder Volumenraycasting. Zwei grundlegende Visualisierungstechniken stehen für die Darstellung zellulärer Prozesse zur Verfügung. Die schematische Darstellung stellt die Simulationsdaten so dar wie sie auch in der Simulation verwendet werden, d.h. interne Strukturen wie Filamente des Zellskeletts und sich bewegende Teilchen werden berücksichtigt. Die zweite Visualisierung erzeugt Bilder die denen aus der konfokalen Lasermikroskopie ähneln.

    Screenshot of CellVis (nuclear pores) Screenshot of CellVis (MAPK simulation)Microscopic visualization in CellVis
  • Stochastische zelluläre Simulation

    Die zugrunde liegende Simulation für unser MAPK-Modell (mitogenaktivierte Proteinkinase) ist eine agentenbasierte Simulation mit Protein-Protein Interaktionen. Sie unterstützt sowohl die Diffusion als auch den Transport mittels Motorproteinen als Transportmechanismen für das Signal in Richtung des Zellkerns. CUDA und OpenMP werden für eine parallele Implementierung auf modernen Grafikkarten und CPUs eingesetzt.

    Result of MAPK simulation Intracellular visualization of the nuclear pore import
  • Modellierung eines biologischen Zellmodells

    Das zelluläre Modell der vorherigen Projekte soll hinsichtlich Form und Innenleben verfeinert werden, um beispielsweise Vergleiche mit Laborexperimenten zu ermöglichen. Schwerpunkte sind dabei:

    • Modellierung der Plasmamembran mit Freiformflächen, um Deformationen zu erlauben
    • Struktur und Layout der Mikrotubuli des Zellskeletts
    • Weitere Organellen, z.B. der Golgiapparat, das endoplasmatische Retikulum (ER) und die Mitochondrien
    • Integration in das bestehende Simulationsframework

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  • Visualization of Receptor Clustering on the Cellular Membrane (2011)

    Apoptosis, the programmed cell death, is initiated by two pathways, the extra-cellular and the mitochondrial pathway. In the extra-cellular pathway, the binding of ligands to death receptors on the cellular membrane leads to the activation of the pathway. We developed a mathematical model to simulate the stochastic process of receptor-ligand clustering. The in-silico results are visualized in CellVis by highlighting certain cluster properties supporting the model development by visual data analysis.

    Published at IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization (BioVis 2011).

    Receptors (green) and ligands (blue) in the 2D simulation domain Cluster are clearly separated by color coding Cluster visualization embedded into CellVis
  • Interactive Exploration of Protein Cavities (2011)

    Inside a protein, cavities can often be found close to the active center. Therefore, when analyzing a molecular
    dynamics simulation trajectory it is of great interest to find these cavities and determine if such a cavity opens
    up to the environment, making the binding site accessible to the surrounding substrate. Volume ray casting is used to compute the boundary of the protein in real-time. Then, a partial segmentation is applied to the volume to obtain the user-selected cavity.

    Published in Computer Graphics Forum (EuroVis 2011).

    The cavity is hardly visible without the visualized segmentation Segmentation of the cavity visualized
  • Visualization of Lagrangian Coherent Structures in Unsteady Flow (2010)

    Lagrangian coherent structures (LCS) separate regions of qualitatively different flow behavior. The LCS can be identified, as shown by Haller in 2001, as ridges (local maximizing curves or surfaces) in the finite-time Lyapunov exponent (FTLE). We introduce a twofold approach to visualizing pathlines in the context of to LCS generation: the selection of significant trajectories and their individual visualization.

    Published at International Symposium on Flow Visualization (ISFV14).

    Pathlines used for FTLE computation visualize a double-gyre Flow separation in a buoyant flow Flow behaviour leading to FTLE ridges
  • Visualizing Signal Concentrations (2010)

    An agent-based Monte Carlo simulation of a simplified Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) is used to compute the trajectories of discrete signaling proteins. In this project, we create a continuous visualization from discrete particles for better insight. The concentration as well as the signaling front become visible.

    Published at IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2010).
    Accompanying movie.

    Signal concentration of a virtual cell Signaling front evolving over time
  • CSB-Project A4 (Center Systems Biology) - Signal Transduction (2010)

    We developed two visualization techniques: a schematic cartoon-like representation and microscope-like images to allow comparison with wet lab experiments. Glyphs are used for interactive rendering of over 100,000 proteins and other cell structures. The data to be visualized is generated by a particle-based Monte Carlo simulation.

    Published at IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium 2009.

    Microscopic-like image for comparison with wet lab experiment Trajetory of a protein Schematic cell with closeup

    Diffusion of drug molecules into a tumor Transection of drug molecule diffusion
  • Panorama Maps with Non-linear Ray Tracing (2007)

    Non-linear Ray Tracing is used to generate panorama maps by minimizing occlusion. The viewing rays are deflected by the underlying terrain. Techniques of Berann, an Austrian cartograph, are employed in this work like progressive perspective, vertical exaggeration, and rotation and translation of features.

    Published at Graphite 2007.

