Nature MethodsPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-06-16DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02719-x
Bo Wen, Jack Freestone, Michael Riffle, Michael J MacCoss, William S Noble, Uri Keich
{"title":"Assessment of false discovery rate control in tandem mass spectrometry analysis using entrapment.","authors":"Bo Wen, Jack Freestone, Michael Riffle, Michael J MacCoss, William S Noble, Uri Keich","doi":"10.1038/s41592-025-02719-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41592-025-02719-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A critical challenge in mass spectrometry proteomics is accurately assessing error control, especially given that software tools employ distinct methods for reporting errors. Many tools are closed-source and poorly documented, leading to inconsistent validation strategies. Here we identify three prevalent methods for validating false discovery rate (FDR) control: one invalid, one providing only a lower bound, and one valid but under-powered. The result is that the proteomics community has limited insight into actual FDR control effectiveness, especially for data-independent acquisition (DIA) analyses. We propose a theoretical framework for entrapment experiments, allowing us to rigorously characterize different approaches. Moreover, we introduce a more powerful evaluation method and apply it alongside existing techniques to assess existing tools. We first validate our analysis in the better-understood data-dependent acquisition setup, and then, we analyze DIA data, where we find that no DIA search tool consistently controls the FDR, with particularly poor performance on single-cell datasets.</p>","PeriodicalId":18981,"journal":{"name":"Nature Methods","volume":" ","pages":"1454-1463"},"PeriodicalIF":36.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12240826/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MethodsPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-05-01DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02659-6
Amir Banari, Amit K Samanta, Anna Munke, Tim Laugks, Saša Bajt, Kay Grünewald, Thomas C Marlovits, Jochen Küpper, Filipe R N C Maia, Henry N Chapman, Dominik Oberthür, Carolin Seuring
{"title":"Advancing time-resolved structural biology: latest strategies in cryo-EM and X-ray crystallography.","authors":"Amir Banari, Amit K Samanta, Anna Munke, Tim Laugks, Saša Bajt, Kay Grünewald, Thomas C Marlovits, Jochen Küpper, Filipe R N C Maia, Henry N Chapman, Dominik Oberthür, Carolin Seuring","doi":"10.1038/s41592-025-02659-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41592-025-02659-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Structural biology offers a window into the functionality of molecular machines in health and disease. A fundamental challenge lies in capturing both the high-resolution structural details and dynamic changes that are essential for function. The high-resolution methods of X-ray crystallography and electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) are mainly used to study ensembles of static conformations but can also capture crucial dynamic transition states. Here, we review the latest strategies and advancements in time-resolved structural biology with a focus on capturing dynamic changes. We describe recent technology developments for time-resolved sample preparation and delivery in the cryo-EM and X-ray fields and explore how these technologies could mutually benefit each other to advance our understanding of biology at the molecular and atomic scales.</p>","PeriodicalId":18981,"journal":{"name":"Nature Methods","volume":" ","pages":"1420-1435"},"PeriodicalIF":36.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144028884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MethodsPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-05-28DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02708-0
Hillary Elrick, Carolin M Sauer, Jose Espejo Valle-Inclan, Katherine Trevers, Melanie Tanguy, Sonia Zumalave, Solange De Noon, Francesc Muyas, Rita Cascão, Angela Afonso, Alistair G Rust, Fernanda Amary, Roberto Tirabosco, Adam Giess, Timothy Freeman, Alona Sosinsky, Katherine Piculell, David T Miller, Claudia C Faria, Greg Elgar, Adrienne M Flanagan, Isidro Cortes-Ciriano
