opendvp 0.7.2

open-sourced Deep Visual Proteomics toolkit

OpenDVP

Overview

OpenDVP is an open-source framework designed to support Deep Visual Proteomics (DVP) across multiple modalities using community-supported tools. OpenDVP empowers researchers to perform Deep Visual Proteomics using open-source software. It integrates with community data standards such as AnnData and SpatialData to ensure interoperability with popular analysis tools like Scanpy, Squidpy, and Scimap.

Getting started

Please refer to the documentation, particularly the API documentation.

Installation

You will need Python 3.11 or 3.12 installed on your system. If you are new to creating Python environments, we suggest you use uv or pixi.

You can install openDVP via pip:

conda create --name opendvp -y python=3.12

pip install opendvp

To install the latest version:

pip install git+https://github.com/CosciaLab/openDVP.git@main

Tutorials

To understand what are the applications of openDVP, please check our Tutorials.
Briefly, they introduce users to (1) Image analysis, (2) downstream proteomic analysis, and (3) Integration of imaging with proteomic data. Please download our Demo Dataset to best follow the tutorials :)

Community & Discussions

We are excited to hear from you and together we can improve spatial protemics. We welcome questions, feedback, and community contributions!
Join the conversation in the GitHub Discussions tab.

Citation

Please cite the BioArxiv:

Nimo, J., Fritzsche, S., Valdes, D. S., Trinh, M., Pentimalli, T., Schallenberg, S., Klauschen, F., Herse, F., Florian, S., Rajewsky, N., & Coscia, F. (2025). OpenDVP: An experimental and computational framework for community-empowered deep visual proteomics [Preprint]. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.13.662099

Motivation

Deep Visual Proteomics (DVP) combines high-dimensional imaging, spatial analysis, and machine learning to extract complex biological insights from tissue samples. However, many current DVP tools are locked into proprietary formats, restricted software ecosystems, or closed-source pipelines that limit reproducibility, accessibility, and community collaboration.

• Work transparently across modalities and analysis environments
• Contribute improvements back to a growing ecosystem
• Avoid vendor lock-in for critical workflows

Qupath-to-LMD

Qupath to lmd is a tool we use to make it as easy as possible to go from QuPath annotations to LMD contours Check our Qupath-to-LMD Webapp, or watch our Youtube tutorial: