Bioimage ANalysis Desktop Usage

Step-by-Step Protocol for Using Bioimage ANalysis Desktop

1. Create an account:

• Register using your Google account.

2. Launch a Desktop:

• Once registration is complete, you will see the main page with three sections: 

• Desktop configurations

• Running desktops

• Usage history

• In Desktop configurations, specify the value for each of the following parameters: 

• No. of CPUs

• Memory(gb)

• No. of GPUs

• Resolution

• Time(days)

• In running desktops, click “Go to desktop” to open your virtual desktop. 

3. Access Remote Data from BAND desktops(Connecting Google drive via Rclone): 

• Before mounting your Google drive, you must create a mount point (a folder) in your home directory.

• Start the Rclone client from: Applications > Data Access > RCLONE GUI. A page will open in your web browser. 

• Click “Remotes” in the top menu, then click “Add new remote”.

• Give the new remote a name and select ‘Google drive’ as the type. Click the blue ‘Create Remote’ button.

• A browser window will open for Google authentication. Once completed, you will see a “Success” message.

• Go back to the Rclone GUI to connect to Google drive. 

• Click “Mount” in the top menu, then click “New mount”.

• In “Remote”, select the remote you just created.

• Under “Mount point”, enter the folder path you created in your home directory.

• Click the blue “Create mount” button.

• You should see the contents of your Google drive in the folder you specified as the mount point. 

4. Applications available in BAND:

• The Applications menu includes several software categories, including: 

• Image Analysis: specific tools for analyzing biological images.

• AreTomo3

• Blender

• CellProfiler 3

• CellProfiler 4.2.8.1

• ChimeraX

• DeepLabCut [GUI]

• Fiji

• ilastik

• IMOD

• JIPipe

• MemBrain-seg

• microSAM

• Napari

• PlantSeg

• QuPath

• TissUUmaps

• Programming: development environments and coding tools.

• JupyterLab

• KNIME

• Matlab R2026a

• MIB3

• RStudio