Auto-discovery idea: Radial enrichment of active H3K27ac chromatin¶

Rationale¶

Active chromatin marks may occupy preferential radial nuclear positions relative to inactive or lamina-associated domains.

Data used¶

Use per-spot H3K27ac, radial score, spot coordinates, and cell type labels for all available cells.

Analysis sketch¶

Fit a rank-based association between H3K27ac intensity and n_rad_score across spots, optionally residualizing by cell or computing cell-wise slopes before combining them.

Expected result¶

A reproducible nonzero association would indicate that H3K27ac-rich loci are radially polarized rather than randomly distributed.

Validation checks¶

Confirm required fields, sufficient spots per cell type, finite regression coefficient, p-value from a cell-label or within-cell permutation test, runtime limit, deterministic rerun, and a shuffled-H3K27ac negative control.

Graphical abstract¶

Scientific schematic for Radial enrichment of active H3K27ac chromatin

Generated after notebook exploration with Pantheon file_manager.generate_image.

In [1]:
# Ensure relative data paths in scaffold resolve from the workspace root.
import os
os.chdir('/Users/weizexu/Projects/U-Chrom')
print('cwd:', os.getcwd())
cwd: /Users/weizexu/Projects/U-Chrom
In [2]:
from pathlib import Path
import json
import os
os.environ.setdefault('MPLBACKEND', 'Agg')
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Agg', force=True)
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from uchrom import ChromData
from uchrom.auto_discovery import DiscoveryIdea, review_idea_against_schema

IDEA = DiscoveryIdea.from_dict({'idea_title': 'Radial enrichment of active H3K27ac chromatin', 'biological_hypothesis': 'H3K27ac-enriched active chromatin occupies a distinct radial nuclear compartment compared with H3K27ac-low chromatin.', 'computable_parameter': 'Robust rank-regression coefficient of tracks.n_rad_score as a function of tracks.H3K27ac across finite spots.', 'analysis_plan': 'Use spots with finite tracks.H3K27ac and tracks.n_rad_score. Within each cell, rank-normalize H3K27ac and n_rad_score to reduce intensity-scale effects, then estimate a pooled robust regression coefficient for n_rad_score versus H3K27ac with cell-wise centering. Assess significance by permuting H3K27ac values within each cell_id and recomputing the coefficient.', 'modalities': ['chromatin_tracing', 'if_tracks', 'cell_metadata'], 'idea_markdown': '### Rationale\nActive chromatin marks may occupy preferential radial nuclear positions relative to inactive or lamina-associated domains.\n\n### Data used\nUse per-spot `H3K27ac`, radial score, spot coordinates, and cell type labels for all available cells.\n\n### Analysis sketch\nFit a rank-based association between `H3K27ac` intensity and `n_rad_score` across spots, optionally residualizing by cell or computing cell-wise slopes before combining them.\n\n### Expected result\nA reproducible nonzero association would indicate that H3K27ac-rich loci are radially polarized rather than randomly distributed.\n\n### Validation checks\nConfirm required fields, sufficient spots per cell type, finite regression coefficient, p-value from a cell-label or within-cell permutation test, runtime limit, deterministic rerun, and a shuffled-H3K27ac negative control.', 'cell_types': ['Granule', 'Bergmann', 'Purkinje'], 'required_fields': ['coords', 'spots.cell_id', 'tracks.H3K27ac', 'tracks.n_rad_score', 'cells.cell_type'], 'validation_checks': ['required_fields_exist', 'minimum_cell_count_at_least_9_total_and_at_least_3_per_cell_type', 'minimum_spot_or_trace_count_at_least_1000_finite_spots', 'finite_numeric_output', 'statistical_hypothesis_test_permutation_p_value', 'runtime_under_budget_5_minutes', 'deterministic_rerun_fixed_seed', 'negative_control_or_permutation_shuffle_H3K27ac_within_cell'], 'expected_direction': 'Nonzero coefficient; if active chromatin is interior-enriched, the sign should follow the schema’s radial-score orientation after checking whether higher n_rad_score denotes interior or periphery.', 'complexity': 2, 'idea_id': 'radial-enrichment-of-active-h3k27ac-chromatin-65ea38bd9b', 'metadata': {}})
H5CD_PATH = 'tmp/takei_auto_discovery_doc/takei_doc_auto_subset.h5cd'
RUN_OUTPUT_DIR = Path('tmp/takei_auto_discovery_doc/run_pantheon_20_ideas_verified_agg')
RUN_OUTPUT_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
cdata = ChromData.read(H5CD_PATH) if H5CD_PATH else None
schema = cdata.discovery_schema if cdata is not None else None
adata = cdata.linked_adata if cdata is not None else None
print(IDEA.idea_id)
if cdata is not None:
    print(cdata)
    print(cdata.describe_for_agent(max_items=20))
radial-enrichment-of-active-h3k27ac-chromatin-65ea38bd9b
ChromData: n_spots=56036, n_traces=213, n_cells=9
  spots:   ['chrom', 'start', 'end', 'trace_id', 'cell_id', 'name']
  cells:   ['leiden', 'cell_type', 'x_centroid', 'y_centroid', 'z_centroid', 'nuc_volume_um3', 'doublet', 'batch', 'n_transcripts', 'n_genes_by_counts'] (9 cells)
  cellm:   {'umap': (9, 2)}
  tracks:  ['CPSF6', 'ATRX', 'H4K8ac', 'HDAC2', 'H3K9ac', 'H3K9me3', 'H3K9me2', 'RNAPIISer2-P', 'H3', 'H3K36me2', 'UBTF', 'LaminB1', 'RNAPIISer5-P', 'RYBP', 'HP1beta', 'RING1B', 'H2A.X', 'H3K4me1', 'H4K20me2', 'H3K27me2', 'JARID2', 'SF3A66', 'CBP', 'H2AK119u1', 'EZH2', 'H3K4me2', 'BRG1', 'HP1alpha', 'Fibrillarin', 'KAP1', 'H3K27ac', 'H3K4me3', 'H3K36ac', 'H3K14ac', 'H4K20me1', 'HP1gamma', 'H4K20me3', 'H3K27me3', 'mH2A1', 'CHD4', 'KAT3B_p300', 'H3K56ac', 'H3K36me3', 'HDAC1', 'SUZ12', 'H4K16ac', 'BRD4', 'SOX2', 'rDNA', 'MajSat', 'LINE1', 'SINEB1', 'Telomere', 'MinSat', 'Xist_RNA', 'ITS1_RNA', 'Rnu2_RNA', 'polyA_RNA', 'Malat1_RNA', 'dot_int', 'n_rad_score', 'n_per_dist(um)']
  traces:  ['dbscan_allele', 'dbscan_ldp_allele'] (213 traces)
  uns:     ['allele_col', 'genome_assembly', 'keep_unclustered', 'source', 'voxel_xy_nm', 'voxel_z_nm', 'xyz_unit', 'zenodo_record', 'auto_discovery_schema', 'leiden_to_cell_type', 'linked_anndata']
  linked_adata: (9, 60)
# ChromData discovery schema

dataset: takei2025_doc_subset_pantheon_20
genome: mm10
xyz_unit: um
shape: 56036 spots, 213 traces, 9 cells

modalities:
- cell_metadata: present; operations: cell_type_stratification, embedding_visualization
- chromatin_tracing: present; operations: chromosome_subset, cell_subset, trace_subset, pairwise_3d_distance, intra_chromatin_distance, inter_chromatin_distance
- if_tracks: present; operations: marker_high_low_bin_selection, marker_stratified_distance, per_cell_marker_summary, per_cell_type_marker_summary
- rna_expression: present; operations: gene_expression_lookup, expression_stratification, gene_marker_correlation, chromatin_expression_association

chroms: 20 [chr1, chr10, chr11, chr12, chr13, chr14, chr15, chr16, chr17, chr18, chr19, chr2, chr3, chr4, chr5, chr6, chr7, chr8, chr9, chrX]
cell_types: 3 [Bergmann=3, Granule=3, Purkinje=3]
tracks: 62 [CPSF6, ATRX, H4K8ac, HDAC2, H3K9ac, H3K9me3, H3K9me2, RNAPIISer2-P, H3, H3K36me2, UBTF, LaminB1, RNAPIISer5-P, RYBP, HP1beta, RING1B, H2A.X, H3K4me1, H4K20me2, H3K27me2 ...]
linked_adata: shape=[9, 60], X=csr_matrix
genes: 60 [Aldoc, Calb1, Cdh22, Drd3, Eomes, Ephb2, Foxj1, Gabra6, Gpr176, Grm1, Hspb1, Mrc1, Nefh, Npas3, Nptn, Olig1, Pcp2, Pcp4, Plcb3, Plcb4 ...]

known_missing:
- cellm['if_mean'] per-cell IF mean matrix
- raw RNA seqFISH spot geometry as a first-class ChromData component
- scRNA reference matrix for external expression comparison
- gene annotation cache for gene-neighborhood analyses

verification_required:
- required_fields_exist
- minimum_cell_count
- minimum_spot_or_trace_count
- finite_numeric_output
- statistical_hypothesis_test
- runtime_under_budget
- deterministic_rerun
- negative_control_or_permutation
- redundancy_against_existing_parameters

Required data checks¶

In [3]:
review = review_idea_against_schema(IDEA, schema) if schema is not None else None
print(None if review is None else review.to_dict())
assert review is None or review.accepted, review.to_dict()
{'accepted': True, 'errors': [], 'warnings': ['multi-modal idea should include a cell_id_alignment validation check'], 'missing_fields': []}

Exploration¶

The code agent can freely add cells below this point.

Critique and compact analysis plan¶

This idea is computable with the available per-spot IF tracks and cell metadata, but it needs a within-cell null because cells may differ in global H3K27ac intensity and radial-score calibration. I will therefore (1) keep only spots with finite tracks.H3K27ac, tracks.n_rad_score, and spots.cell_id; (2) rank-normalize both variables within each cell and center them within cell; (3) estimate the pooled rank-slope/correlation-like coefficient from centered ranks; and (4) test the null of no within-cell association by shuffling H3K27ac ranks within each cell with a fixed RNG. The figure will show the observed coefficient against this permutation null distribution, annotated with p-value, effect size, and sample size. Because the schema context does not define whether high n_rad_score means interior or periphery, the sign is interpreted only as a reproducible radial polarization direction, not as a definite interior/periphery assignment.

In [4]:
# Lightweight data inspection: field availability, finite coverage, and per-cell counts.
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

tracks_df = cdata.tracks if isinstance(cdata.tracks, pd.DataFrame) else pd.DataFrame(cdata.tracks)
spots_df = cdata.spots.copy() if isinstance(cdata.spots, pd.DataFrame) else pd.DataFrame(cdata.spots)
cells_df = cdata.cells.copy() if isinstance(cdata.cells, pd.DataFrame) else pd.DataFrame(cdata.cells)

needed_spot_cols = ['cell_id']
needed_track_cols = ['H3K27ac', 'n_rad_score']
print('spot columns include:', {col: col in spots_df.columns for col in needed_spot_cols})
print('track columns include:', {col: col in tracks_df.columns for col in needed_track_cols})
print('cells columns include:', {'cell_type': 'cell_type' in cells_df.columns})

preview_cols = ['chrom', 'start', 'end', 'trace_id', 'cell_id', 'name']
preview_cols = [col for col in preview_cols if col in spots_df.columns]
preview = pd.concat([
    spots_df[preview_cols].head(5).reset_index(drop=True),
    tracks_df[needed_track_cols].head(5).reset_index(drop=True),
], axis=1)
print('Preview selected columns:')
display(preview)

finite_mask = (
    pd.to_numeric(tracks_df['H3K27ac'], errors='coerce').replace([np.inf, -np.inf], np.nan).notna()
    & pd.to_numeric(tracks_df['n_rad_score'], errors='coerce').replace([np.inf, -np.inf], np.nan).notna()
    & spots_df['cell_id'].notna()
)
cell_counts = spots_df.loc[finite_mask].groupby('cell_id').size().rename('finite_spots')
cell_counts = cell_counts.to_frame().join(cells_df[['cell_type']], how='left')
print('Finite spot coverage:', int(finite_mask.sum()), 'of', len(spots_df), 'spots')
display(cell_counts.groupby('cell_type')['finite_spots'].agg(['count','sum','min','median','max']))
display(cell_counts.head(12))
spot columns include: {'cell_id': True}
track columns include: {'H3K27ac': True, 'n_rad_score': True}
cells columns include: {'cell_type': True}
Preview selected columns:
   chrom      start        end  ...        name  H3K27ac n_rad_score
0  chr14   30425000   30450000  ...  chr14-1096 -0.57949    0.943566
1   chr2   99725000   99750000  ...   chr2-3864 -0.90438    0.984917
2  chr14   39625000   39650000  ...  chr14-1464 -0.92340    1.000000
3   chr2   99950000   99975000  ...   chr2-3873 -0.94083    1.000000
4  chr14  108450000  108475000  ...  chr14-4210 -0.74748    0.990121

[5 rows x 8 columns]
Finite spot coverage: 56036 of 56036 spots
           count    sum   min  median    max
cell_type                                   
Bergmann       3  22829  3932  7614.0  11283
Granule        3  12085  3220  4183.0   4682
Purkinje       3  21122  4225  5238.0  11659
         finite_spots cell_type
cell_id                        
1_0_116         11659  Purkinje
1_0_26           4225  Purkinje
1_0_34           3932  Bergmann
1_0_37           5238  Purkinje
1_0_42           4183   Granule
1_0_47           4682   Granule
1_0_61          11283  Bergmann
1_0_63           7614  Bergmann
1_0_69           3220   Granule
tmp/takei_auto_discovery_doc/run_pantheon_20_ideas_verified_agg/notebooks/radial-enrichment-of-active-h3k27ac-chromatin-65ea38bd9b.ipynb:29: FutureWarning: The default of observed=False is deprecated and will be changed to True in a future version of pandas. Pass observed=False to retain current behavior or observed=True to adopt the future default and silence this warning.
  "id": "workspace_context",
In [5]:
# Main exploration: within-cell rank association and bounded permutation test.
import os
os.environ.setdefault('MPLBACKEND', 'Agg')
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Agg', force=True)
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from IPython.display import Image as IPyImage, display
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import json
from pathlib import Path

rng = np.random.default_rng(20250318)
N_PERMUTATIONS = 500
MIN_CELLS = 9
MIN_FINITE_SPOTS = 1000

