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Production-ready single-cell and expression matrix analysis using scanpy, anndata, and scipy. Performs scRNA-seq QC, normalization, PCA, UMAP, Leiden/Louvain clustering, differential expression (Wilcoxon, t-test, DESeq2), cell type annotation, per-cell-type statistical analysis, gene-expression correlation, batch correction (Harmony), trajectory inference, and cell-cell communication analysis. NEW: Analyzes ligand-receptor interactions between cell types using OmniPath (CellPhoneDB, CellChatDB), scores communication strength, identifies signaling cascades, and handles multi-subunit receptor complexes. Integrates with ToolUniverse gene annotation tools (HPA, Ensembl, MyGene, UniProt) and enrichment tools (gseapy, PANTHER, STRING). Supports h5ad, 10X, CSV/TSV count matrices, and pre-annotated datasets. Use when analyzing single-cell RNA-seq data, studying cell-cell interactions, performing cell type differential expression, computing gene-expression correlations by cell type, analyzing tumor-immune communication, or answering questions about scRNA-seq datasets.
npx skill4agent add mims-harvard/tooluniverse tooluniverse-single-celltooluniverse-rnaseq-deseq2tooluniverse-gene-enrichmenttooluniverse-variant-analysisimport scanpy as sc, anndata as ad, pandas as pd, numpy as np
from scipy import stats
from scipy.cluster.hierarchy import linkage, fcluster
from sklearn.decomposition import PCA
from statsmodels.stats.multitest import multipletests
import gseapy as gp # enrichment
import harmonypy # batch correction (optional)pip install scanpy anndata leidenalg umap-learn harmonypy gseapy pandas numpy scipy scikit-learn statsmodelsSTART: User question about scRNA-seq data
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+-- FULL PIPELINE (raw counts -> annotated clusters)
| Workflow: QC -> Normalize -> HVG -> PCA -> Cluster -> Annotate -> DE
| See: references/scanpy_workflow.md
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+-- DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION (per-cell-type comparison)
| Most common BixBench pattern (bix-33)
| See: analysis_patterns.md "Pattern 1"
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+-- CORRELATION ANALYSIS (gene property vs expression)
| Pattern: Gene length vs expression (bix-22)
| See: analysis_patterns.md "Pattern 2"
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+-- CLUSTERING & PCA (expression matrix analysis)
| See: references/clustering_guide.md
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+-- CELL COMMUNICATION (ligand-receptor interactions)
| See: references/cell_communication.md
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+-- TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS (pseudotime)
See: references/trajectory_analysis.mdsc.read_h5ad()sc.read_10x_mtx()sc.read_10x_h5()pd.read_csv()adata = sc.read_h5ad("data.h5ad") # h5ad already oriented
# CSV/TSV: check orientation
df = pd.read_csv("counts.csv", index_col=0)
if df.shape[0] > df.shape[1] * 5: # genes > samples by 5x => transpose
df = df.T
adata = ad.AnnData(df)
# Load metadata
meta = pd.read_csv("metadata.csv", index_col=0)
common = adata.obs_names.intersection(meta.index)
adata = adata[common].copy()
for col in meta.columns:
adata.obs[col] = meta.loc[common, col]adata.var['mt'] = adata.var_names.str.startswith(('MT-', 'mt-'))
sc.pp.calculate_qc_metrics(adata, qc_vars=['mt'], inplace=True)
sc.pp.filter_cells(adata, min_genes=200)
adata = adata[adata.obs['pct_counts_mt'] < 20].copy()
sc.pp.filter_genes(adata, min_cells=3)import scanpy as sc
adata = sc.read_10x_h5("filtered_feature_bc_matrix.h5")
# QC
adata.var['mt'] = adata.var_names.str.startswith('MT-')
sc.pp.calculate_qc_metrics(adata, qc_vars=['mt'], inplace=True)
adata = adata[adata.obs['pct_counts_mt'] < 20].copy()
sc.pp.filter_cells(adata, min_genes=200)
sc.pp.filter_genes(adata, min_cells=3)
# Normalize + HVG + PCA
sc.pp.normalize_total(adata, target_sum=1e4)
sc.pp.log1p(adata)
adata.raw = adata.copy()
sc.pp.highly_variable_genes(adata, n_top_genes=2000)
sc.tl.pca(adata, n_comps=50)
# Cluster + UMAP
sc.pp.neighbors(adata, n_pcs=30)
sc.tl.leiden(adata, resolution=0.5)
sc.tl.umap(adata)
# Find markers + Annotate + Per-cell-type DE
sc.tl.rank_genes_groups(adata, groupby='leiden', method='wilcoxon')Single-Cell DE (many cells per condition):
Use: sc.tl.rank_genes_groups(), methods: wilcoxon, t-test, logreg
Best for: Per-cell-type DE, marker gene finding
Pseudo-Bulk DE (aggregate counts by sample):
Use: DESeq2 via PyDESeq2
Best for: Sample-level comparisons with replicates
Statistical Tests Only:
Use: scipy.stats (ttest_ind, f_oneway, pearsonr)
Best for: Correlation, ANOVA, t-tests on summariesfrom scipy import stats
from statsmodels.stats.multitest import multipletests
# Pearson/Spearman correlation
r, p = stats.pearsonr(gene_lengths, mean_expression)
# Welch's t-test
t_stat, p_val = stats.ttest_ind(group1, group2, equal_var=False)
# ANOVA
f_stat, p_val = stats.f_oneway(group1, group2, group3)
# Multiple testing correction (BH)
reject, pvals_adj, _, _ = multipletests(pvals, method='fdr_bh')import harmonypy
sc.tl.pca(adata, n_comps=50)
ho = harmonypy.run_harmony(adata.obsm['X_pca'][:, :30], adata.obs, 'batch', random_state=0)
adata.obsm['X_pca_harmony'] = ho.Z_corr.T
sc.pp.neighbors(adata, use_rep='X_pca_harmony')
sc.tl.leiden(adata, resolution=0.5)
sc.tl.umap(adata)| Operation | Seurat (R) | Scanpy (Python) |
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| Load data | | |
| Normalize | | |
| Find HVGs | | |
| PCA | | |
| Cluster | | |
| UMAP | | |
| Find markers | | |
| Batch correction | | |
| Issue | Solution |
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| Sparse matrix errors | |
| Wrong matrix orientation | More genes than samples? Transpose |
| NaN in correlation | Filter: |
| Too few cells for DE | Need >= 3 cells per condition per cell type |
| Memory error | Use |