README.md

# BioEM:  Bayesian inference of Electron Microscopy
# PRE-ALPHA VERSION: June, 2016


## Contributors

Pilar Cossio, David Rohr, Fabio Baruffa, Markus Rampp, Volker Lindenstruth and Gerhard Hummer

## References

* [Cossio, P and Hummer, G. J Struct Biol. 2013 Dec;184(3):427-37. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.10.006.](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24161733)

* Cossio, P., Rohr, D., Baruffa, F., Rampp, M., Lindenstruth, V. and Hummer, G. "BioEM: GPU-accelerated computing of Bayesian inference of electron microscopy images" (in preparation)

## Description

The BioEM code calculates the posterior probability of a structural model given multiple experimental EM images.
The posterior is calculated by solving a multidimensional integral over many nuisance parameters that account for
the experimental factors in the image formation, such as molecular orientation and interference effects.
The BioEM software computes this integral via numerical grid sampling over a portable CPU/GPU computing platform.
By comparing the BioEM posterior probabilities it is possible to discriminate and rank structural models, allowing to characterize
the variability and dynamics of the biological system.

See the BioEM_Maunal.pdf for a detailed description of the BioEM software.

### Command line input & help is found by just running the compiled executable ./bioEM

      ++++++++++++ FROM COMMAND LINE +++++++++++

	Command line inputs:
	  --Modelfile arg       (Mandatory) Name of model file
	  --Particlesfile arg   if BioEM (Mandatory) Name of particle-image file
	  --Inputfile arg       if BioEM (Mandatory) Name of input parameter file
	  --PrintBestCalMap arg (Optional) Only print best calculated map. NO BioEM (!)
	  --ReadOrientation arg (Optional) Read file name containing orientations
	  --ReadPDB             (Optional) If reading model file in PDB format
	  --ReadMRC             (Optional) If reading particle file in MRC format
	  --ReadMultipleMRC     (Optional) If reading Multiple MRCs
	  --DumpMaps            (Optional) Dump maps after they were read from 
	                        particle-image file
	  --LoadMapDump         (Optional) Read Maps from dump option
	  --OutputFile arg      (Optional) For changing the outputfile name
	  --help                (Optional) Produce help message

Details for the inputfiles and formats are provided in chapters 1 and 2 of the BioEM_Manual.pdf.

### Output

* Main output file with, default name "Output_Probabilities", provides the posterior probability for each image, as well as the paramters that give a maximum value of the posterior:
     
     RefMap #(number Particle Map) Probability  #(log(P))
     
     RefMap #(number Particle Map) Maximizing Param: #(Euler Angles) #(PSF parameters) #(center displacement)

     **Important: It is recommended to compare log(P) with respect to other Models or to Noise as in [1].

* (Optional) Write the posterior probabilities as a function of the orientations (key word: WRITE_PROB_ANGLES in InputFile, see BioEM_Manual.pdf).

### Tutorial
 
A directory with example EM particles, models, and input files are provided in the Tutorial_BioEM directory. 
The tutorial is described in chapter 4 of the BioEM_Manual.pdf 


### Installation

To build and install bioEM a cmake procedure is used, for example:

```
#clone the repository
git clone ...
cd BioEM
#build the code (CPU version)
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make VERBOSE=1
```

Dependencies and software requirements:

* Compiler: a modern C++ compiler which is OpenMP compliant
              and (optionally) complies with CUDAs nvcc
              (tested with Intel icpc 12-16, GCC 4.7-5.1)
    -> adapt the name of the compiler using ccmake 

    for free software see: https://gcc.gnu.org/

* MPI: the Message Passing Standard library
         (tested with Intel MPI 4.1-5.1, IBM PE 1.3-1.4)
    -> adapt the names of the MPI compiler wrappers using ccmake 

    for free software see: http://www.open-mpi.de/
          
* FFTW: a serial but fully thread-safe fftw3 installation or equivalent (tested with fftw 3.3)
     -> point environment variable $FFTW_ROOT to a FFTW3 installation or use ccmake to specify

    for free software see: http://www.fftw.org 

* BOOST

    for free software see: http://www.boost.org/

* CUDA (required to build and run the GPU version) 

    for free software see: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads

For details on the installation chapter 1 of the BioEM_Manual.pdf. 


### Performance Variables

The BioEM performance variables enhance or modify the code's computational performance without modifying the numerical results.
They should be tuned for the specific computing node characteristics where bioEM is executed, e.g., select the number of GPUs to use, OpenMP 
threads etc. These are passed via environment variables. See chapter 3 of the BioEM_Manual.pdf for a detailed description.

### License 

The BioEM program is a free software, under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License. 
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty.  See License.txt for more details.