This repository contains the code that accompanies our paper, Assessing the limits of zero-shot foundation models in single-cell biology. You can find the preprint of the paper here.
In this project, we assess two proposed foundation models in the context of single-cell RNA-seq: Geneformer (pub, code) and scGPT (pub, code). We focus on evaluating the zero-shot capabilities of these models, specifically their ability to generalize beyond their original training objectives. Our evaluation targets two main tasks: cell type clustering and batch integration. In these tasks, we compare the performance of Geneformer and scGPT against two baselines: scVI (pub, code) and a heuristic method that selects highly variable genes (HVGs). We also investigate the performence of the models in reconstructing the gene expression profiles of cells, and compare it against the baselines - such as a mean expression value or average ranking.
Currently the code requires the GPUs supported by flash attention, required for scGPT to run.
GPUs supported by flash attention are:
- Ampere, Ada, or Hopper GPUs (e.g., A100, RTX 3090, RTX 4090, H100).
- Turing GPUs (T4, RTX 2080)
Packages version
This code has been tested with the following versions of the packages:
- Python - tested with
3.9 - PyTorch - tested with -
1.13 - CUDA - tested with
11.7 - FlashAttention - depends on
v1.0.4 - scGPT - depends on
v0.1.6 - Geneformer - depends on commit
5d0082c - scIB - tested with
v1.0.4 - sc_foundation_evals
v0.1.0
Below you can find the instructions on how to install the dependencies for this project. We provide two options: using conda/mamba or using Docker.
Conda / Mamba
You can install the dependencies using conda. To do so, you need to have conda installed on your machine. If you don't have it, you can install it from here.
We recommend using mamba, since it is faster in our experience. You can install mamba following the guide here.
To simplify installation, we provide the installation script that creates a new conda environment with all the dependencies installed. You can run the following command to create the environment:
bash envs/installation.shIf the installation is successful, you will see the following message:
2024-08-22 19:49:26 SUCCESS: All packages installed successfully.And you can activate the environment by running:
conda activate sc_foundation_evalsDocker
The docker image is available on DockerHub here. You can pull the image by running:
docker pull kzkedzierska/sc_foundation_evalsThe image is based on the cnstark/pytorch:1.13.0-py3.9.12-cuda11.7.1-ubuntu20.04 image, and has all the dependencies installed. The Dockerfile used to build the image can be found in the envs/docker directory.
You can also skip pulling the image since docker will pull it if needed. To run the interactive session with the image, you can use the following command:
docker run --gpus all -it kzkedzierska/sc_foundation_evalsIf you want to be able to run the notebooks, run the image with the following tag:
docker run --gpus all -it --rm -p 8888:8888 -v ./:/workspace kzkedzierska/sc_foundation_evals:latest_notebookAnd open the link provided in the terminal in your browser. It should look like this:
[I 2024-08-23 22:15:13.015 ServerApp] Serving notebooks from local directory: /workspace
[I 2024-08-23 22:15:13.015 ServerApp] Jupyter Server 2.14.2 is running at:
[I 2024-08-23 22:15:13.015 ServerApp] http://localhost:8888/tree
[I 2024-08-23 22:15:13.015 ServerApp] http://127.0.0.1:8888/treeFor running the command on the server, consult the documentation of the server provider on how to forward the ports properly.
To run notebooks you also need to have the weights of the models downloaded. scGPT weights are avaialble here and Geneformer weights are available in its repository. As per the instructions in the Geneformer repository, make sure you have git lfs installed before downloading the weights via repository cloning.
To run the code, you need to clone this repository.
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/zero-shot-scfoundationAnd download and unpack the data, stored at figshare (see here for more details).
cd zero-shot-scfoundation
# download and unpack the data
wget https://figshare.com/ndownloader/files/43480497 -O data.zip
unzip data.zip && rm data.zipTo best understand the code and it's organization, please have a look at the notebooks. The notebooks directory currently contains the following notebooks:
- scGPT_zero_shot - notebook for running scGPT zero-shot evaluation
- Geneformer_zero_shot - notebook for running Geneformer zero-shot evaluation
- Baselines_HVG_and_scVI - notebook for running the baselines used in the paper, i.e. HVG and scVI.
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