# Assemble the finite per-spot analysis table.
tracks_df = cdata.tracks if isinstance(cdata.tracks, pd.DataFrame) else pd.DataFrame(cdata.tracks)
spots_df = cdata.spots.copy() if isinstance(cdata.spots, pd.DataFrame) else pd.DataFrame(cdata.spots)
cells_df = cdata.cells.copy() if isinstance(cdata.cells, pd.DataFrame) else pd.DataFrame(cdata.cells)

analysis_df = pd.DataFrame({
    'cell_id': spots_df['cell_id'].astype(str).to_numpy(),
    'H3K27ac': pd.to_numeric(tracks_df['H3K27ac'], errors='coerce').to_numpy(),
    'n_rad_score': pd.to_numeric(tracks_df['n_rad_score'], errors='coerce').to_numpy(),
})
if 'chrom' in spots_df.columns:
    analysis_df['chrom'] = spots_df['chrom'].astype(str).to_numpy()
cell_type_map = cells_df['cell_type'].astype(str).to_dict() if 'cell_type' in cells_df.columns else {}
analysis_df['cell_type'] = analysis_df['cell_id'].map(cell_type_map)
analysis_df = analysis_df.replace([np.inf, -np.inf], np.nan).dropna(subset=['cell_id', 'H3K27ac', 'n_rad_score', 'cell_type']).copy()

# Rank-normalize within each cell to reduce cell-scale and intensity-scale effects.
analysis_df['h3_rank'] = analysis_df.groupby('cell_id', observed=True)['H3K27ac'].rank(method='average', pct=True)
analysis_df['rad_rank'] = analysis_df.groupby('cell_id', observed=True)['n_rad_score'].rank(method='average', pct=True)
analysis_df['h3_centered_rank'] = analysis_df['h3_rank'] - analysis_df.groupby('cell_id', observed=True)['h3_rank'].transform('mean')
analysis_df['rad_centered_rank'] = analysis_df['rad_rank'] - analysis_df.groupby('cell_id', observed=True)['rad_rank'].transform('mean')

valid_cells = analysis_df.groupby('cell_id', observed=True).size()
selected_cells = valid_cells[valid_cells >= 3].index.tolist()
analysis_df = analysis_df[analysis_df['cell_id'].isin(selected_cells)].copy()

x = analysis_df['h3_centered_rank'].to_numpy(dtype=float)
y = analysis_df['rad_centered_rank'].to_numpy(dtype=float)

def slope_from_arrays(x_arr, y_arr):
    denom = float(np.dot(x_arr, x_arr))
    if denom <= 0 or not np.isfinite(denom):
        return np.nan
    return float(np.dot(x_arr, y_arr) / denom)

def corr_from_arrays(x_arr, y_arr):
    denom = float(np.sqrt(np.dot(x_arr, x_arr) * np.dot(y_arr, y_arr)))
    if denom <= 0 or not np.isfinite(denom):
        return np.nan
    return float(np.dot(x_arr, y_arr) / denom)

observed_slope = slope_from_arrays(x, y)
observed_corr = corr_from_arrays(x, y)

# Cell-level slopes for interpretability; the pooled test remains within-cell permuted.
cell_rows = []
for cell_id, grp in analysis_df.groupby('cell_id', observed=True):
    gx = grp['h3_centered_rank'].to_numpy(dtype=float)
    gy = grp['rad_centered_rank'].to_numpy(dtype=float)
    cell_rows.append({
        'cell_id': cell_id,
        'cell_type': str(grp['cell_type'].iloc[0]),
        'n_finite_spots': int(len(grp)),
        'cell_rank_slope': slope_from_arrays(gx, gy),
        'cell_rank_correlation': corr_from_arrays(gx, gy),
        'median_H3K27ac': float(np.nanmedian(grp['H3K27ac'])),
        'median_n_rad_score': float(np.nanmedian(grp['n_rad_score'])),
    })
cell_summary = pd.DataFrame(cell_rows).sort_values(['cell_type', 'cell_id']).reset_index(drop=True)

# Permute H3K27ac centered ranks within each cell. This keeps radial scores, cell sizes, and cell identities fixed.
cell_indices = [idx.to_numpy() for _, idx in analysis_df.groupby('cell_id', observed=True).groups.items()]
x_base = x.copy()
null_slopes = np.empty(N_PERMUTATIONS, dtype=float)
for b in range(N_PERMUTATIONS):
    x_perm = x_base.copy()
    for idx in cell_indices:
        x_perm[idx] = rng.permutation(x_perm[idx])
    null_slopes[b] = slope_from_arrays(x_perm, y)

if len(analysis_df) >= MIN_FINITE_SPOTS and len(selected_cells) >= MIN_CELLS and np.isfinite(observed_slope):
    p_value = float((1 + np.sum(np.abs(null_slopes) >= abs(observed_slope))) / (N_PERMUTATIONS + 1))
    hypothesis_test_status = 'pass'
    insuff_note = ''
else:
    p_value = float('nan')
    hypothesis_test_status = 'insufficient_data'
    insuff_note = f'Need >= {MIN_FINITE_SPOTS} finite spots and >= {MIN_CELLS} cells; found {len(analysis_df)} spots and {len(selected_cells)} cells.'

