*Result*: AutoMorphoTrack: A modular framework for quantitative analysis of organelle morphology, motility, and interactions at single-cell resolution.

Title:
AutoMorphoTrack: A modular framework for quantitative analysis of organelle morphology, motility, and interactions at single-cell resolution.
Authors:
Bayati A; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.; Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA., Schumacher JG; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.; Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA., Chen X; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.; Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.
Source:
BioRxiv : the preprint server for biology [bioRxiv] 2026 Feb 02. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Feb 02.
Publication Type:
Journal Article; Preprint
Language:
English
Journal Info:
Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101680187 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2692-8205 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 26928205 NLM ISO Abbreviation: bioRxiv Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE
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Grant Information:
R01 NS102735 United States NS NINDS NIH HHS
Entry Date(s):
Date Created: 20260212 Date Completed: 20260224 Latest Revision: 20260226
Update Code:
20260226
PubMed Central ID:
PMC12889450
DOI:
10.1101/2025.07.19.665650
PMID:
41676503
Database:
MEDLINE

*Further Information*

*Quantitative imaging of organelle dynamics provides crucial insights into cellular function, state, and organization; however, existing analysis workflows often require advanced coding expertise and multiple software tools. AutoMorphoTrack is an open-source Python toolkit that automates organelle detection, morphology classification, motility tracking, and colocalization from multichannel fluorescence microscopy image stacks. The platform includes adaptive segmentation, organelle trajectory reconstruction, and pixel-level overlap quantification within a unified, reproducible framework that can be executed as an interactive Jupyter notebook, a modular Python package, or through AI-assisted natural-language commands. Each analysis step outputs publication-ready images, time-lapse videos, and standardized quantitative data tables. To complement the main pipeline, an accompanying script-AMTComparison.py-is provided to demonstrate how AutoMorphoTrack's outputs can be extended for comparative analysis across individual neurons or experimental conditions. Together, these tools provide an accessible and framework for high-content, reproducible quantification of subcellular morphology, motility, and interactions at single-cell resolution.*