    Skiing region of Kronplatz, Italy Panorama Map of Whistler, Canada Non-linear Effects in the Whistler Panorama
  • 3D Line Integral Convolution (2007)

    Our approach of view-dependent visualization tightly links the LIC generation with the volume rendering of the LIC result in order to avoid the computation of unnecessary LIC points. A range of illumination models is applied to the LIC streamlines: different codimension-2 lighting models as well as a novel gradient-based illumination model that relies on precomputed gradients and does not require any direct calculation of gradients after the LIC integral is evaluated. This 3D LIC method allows users to interactively explore 3D flow by means of high-quality, view-dependent, and adaptive LIC volume visualization.

    Published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2008.
    Accompanying material.

    Tornado Data Set: Oriented LIC Clipped Tornado Data Set Illumination based on Gradients Vortex Flow with highlighted
Lambda2-values
  • Real-Time Rendering of Planets with Atmospheres (2007)

    Blue Marble The Alps in the Morning
  • Flight over Marsian Surface (2005)

    Mars Valles Marineris, Mars

Lehre

Wintersemester 2010/11

Sommersemester 2010

Wintersemester 2009/10

Wintersemester 2008/09

Sommersemester 2008

Wintersemester 2007/08

Publikationen

2011

Interactive Exploration of Protein Cavities
Krone, Michael; Falk, Martin; Rehm, Sascha; Pleiss, Jürgen; Ertl, Thomas: Interactive Exploration of Protein Cavities. In: Computer Graphics Forum: Nr. 3 (2011), 673-682.
Modeling and Visualization of Receptor Clustering on the Cellular Membrane
Falk, Martin; Daub, Markus; Schneider, Guido; Ertl, Thomas: Modeling and Visualization of Receptor Clustering on the Cellular Membrane. In: IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization (BioVis 2011), 9-15, 2011.
Parallelized Agent-based Simulation on CPU and Graphics Hardware for Spatial and Stochastic Models in Biology
Falk, Martin; Klann, Michael; Ott, Michael; Koeppl, Heinz; Ertl, Thomas: Parallelized Agent-based Simulation on CPU and Graphics Hardware for Spatial and Stochastic Models in Biology. In: International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology (CMSB 2011), 73-82, 2011.

2010

Interactive Image-Space Volume Visualization for Dynamic Particle Simulations
Falk, Martin; Grottel, Sebastian; Ertl, Thomas: Interactive Image-Space Volume Visualization for Dynamic Particle Simulations. In: Proceedings of The Annual SIGRAD Conference, 35-43, 2010.
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3D Visualization of Concentrations from Stochastic Agent-based Signal Transduction Simulations
Falk, Martin; Klann, Michael; Reuss, Matthias; Ertl, Thomas: 3D Visualization of Concentrations from Stochastic Agent-based Signal Transduction Simulations. In: IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (ISBI '10), 1301-1304, 2010.
Trajectory-Augmented Visualization of Lagrangian Coherent Structures in Unsteady Flow
Falk, Martin; Seizinger, Alexander; Sadlo, Filip; Üffinger, Markus; Weiskopf, Daniel: Trajectory-Augmented Visualization of Lagrangian Coherent Structures in Unsteady Flow. In: International Symposium on Flow Visualization (ISFV14), 2010.
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2009

Visualization of Signal Transduction Processes in the Crowded Environment of the Cell
Falk, Martin; Klann, Michael; Reuss, Matthias; Ertl, Thomas: Visualization of Signal Transduction Processes in the Crowded Environment of the Cell. In: IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis 2009), 169-176, 2009.

2008

 
Falk, Martin; Weiskopf, Daniel: Output-Sensitive 3D Line Integral Convolution. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics: Nr. 4 (2008), 820-834.
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2007

Real-Time Rendering of Planets with Atmospheres
Schafhitzel, Tobias; Falk, Martin; Ertl, Thomas: Real-Time Rendering of Planets with Atmospheres. In: Journal of WSCG 2007: Nr. 1 (2007), 91-98.
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Panorama Maps with Non-linear Ray Tracing
Falk, Martin; Schafhitzel, Tobias; Weiskopf, Daniel; Ertl, Thomas: Panorama Maps with Non-linear Ray Tracing. In: International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (GRAPHITE 2007), 9-16, 2007.

2006

 
Weiskopf, Daniel; Borchers, Marc; Ertl, Thomas; Falk, Martin; Fechtig, Oliver; Frank, Regine; Grave, Frank; King, Andreas; Kraus, Ute; Müller, Thomas; Nollert, Hans-Peter; Rica Mendez, Isabel; Ruder, Hanns; Schafhitzel, Tobias; Schär, Sonja; Zahn, C.; Zatloukal, Michael: Explanatory and Illustrative Visualization of Special and General Relativity. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics: Nr. 4 (2006), 522-534.
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2005

Visualization in the Einstein Year 2005: A Case Study on Explanatory and Illustrative Visualization of Relativity and Astrophysics
Weiskopf, Daniel; Borchers, Marc; Ertl, Thomas; Falk, Martin; Fechtig, Oliver; Frank, Regine; Grave, Frank; King, Andreas; Kraus, Ute; Müller, Thomas; Nollert, Hans-Peter; Rica Mendez, Isabel; Ruder, Hanns; Schafhitzel, Tobias; Schär, Sonja; Zahn, Corvin; Zatloukal, Michael: Visualization in the Einstein Year 2005: A Case Study on Explanatory and Illustrative Visualization of Relativity and Astrophysics. In: Proceedings of IEEE Visualization '05, 583-590, 2005.