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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

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

Armin Bayati, Jackson G Schumacher, Xiqun Chen

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Armin BayatiDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5960-0479
Jackson G SchumacherDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-4227-4710
Xiqun ChenDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8582-8891

Funding

MC1R Basis of Melanoma-Parkinson's Link and Neuroprotective Potential of MC1RR01NS102735 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CHEN, XIQUN · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS102735
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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PMCPMC12889450

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