null_mean = float(np.nanmean(null_slopes))
null_sd = float(np.nanstd(null_slopes, ddof=1))
permutation_z = float((observed_slope - null_mean) / null_sd) if null_sd > 0 else float('nan')

null_hypothesis = 'Within each cell, H3K27ac rank is exchangeable across finite spots with respect to n_rad_score rank, giving no within-cell radial association.'
alternative_hypothesis = 'H3K27ac rank is non-randomly associated with n_rad_score rank within cells, producing a nonzero pooled centered rank-regression coefficient.'
test_method = f'Within-cell H3K27ac-rank permutation test ({N_PERMUTATIONS} permutations, two-sided)'

result_table = pd.DataFrame([{
    'idea_id': IDEA.idea_id,
    'n_rows': int(len(analysis_df)),
    'n_selected_cells': int(len(selected_cells)),
    'n_cell_types': int(analysis_df['cell_type'].nunique()),
    'observed_statistic': float(observed_slope),
    'effect_size': float(observed_slope),
    'rank_correlation_effect_size': float(observed_corr),
    'null_mean': null_mean,
    'null_sd': null_sd,
    'permutation_z': permutation_z,
    'p_value': p_value,
    'test_method': test_method,
    'hypothesis_test_status': hypothesis_test_status,
}])

result_path = RUN_OUTPUT_DIR / 'radial-enrichment-of-active-h3k27ac-chromatin-65ea38bd9b_result.csv'
figure_path = RUN_OUTPUT_DIR / 'radial-enrichment-of-active-h3k27ac-chromatin-65ea38bd9b_statistical_summary.png'
result_table.to_csv(result_path, index=False)

analysis_summary = {
    'idea_id': IDEA.idea_id,
    'n_rows': int(len(analysis_df)),
    'n_selected_cells': int(len(selected_cells)),
    'n_cell_types': int(analysis_df['cell_type'].nunique()),
    'cell_types': sorted(map(str, analysis_df['cell_type'].dropna().unique().tolist())),
    'parameter_name': 'pooled_within_cell_centered_rank_slope_n_rad_score_vs_H3K27ac',
    'parameter_value': float(observed_slope),
    'observed_statistic': float(observed_slope),
    'effect_size': float(observed_slope),
    'rank_correlation_effect_size': float(observed_corr),
    'p_value': p_value,
    'test_method': test_method,
    'null_hypothesis': null_hypothesis,
    'alternative_hypothesis': alternative_hypothesis,
    'hypothesis_test_status': hypothesis_test_status,
    'n_permutations': int(N_PERMUTATIONS),
    'null_distribution_mean': null_mean,
    'null_distribution_sd': null_sd,
    'permutation_z': permutation_z,
    'expected_direction_note': 'Schema context does not specify whether higher n_rad_score denotes interior or periphery; sign indicates radial polarization direction only.',
    'result_path': str(result_path),
    'figure_path': str(figure_path),
    'notes': [insuff_note] if insuff_note else [],
}

# Scientific statistical figure: observed statistic compared with null distribution and cell-level summaries.
plt.rcParams.update({
    'figure.facecolor': 'white',
    'axes.facecolor': 'white',
    'axes.edgecolor': 'black',
    'axes.labelsize': 10,
    'axes.titlesize': 11,
    'legend.fontsize': 9,
})
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(11, 4.2), constrained_layout=True)
ax = axes[0]
ax.hist(null_slopes, bins=34, color='#b8c7d9', edgecolor='#3d4b5c', alpha=0.95, label='Within-cell shuffled null')
ax.axvline(observed_slope, color='#b22222', lw=2.2, label='Observed pooled slope')
ax.axvline(0, color='black', lw=1.0, ls='--', label='Zero association')
ax.set_xlabel('Centered rank-regression slope\n(n_rad_score rank vs H3K27ac rank)')
ax.set_ylabel('Permutation count')
ax.set_title('Hypothesis-test evidence')
ax.legend(loc='best', frameon=False)
annotation = (f'p = {p_value:.4g}\n'
              f'effect slope = {observed_slope:.4f}\n'
              f'rank r = {observed_corr:.4f}\n'
              f'n = {len(analysis_df):,} spots, {len(selected_cells)} cells\n'
              f'{N_PERMUTATIONS} permutations')
ax.text(0.03, 0.97, annotation, transform=ax.transAxes, va='top', ha='left',
        bbox=dict(boxstyle='round,pad=0.35', facecolor='white', edgecolor='#777777', alpha=0.95))

ax2 = axes[1]
cell_type_order = sorted(cell_summary['cell_type'].unique())
positions = np.arange(len(cell_type_order))
for i, ct in enumerate(cell_type_order):
    vals = cell_summary.loc[cell_summary['cell_type'] == ct, 'cell_rank_slope'].to_numpy(float)
    jitter = np.linspace(-0.08, 0.08, len(vals)) if len(vals) > 1 else np.array([0.0])
    ax2.scatter(np.full(len(vals), i) + jitter, vals, s=55, alpha=0.9, label=ct)
    ax2.plot([i - 0.18, i + 0.18], [np.nanmedian(vals), np.nanmedian(vals)], color='black', lw=2)
ax2.axhline(0, color='black', lw=1.0, ls='--')
ax2.set_xticks(positions, cell_type_order, rotation=20, ha='right')
ax2.set_ylabel('Cell-level centered rank slope')
ax2.set_xlabel('Cell type (3 cells each)')
ax2.set_title('Cell-level direction check')
ax2.legend(loc='best', frameon=False, title='Cell type')
fig.suptitle('Radial enrichment of active H3K27ac chromatin: rank-based within-cell test', y=1.02, fontsize=12)
fig.savefig(figure_path, dpi=180, bbox_inches='tight')
plt.show()
display(IPyImage(filename=str(figure_path)))

print('result_table:')
display(result_table)
print('cell_summary:')
display(cell_summary)
print('analysis_summary:')
print(json.dumps(analysis_summary, indent=2))
<IPython.core.display.Image object>
result_table:
                                             idea_id  ...  hypothesis_test_status
0  radial-enrichment-of-active-h3k27ac-chromatin-...  ...                    pass

[1 rows x 13 columns]
cell_summary:
   cell_id cell_type  ...  median_H3K27ac  median_n_rad_score
0   1_0_34  Bergmann  ...        0.130760            0.797328
1   1_0_61  Bergmann  ...        0.201850            0.775931
2   1_0_63  Bergmann  ...        0.379870            0.757641
3   1_0_42   Granule  ...       -0.009423            0.801643
4   1_0_47   Granule  ...        0.106500            0.780882
5   1_0_69   Granule  ...        0.063118            0.791818
6  1_0_116  Purkinje  ...        0.265230            0.746364
7   1_0_26  Purkinje  ...        0.462360            0.719498
8   1_0_37  Purkinje  ...        0.477540            0.739870

[9 rows x 7 columns]
analysis_summary:
{
  "idea_id": "radial-enrichment-of-active-h3k27ac-chromatin-65ea38bd9b",
  "n_rows": 56036,
  "n_selected_cells": 9,
  "n_cell_types": 3,
  "cell_types": [
    "Bergmann",
    "Granule",
    "Purkinje"
  ],
  "parameter_name": "pooled_within_cell_centered_rank_slope_n_rad_score_vs_H3K27ac",
  "parameter_value": -0.5242243049105262,
  "observed_statistic": -0.5242243049105262,
  "effect_size": -0.5242243049105262,
  "rank_correlation_effect_size": -0.5242242983523263,
  "p_value": 0.001996007984031936,
  "test_method": "Within-cell H3K27ac-rank permutation test (500 permutations, two-sided)",
  "null_hypothesis": "Within each cell, H3K27ac rank is exchangeable across finite spots with respect to n_rad_score rank, giving no within-cell radial association.",
  "alternative_hypothesis": "H3K27ac rank is non-randomly associated with n_rad_score rank within cells, producing a nonzero pooled centered rank-regression coefficient.",
  "hypothesis_test_status": "pass",
  "n_permutations": 500,
  "null_distribution_mean": 0.00043183037922183565,
  "null_distribution_sd": 0.004039928747906687,
  "permutation_z": -129.86767045374293,
  "expected_direction_note": "Schema context does not specify whether higher n_rad_score denotes interior or periphery; sign indicates radial polarization direction only.",
  "result_path": "tmp/takei_auto_discovery_doc/run_pantheon_20_ideas_verified_agg/radial-enrichment-of-active-h3k27ac-chromatin-65ea38bd9b_result.csv",
  "figure_path": "tmp/takei_auto_discovery_doc/run_pantheon_20_ideas_verified_agg/radial-enrichment-of-active-h3k27ac-chromatin-65ea38bd9b_statistical_summary.png",
  "notes": []
}
tmp/takei_auto_discovery_doc/run_pantheon_20_ideas_verified_agg/notebooks/radial-enrichment-of-active-h3k27ac-chromatin-65ea38bd9b.ipynb:193: UserWarning: FigureCanvasAgg is non-interactive, and thus cannot be shown
  "source": [
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Statistical figure¶

Statistical figure for Radial enrichment of active H3K27ac chromatin

Agent-generated quantitative figure saved during exploration.

Runner verification summary¶

This scaffolded section is generated by U-Chrom. The notebook agent executes it after exploration, and the runner re-executes it during final verification.

In [6]:
checks = {check: 'not_run' for check in IDEA.validation_checks}
notes = []
checks.setdefault('statistical_hypothesis_test', 'not_run')

def _check_keys(prefix):
    return [key for key in checks if key == prefix or key.startswith(prefix + ':')]

def _set_check(prefix, value):
    keys = _check_keys(prefix)
    if not keys:
        checks[prefix] = value
        return
    for key in keys:
        checks[key] = value

def _check_status(prefix):
    values = [checks[key] for key in _check_keys(prefix)]
    if not values:
        return None
    if 'fail' in values:
        return 'fail'
    if all(value == 'pass' for value in values):
        return 'pass'
    return values[0]

_set_check('required_fields_exist', 'pass' if review is not None and review.accepted else 'fail')
if _check_keys('cell_id_alignment'):
    aligned = True
    if cdata is not None and adata is not None and len(cdata.cells) == len(adata.obs_names):
        aligned = list(map(str, cdata.cells.index)) == list(map(str, adata.obs_names))
    _set_check('cell_id_alignment', 'pass' if aligned else 'fail')
if _check_keys('minimum_cell_count'):
    n_cells = analysis_summary.get('n_selected_cells')
    if n_cells is None and 'cell_type' in getattr(result_table, 'columns', []):
        n_cells = len(result_table)
    if n_cells is None:
        n_cells = len(cdata.cells) if cdata is not None and getattr(cdata, 'n_cells', 0) else 0
    _set_check('minimum_cell_count', 'pass' if n_cells >= 1 else 'fail')
if _check_keys('minimum_spot_or_trace_count'):
    n_rows = analysis_summary.get('n_rows')
    if n_rows is None:
        n_rows = len(result_table) if result_table is not None else 0
    _set_check('minimum_spot_or_trace_count', 'pass' if n_rows >= 1 else 'fail')
if _check_keys('finite_numeric_output'):
    value = analysis_summary.get('parameter_value')
    _set_check('finite_numeric_output', 'pass' if value is not None and np.isfinite(value) else 'fail')
if _check_keys('statistical_hypothesis_test'):
    p_value = analysis_summary.get('p_value')
    test_method = analysis_summary.get('test_method')
    null_hypothesis = analysis_summary.get('null_hypothesis')
    alternative_hypothesis = analysis_summary.get('alternative_hypothesis')
    observed_statistic = analysis_summary.get('observed_statistic')
    effect_size = analysis_summary.get('effect_size')
    hypothesis_test_status = analysis_summary.get('hypothesis_test_status', 'pass')
    try:
        p_float = float(p_value)
    except Exception:
        p_float = np.nan
    try:
        stat_float = float(observed_statistic)
    except Exception:
        stat_float = np.nan
    try:
        effect_float = float(effect_size)
    except Exception:
        effect_float = np.nan
    has_required_test = (
        test_method is not None
        and str(test_method).strip() != ''
        and null_hypothesis is not None
        and str(null_hypothesis).strip() != ''
        and alternative_hypothesis is not None
        and str(alternative_hypothesis).strip() != ''
        and np.isfinite(p_float)
        and 0.0 <= p_float <= 1.0
        and np.isfinite(stat_float)
        and np.isfinite(effect_float)
        and hypothesis_test_status != 'insufficient_data'
    )
    if result_table is not None and hasattr(result_table, 'columns'):
        has_required_test = has_required_test and 'p_value' in result_table.columns and 'test_method' in result_table.columns
    else:
        has_required_test = False
    _set_check('statistical_hypothesis_test', 'pass' if has_required_test else 'fail')
    if not has_required_test:
        notes.append('statistical_hypothesis_test failed: analysis_summary must include null_hypothesis, alternative_hypothesis, test_method, observed_statistic, effect_size, finite p_value in [0,1], and result_table columns p_value/test_method')
if _check_keys('negative_control_or_permutation'):
    test_method_text = str(analysis_summary.get('test_method', '')).lower()
    summary_keys_text = ' '.join(str(key).lower() for key in analysis_summary.keys())
    result_columns_text = ''
    if result_table is not None and hasattr(result_table, 'columns'):
        result_columns_text = ' '.join(str(col).lower() for col in result_table.columns)
    control_text = ' '.join([test_method_text, summary_keys_text, result_columns_text])
    has_control_or_permutation = any(
        token in control_text
        for token in ['permutation', 'randomization', 'shuffle', 'negative_control', 'null_distribution', 'control']
    )
    _set_check(
        'negative_control_or_permutation',
        'pass' if has_control_or_permutation else 'not_implemented',
    )
for check in list(checks):
    if checks[check] == 'not_run' and ('negative_control' in check or check.endswith('_control')):
        checks[check] = 'not_implemented'

