Single2Spatial spatial mapping
Overview
Apply this skill when converting single-cell references into spatially resolved profiles. It follows t_single2spatial.ipynb, demonstrating how Single2Spatial trains on PDAC scRNA-seq and Visium data, reconstructs spot-level proportions, and visualises marker expression.
Instructions
- Import dependencies and style
- Load omicverse as ov, scanpy as sc, anndata, pandas as pd, numpy as np, and matplotlib.pyplot as plt. - Call ov.utils.ov_plot_set() (or ov.plot_set() in older versions) to align plots with omicverse styling.
- Load single-cell and spatial datasets
- Read processed matrices with pd.read_csv(...) then create AnnData objects (anndata.AnnData(raw_df.T)). - Attach metadata: single_data.obs = pd.read_csv(...)[['Cell_type']] and spatial_data.obs = pd.read_csv(...) containing coordinates and slide metadata.
- Initialise Single2Spatial
- Instantiate ov.bulk2single.Single2Spatial(single_data=single_data, spatial_data=spatial_data, celltype_key='Cell_type', spot_key=['xcoord','ycoord'], gpu=0). - Note that inputs should be normalised/log-scaled scRNA-seq matrices; ensure spot_key matches spatial coordinate columns.
- Train the deep-forest model
- Execute st_model.train(spot_num=500, cell_num=10, df_save_dir='...', df_save_name='pdac_df', k=10, num_epochs=1000, batch_size=1000, predicted_size=32) to fit the mapper and generate reconstructed spatial AnnData (sp_adata). - Explain that spot_num defines sampled pseudo-spots per iteration and cell_num controls per-spot cell draws.
- Load pretrained weights
- Use st_model.load(modelsize=14478, df_load_dir='.../pdac_df.pth', k=10, predicted_size=32) when checkpoints already exist to skip training.
- Assess spot-level outputs
- Call st_model.spot_assess() to compute aggregated spot AnnData (sp_adata_spot) for QC. - Plot marker genes with sc.pl.embedding(sp_adata, basis='X_spatial', color=['REG1A', 'CLDN1',...], frameon=False, ncols=4).
- Visualise proportions and cell-type maps
- Use sc.pl.embedding(sp_adata_spot, basis='X_spatial', color=['Acinar cells',...], frameon=False) to highlight per-spot cell fractions. - Plot sp_adata coloured by Cell_type with palette=ov.utils.ov_palette()[11:] to show reconstructed assignments.
- Export results
- Encourage saving generated AnnData objects (sp_adata.write_h5ad(...), sp_adata_spot.write_h5ad(...)) and derived CSV summaries for downstream reporting.
- Defensive validation
# Before Single2Spatial: verify spatial coordinates exist for col in spot_key: assert col in spatial_data.obs.columns, f"Spatial coordinate column '{col}' not found in spatial_data.obs" # Verify scRNA-seq is log-normalized (max should be <~15, not hundreds/thousands) if single_data.X.max() > 50: print("WARNING: scRNA-seq data may not be log-normalized. Raw counts cause scale mismatches.") # Verify cell type column exists assert celltype_key in single_data.obs.columns, f"Cell type column '{celltype_key}' not found" - Troubleshooting tips
- If training diverges, reduce
learning_ratevia keyword arguments or decreasepredicted_sizeto stabilise the forest. - Ensure scRNA-seq inputs are log-normalised; raw counts can lead to scale mismatches and poor spatial predictions.
- Verify GPU availability when
gpuis non-zero; fallback to CPU by omitting the argument or settinggpu=-1.
Examples
- "Train Single2Spatial on PDAC scRNA-seq and Visium slides, then visualise REG1A and CLDN1 spatial expression."
- "Load a saved Single2Spatial checkpoint to regenerate spot-level cell-type proportions for reporting."
- "Plot reconstructed cell-type maps with omicverse palettes to compare against histology."
References
- Tutorial notebook:
t_single2spatial.ipynb - Example datasets and models:
omicverse_guide/docs/Tutorials-bulk2single/data/pdac/ - Quick copy/paste commands:
reference.md