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Multi-task learning from multimodal single-cell omics with Matilda

Nucleic Acids Res. 2023 Mar 13:gkad157. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkad157. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

Multimodal single-cell omics technologies enable multiple molecular programs to be simultaneously profiled at a global scale in individual cells, creating opportunities to study biological systems at a resolution that was previously inaccessible. However, the analysis of multimodal single-cell omics data is challenging due to the lack of methods that can integrate across multiple data modalities generated from such technologies. Here, we present Matilda, a multi-task learning method for integrative analysis of multimodal single-cell omics data. By leveraging the interrelationship among tasks, Matilda learns to perform data simulation, dimension reduction, cell type classification, and feature selection in a single unified framework. We compare Matilda with other state-of-the-art methods on datasets generated from some of the most popular multimodal single-cell omics technologies. Our results demonstrate the utility of Matilda for addressing multiple key tasks on integrative multimodal single-cell omics data analysis. Matilda is implemented in Pytorch and is freely available from https://github.com/PYangLab/Matilda.

PMID:36912104 | DOI:10.1093/nar/gkad157

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