TOWARD BAYESIAN INFERENCE OF THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF PROTEINS FROM THREE-CUBE FÖRSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER DATA.

Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a quantum-physical phenomenon where energy may be transferred from one molecule to a neighbor molecule if the molecules are close enough. Using fluorophore molecule marking of proteins in a cell, it is possible to measure in microscopic images to what extent FRET takes place between the fluorophores. This provides indirect information of the spatial distribution of the proteins.