H2O: A Foundation Model Bridging Histopathology to Spatial Multi-Omics Profiling
Yunjie Gu, Zihan Wu, Rui Yan, Zhikang Wang, Yuan Li, Senlin Lin, Yan Cui, Haoran Lai, Xin Luo, Shaohua Kevin Zhou, Zhiyuan Yuan, Jianhua Yao
H2O predicts spatial transcriptomics and proteomics from H&E images using a contrastive learning framework, outperforming existing models and recovering biologically relevant cell-cell communication.
bioRxiv · Apr 24, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics