Scanpy Matplotlib ax objects?

Question

I'm using scanpy/python to analyze some single-cell RNA-seq data. I want to use sc.pl.umap(show= False) in order to make ax objects, edit them, and combine them accordingly. I can get a single umap to work, but I can't get multiple umaps to combine together in subplots as one object. Could someone help me figure this out?

For example, I have two dataset and I want to combine their umaps together into one object instead of having to align them manually in powerpoint afterwards.

Thanks

Answer 1

I suggest you create the Figure object yourself first, and pass the 'ax' argument to the umap function. The documentation states this "Only works if plotting a single component"

something like:

fig, axes = plt.subplots(1,2)
sc.pl.umap(show=False, ax=axes[0])