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ArticleNature genetics2026

Scalable, generalizable and uncertainty-aware integration of spatial multiomics across diverse modalities and platforms with SCIGMA.

Seowon Chang, Alexander Fleischmann, Ying Ma

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Article in Nature genetics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Seowon ChangCenter for Computational Molecular Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Alexander FleischmannDepartment of Neuroscience and Carney Institute for Brain Science, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7956-9096
Ying MaCenter for Computational Molecular Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. ying_ma@brown.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3791-7018

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Integrative Computational Models for Decoding Disease Mechanisms and Predicting Drug Synergies in Spatial TranscriptomicsR35GM160372 · NIGMS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI Ying Ma · 2025 to 2026
$847k
National Science Foundation (NSF) DBI-2526948U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R35GM160372
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Abstract

Recent advances in spatial omics technologies have enabled simultaneous profiling of transcriptomic, proteomic, epigenomic, metabolomic and imaging data at high spatial resolution, offering unprecedented opportunities to dissect tissue complexity. However, integrating these diverse and large-scale spatial multimodal datasets remains a major computational challenge. We present SCIGMA, a scalable and generalizable deep learning framework for spatial multiomics integration. SCIGMA introduces an uncertainty-aware contrastive learning objective and multiview graph neural networks to preserve modality-specific signals while learning biologically meaningful joint representations. Unlike previous methods, SCIGMA provides spatially resolved uncertainty estimates, interpretably identifying regions of biological or technical heterogeneity. SCIGMA supports integration of up to five modalities, and its modular framework is extensible to future technologies with even more modalities. It also scales to more than 1 million spatial locations, enabling analysis of high-resolution datasets such as Visium HD and Xenium Prime. We evaluated SCIGMA across 19 datasets spanning 8 modalities, 10 tissues and 9 platforms. On benchmarkable datasets, SCIGMA outperformed other methods in spatial domain detection, modality preservation, feature reconstruction and reproducibility. SCIGMA identifies biologically meaningful structures, refined spatial domains and modality-specific regulatory programs, providing a robust, flexible and future-ready solution for scalable spatial multimodal integration.

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Computational BiologyDeep LearningMultiomicsEpigenomicsGenomicsGraph Neural NetworksHumansMetabolomicsProteomicsReproducibility of ResultsSpatial TranscriptomicsUncertainty

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