{"title":"SAVANA: reliable analysis of somatic structural variants and copy number aberrations using long-read sequencing.","authors":"Hillary Elrick, Carolin M Sauer, Jose Espejo Valle-Inclan, Katherine Trevers, Melanie Tanguy, Sonia Zumalave, Solange De Noon, Francesc Muyas, Rita Cascão, Angela Afonso, Alistair G Rust, Fernanda Amary, Roberto Tirabosco, Adam Giess, Timothy Freeman, Alona Sosinsky, Katherine Piculell, David T Miller, Claudia C Faria, Greg Elgar, Adrienne M Flanagan, Isidro Cortes-Ciriano","doi":"10.1038/s41592-025-02708-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41592-025-02708-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Accurate detection of somatic structural variants (SVs) and somatic copy number aberrations (SCNAs) is critical to study the mutational processes underpinning cancer evolution. Here we describe SAVANA, an algorithm designed to detect somatic SVs and SCNAs at single-haplotype resolution and estimate tumor purity and ploidy using long-read sequencing data with or without a germline control sample. We also establish best practices for benchmarking SV detection algorithms across the entire genome in a data-driven manner using replication and read-backed phasing analysis. Through the analysis of matched Illumina and nanopore whole-genome sequencing data for 99 human tumor-normal pairs, we show that SAVANA has significantly higher sensitivity and 13- and 82-times-higher specificity than the second and third-best performing algorithms. Moreover, SVs reported by SAVANA are highly consistent with those detected using short-read sequencing. In summary, SAVANA enables the application of long-read sequencing to detect SVs and SCNAs reliably.</p>","PeriodicalId":18981,"journal":{"name":"Nature Methods","volume":" ","pages":"1436-1446"},"PeriodicalIF":36.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12240814/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144174108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MethodsPub Date : 2025-06-27DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02731-1
John S H Danial
{"title":"Super-resolution microscopy for structural biology.","authors":"John S H Danial","doi":"10.1038/s41592-025-02731-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-025-02731-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Super-resolution microscopy (SRM) has revolutionized biological imaging, enabling the visualization of biological structures at molecular resolution. However, the diversity of SRM techniques, each operating through different mechanisms, combined with the lack of a clear consensus on the definition of resolution, has hindered the biological community from fully recognizing SRM's contribution to structural biology. I propose a framework for defining, measuring and reporting resolution in SRM. Within this framework, I examine the capabilities of state-of-the-art methods that can achieve 'ångström-scale resolution' and clarify the level of structural detail users can expect to observe. Finally, drawing from recent advancements, I explore pathways to extend SRM towards live structural imaging.</p>","PeriodicalId":18981,"journal":{"name":"Nature Methods","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144512178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MethodsPub Date : 2025-06-16DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02686-3
Maísa Mota Antunes, André Gustavo Oliveira, Cristina Maria de Paula, Teng-Leong Chew, Heitor A Paula-Neto, Gustavo B Menezes
{"title":"Bioimaging Brasil: democratizing in vivo optical microscopy to drive scientific progress across a vast nation.","authors":"Maísa Mota Antunes, André Gustavo Oliveira, Cristina Maria de Paula, Teng-Leong Chew, Heitor A Paula-Neto, Gustavo B Menezes","doi":"10.1038/s41592-025-02686-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-025-02686-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18981,"journal":{"name":"Nature Methods","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MethodsPub Date : 2025-06-01DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02699-y
Daniel Franco-Barranco, Jesús A Andrés-San Román, Ivan Hidalgo-Cenalmor, Lenka Backová, Aitor González-Marfil, Clément Caporal, Anatole Chessel, Pedro Gómez-Gálvez, Luis M Escudero, Donglai Wei, Arrate Muñoz-Barrutia, Ignacio Arganda-Carreras
{"title":"BiaPy: accessible deep learning on bioimages.","authors":"Daniel Franco-Barranco, Jesús A Andrés-San Román, Ivan Hidalgo-Cenalmor, Lenka Backová, Aitor González-Marfil, Clément Caporal, Anatole Chessel, Pedro Gómez-Gálvez, Luis M Escudero, Donglai Wei, Arrate Muñoz-Barrutia, Ignacio Arganda-Carreras","doi":"10.1038/s41592-025-02699-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41592-025-02699-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18981,"journal":{"name":"Nature Methods","volume":" ","pages":"1124-1126"},"PeriodicalIF":36.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143973045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MethodsPub Date : 2025-06-01DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02691-6
{"title":"Super-resolution imaging technique for precision in vivo neuronal activity mapping.","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41592-025-02691-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41592-025-02691-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18981,"journal":{"name":"Nature Methods","volume":" ","pages":"1152-1153"},"PeriodicalIF":36.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144151320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}