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An open source physics-based cell simulator
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PhysiCell aims to provide a robust, scalable code for simulating large systems of cells in 3-D tissues on standard desktop computers.
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Python Loader
The newest tool for PhysiCell provides an easy way to load your PhysiCell output data into python for analysis. This builds upon previous work on … read more
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PhysiCell was published after extensive peer review in PLoS Computational Biology. Please cite:
[1] A. Ghaffarizadeh, R. Heiland, S.H. Friedman, S.M. Mumenthaler, and P. Macklin, PhysiCell: an open source physics-based cell simulator for 3-D multicellular systems, PLoS Comput. Biol. 14(2): e1005991, 2018. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005991.
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“We wrote PhysiCell to empower modelers to do new and bigger science. I can’t wait to see what the community builds!”
Paul Macklin, Math Cancer Lab