SAMBA
SAMBA (SAM2 for Behavioural Analysis) is a user-friendly analysis pipeline for analysing locomotion patterns in model organisms, particualrly Drosophila melanogaster larvae.
Getting started
Save a copy of SAMBA to a Google Drive account. Upload video files (.mp4, .mov, .avi, .mkv) to be analysed to the same Google Drive account. Folder directories will be generated automatically during the set-up process. The analysis output data will also be written to Google Drive.
Sample videos
Short 10s sample videos (in the sample_videos folder) are included in this repository to test run SAMBA for yourself.
Where to put them: After Step 2.2, Set Main Directory is run for the first time, upload videos to the data folder at your specified directory in Google Drive.
Please cite Mele et al., 2026. Disease Models & Mechanisms. See the publications page for the full citation and DOI.
