Authors
Lorenz Lamm, Simon Zufferey, Hanyi Zhang, Ricardo D Righetto, Florent Waltz, Wojciech Wietrzynski, Kevin A Yamauchi, Alister Burt, Ye Liu, Antonio Martinez-Sanchez, Sebastian Ziegler, Fabian Isensee, Julia A Schnabel, Benjamin D Engel, Tingying Peng
Published in
Nature methods. Sep 08, 2026. Epub Sep 08, 2026.
Abstract
Cryo-electron tomography provides unique insights into macromolecular complexes in their native environments, yet membrane analysis remains a major bottleneck due to low signal-to-noise ratios, missing wedge artifacts and the complexity of membrane-associated particles. Existing tools often require extensive manual annotation, struggle with generalization across datasets and lack integrated solutions for segmentation, particle localization and quantitative analysis. We introduce MemBrain v2, a deep-learning-enabled framework that unifies these tasks into a streamlined pipeline. MemBrain-seg leverages a diverse, collaboratively generated training dataset and specialized model training strategies to achieve generalizable membrane segmentation across variable tomographic conditions. MemBrain-pick enables data-efficient localization of membrane-bound particles by integrating geometric constraints with deep learning, reducing the need for extensive manual annotation. MemBrain-stats provides quantitative insights into particle distributions, computing spatial metrics to analyze intramembrane particle organization. MemBrain v2 integrates seamlessly into cryo-electron tomography workflows, providing an accessible and structured approach to membrane analysis.
PMID:
42711494
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