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ArticleAdvances in neural information processing systems2022

Manifold Interpolating Optimal-Transport Flows for Trajectory Inference.

Guillaume Huguet, D S Magruder, Alexander Tong, Oluwadamilola Fasina, Manik Kuchroo, Guy Wolf, Smita Krishnaswamy

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Article in Advances in neural information processing systems, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guillaume HuguetUniversité de Montréal; Mila - Quebec AI Institute.
D S MagruderYale University.
Alexander TongUniversité de Montréal; Mila - Quebec AI Institute.
Oluwadamilola FasinaYale University.
Manik KuchrooYale University.
Guy WolfUniversité de Montréal; Mila - Quebec AI Institute.
Smita KrishnaswamyYale University.
Yale University · US

Funding

Deciphering the regulatory code that specifies different cell fates in development using single cell genomicsR01HD100035 · NICHD · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI GIRALDEZ, ANTONIO J, KRISHNASWAMY, SMITA · 2020 to 2024
$2.8M
Deciphering Genetic and Epigenetic Regulatory Logic of Germ Layer Differentiation with Manifold LearningR01GM130847 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KRISHNASWAMY, SMITA · 2019 to 2023
$2.0M
Finding emergent structure in multi-sample biological data with the dual geometry of cells and features R01GM135929 · NIGMS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BROWN, EDWARD · 2019 to 2022
$1.4M
Uncovering the dynamics and regulatory logic of cell fate specification in cerebral organoid dataR01NS139561 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Natalia B Ivanova, Smita Krishnaswamy · 2025 to 2026
$1.2M
Characterizing Shared Features of Innate Immune Cells across Neurodegenerative Diseases using Single Cell Expression and Chromatin Accessibility DataF30AI157270 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KUCHROO, MANIK · 2021 to 2022
$44k
NIAID NIH HHS F30 AI157270NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD100035NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM130847NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM135929NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS139561
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a method called Manifold Interpolating Optimal-Transport Flow (MIOFlow) that learns stochastic, continuous population dynamics from static snapshot samples taken at sporadic timepoints. MIOFlow combines dynamic models, manifold learning, and optimal transport by training neural ordinary differential equations (Neural ODE) to interpolate between static population snapshots as penalized by optimal transport with manifold ground distance. Further, we ensure that the flow follows the geometry by operating in the latent space of an autoencoder that we call a geodesic autoencoder (GAE). In GAE the latent space distance between points is regularized to match a novel multiscale geodesic distance on the data manifold that we define. We show that this method is superior to normalizing flows, Schrödinger bridges and other generative models that are designed to flow from noise to data in terms of interpolating between populations. Theoretically, we link these trajectories with dynamic optimal transport. We evaluate our method on simulated data with bifurcations and merges, as well as scRNA-seq data from embryoid body differentiation, and acute myeloid leukemia treatment.

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PMID37397786
PMCPMC10312391
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