required_for_pass = ['required_fields_exist', 'minimum_cell_count', 'finite_numeric_output', 'statistical_hypothesis_test']
status = 'pass'
for check in required_for_pass:
    if _check_status(check) == 'fail':
        status = 'fail'
        notes.append(f'{check} failed')
n_rows_for_status = analysis_summary.get('n_rows')
if n_rows_for_status is None:
    n_rows_for_status = len(result_table) if result_table is not None else 0
if n_rows_for_status == 0:
    status = 'fail'
    notes.append('analysis produced no result rows')

verification = {
    'idea_id': IDEA.idea_id,
    'status': status,
    'checks': checks,
    'parameter_value': analysis_summary.get('parameter_value'),
    'p_value': analysis_summary.get('p_value'),
    'test_method': analysis_summary.get('test_method'),
    'effect_size': analysis_summary.get('effect_size'),
    'result_path': analysis_summary.get('result_path'),
    'notes': notes + analysis_summary.get('notes', []),
}
print(json.dumps(verification, indent=2))
{
  "idea_id": "radial-enrichment-of-active-h3k27ac-chromatin-65ea38bd9b",
  "status": "pass",
  "checks": {
    "required_fields_exist": "pass",
    "minimum_cell_count_at_least_9_total_and_at_least_3_per_cell_type": "not_run",
    "minimum_spot_or_trace_count_at_least_1000_finite_spots": "not_run",
    "finite_numeric_output": "pass",
    "statistical_hypothesis_test_permutation_p_value": "not_run",
    "runtime_under_budget_5_minutes": "not_run",
    "deterministic_rerun_fixed_seed": "not_run",
    "negative_control_or_permutation_shuffle_H3K27ac_within_cell": "not_implemented",
    "statistical_hypothesis_test": "pass"
  },
  "parameter_value": -0.5242243049105262,
  "p_value": 0.001996007984031936,
  "test_method": "Within-cell H3K27ac-rank permutation test (500 permutations, two-sided)",
  "effect_size": -0.5242243049105262,
  "result_path": "tmp/takei_auto_discovery_doc/run_pantheon_20_ideas_verified_agg/radial-enrichment-of-active-h3k27ac-chromatin-65ea38bd9b_result.csv",
  "notes": []
}

Final interpretation¶

Hypothesis. H3K27ac-enriched active chromatin occupies a distinct radial nuclear compartment compared with H3K27ac-low chromatin.

Exploration. The notebook operationalized the idea as Robust rank-regression coefficient of tracks.n_rad_score as a function of tracks.H3K27ac across finite spots. using modalities chromatin_tracing, if_tracks, cell_metadata in cell type(s) Granule, Bergmann, Purkinje. Required data fields checked: coords, spots.cell_id, tracks.H3K27ac, tracks.n_rad_score, cells.cell_type.

Statistical evidence. U-Chrom runner status: Notebook verified. Test: Within-cell H3K27ac-rank permutation test (500 permutations, two-sided). Observed statistic: -0.5242; effect size: -0.5242; parameter value: -0.5242; p-value: 0.001996.

Conclusion. Contradicted (Opposite direction). The hypothesis test is significant, but the observed effect is in the opposite direction from the idea.

What verification means. Notebook verified means the run passed schema/data checks, produced finite numeric output, and included an explicit p-value/effect-size hypothesis test. It does not mean the biological hypothesis is automatically correct.

Checks passed. finite_numeric_output, required_fields_exist, statistical_hypothesis_test.

Main caveat. Interpret this as an exploratory result for the linked Takei subset, not as a population-level biological proof.

Final interpretation¶

The finite-field inspection confirmed the required columns (spots.cell_id, tracks.H3K27ac, tracks.n_rad_score, and cells.cell_type) and found 56,036 finite spots across 9 cells (3 Bergmann, 3 Granule, 3 Purkinje). The main analysis rank-normalized H3K27ac and radial score within each cell, then estimated a pooled centered rank-regression coefficient.

Hypothesis test. The within-cell H3K27ac-rank permutation test (500 two-sided permutations, fixed RNG) rejected the exchangeability null: observed centered rank slope/effect size = -0.5242, rank correlation = -0.5242, p-value = 0.001996. Cell-level slopes were negative in every sampled cell, indicating a robust nonzero radial polarization of H3K27ac-rich chromatin. Because the schema context does not state whether higher n_rad_score is interior or peripheral, the sign is reported as dataset-orientation-specific rather than converted to an interior/periphery claim.

Visual QA. The statistical figure saved to tmp/takei_auto_discovery_doc/run_pantheon_20_ideas_verified_agg/radial-enrichment-of-active-h3k27ac-chromatin-65ea38bd9b_statistical_summary.png is non-blank, has readable axes/labels, shows the observed statistic against the within-cell shuffled null distribution, includes a cell-level direction check, and annotates p-value, effect size, sample size, and permutation count. No fixes were needed.