ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026
Membrane Kymograph Generator: A cross-platform GUI software for automated generation and analysis of kymographs along dynamic cell boundaries.
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Summary: The plasma membrane and accompanying cortex serve as one of the major hubs of the signal transduction and cytoskeletal activities that collectively regulate numerous cell physiological processes such as migration, polarity, macropinocytosis, phagocytosis, cytokinesis, etc. Yet, dynamically tracking membrane-cortex associated protein or lipid kinetics over time from live-cell image series remains a challenging task, primarily due to the difficulty of accurately extracting and aligning the cell boundary between consecutive frames, as the cell continuously deforms and moves. Here, we present Availability and Implementation: Membrane Kymograph Generator is a free and open-source software, licensed under GNU General Public License 3.0 or later. This software is cross-platform: It can be graphically installed on both x86-64 and AArch64/ARM64 computers, running either Windows, macOS, or any standard Linux distribution. The software is distributed as single installer files (and portable executables) targeting specific hardware architectures and operating systems, and hence, it can be installed natively without any dependency resolution. The source code, detailed documentation, specific installers, portable binaries, and test data are freely available at https://github.com/tatsatb/membrane-kymograph-generator. Additionally, since the software is written in Python, it can also be installed inside any Python environment using PIP package manager (package ID: https://pypi.org/project/membrane-kymograph) and can also be interacted via a built-in Python API.
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