diff --git a/src/common/library.bib b/src/common/library.bib
index 313bfff56d..d8eb59eb17 100644
--- a/src/common/library.bib
+++ b/src/common/library.bib
@@ -329,6 +329,14 @@ @article{cover1967nearest
 	url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/tit.1967.1053964}
 }
 
+@article{cui2023scGPT,
+title={scGPT: Towards Building a Foundation Model for Single-Cell Multi-omics Using Generative AI},
+author={Cui, Haotian and Wang, Chloe and Maan, Hassaan and Pang, Kuan and Luo, Fengning and Wang, Bo},
+journal={bioRxiv},
+year={2023},
+publisher={Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory}
+}
+
 
 @inproceedings{davis2006prauc,
 	title = {The relationship between Precision-Recall and {ROC} curves},
diff --git a/src/tasks/batch_integration/methods/scgpt_embedding/config.vsh.yaml b/src/tasks/batch_integration/methods/scgpt_embedding/config.vsh.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c6713dc1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tasks/batch_integration/methods/scgpt_embedding/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+__merge__: ../../api/comp_method_embedding.yaml
+functionality:
+  name: scgpt_embedding
+  info:
+    label: scGPT Embedding
+    summary: Generation of cell embeddings for the integration of single cell transcriptomic count data using scGPT.
+    description: Generation of cell embeddings for the integration of single cell transcriptomic count data using scGPT.
+    reference: cui2023scGPT
+    documentation_url: https://scgpt.readthedocs.io/en/latest
+    repository_url: https://github.com/bowang-lab/scGPT
+  arguments:
+    - name: "--model"
+      type: file
+      direction: input
+      required: true
+      example: best_model.pt
+      description: |
+        Path to scGPT model file.
+    - name: "--model_vocab"
+      type: file
+      direction: input
+      required: true
+      example: vocab.json
+      description: |
+        Path to scGPT model vocabulary file.
+    - name: "--model_config"
+      type: file
+      direction: input
+      required: true
+      example: args.json
+      description: |
+        Path to scGPT model config file.
+    - name: --n_hvg
+      type: integer
+      default: 2000
+      description: Number of highly variable genes to use.
+    - name: --pad_token
+      type: string
+      default: "<pad>"
+      description: Padding token.
+    - name: --pad_value
+      type: integer
+      default: -2
+      description: Padding value.
+    - name: --max_seq_len
+      type: integer
+      description: Maximum sequence length.
+    - name: --n_bins
+      type: integer
+      default: 51
+      description: Number of bins.
+    - name: --batch_size
+      type: integer
+      default: 64
+      description: Batch size.
+  resources:
+    - type: python_script
+      path: script.py
+platforms:
+  - type: docker
+    image: ghcr.io/openproblems-bio/base_pytorch_nvidia:1.0.4
+    setup:
+      - type: python
+        pypi:
+          - scgpt
+  - type: nextflow
+    directives:
+      label: [hightime, highmem, midcpu, gpu]
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/tasks/batch_integration/methods/scgpt_embedding/script.py b/src/tasks/batch_integration/methods/scgpt_embedding/script.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5ca5d11df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tasks/batch_integration/methods/scgpt_embedding/script.py
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+import numpy as np
+import anndata as ad
+import json
+import scipy
+from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
+from scgpt.tokenizer.gene_tokenizer import GeneVocab
+from scgpt.tokenizer import tokenize_and_pad_batch
+from scgpt.model import TransformerModel
+from scgpt.utils.util import load_pretrained
+import torch
+
+## VIASH START
+
+par = {
+    "input": "resources_test/batch_integration/pancreas/dataset.h5ad",
+    "model": "resources_test/scGPT_human/best_model.pt",
+    "model_config": "resources_test/scGPT_human/args.json",
+    "model_vocab": "resources_test/scGPT_human/vocab.json",
+    "pad_token": "<pad>",
+    "max_seq_len": None,
+    "pad_value": -2,
+    "n_bins": 51,
+    "output": "output.h5ad",
+    "n_hvg": 2000,
+    "batch_size": 64,
+}
+
+meta = {
+    "functionality_name" : "scgpt",
+}
+
+## VIASH END
+
+device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
+
+def _digitize(x: np.ndarray, bins: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
+    assert x.ndim == 1 and bins.ndim == 1
+    left_digits = np.digitize(x, bins)
+    right_digits = np.digitize(x, bins, right=True)
+    rands = np.random.rand(len(x))  # uniform random numbers
+    digits = rands * (right_digits - left_digits) + left_digits
+    digits = np.ceil(digits)
+    smallest_dtype = np.min_scalar_type(digits.max().astype(np.uint)) # Already checked for non-negative values
+    digits = digits.astype(smallest_dtype)
+    return digits
+
+
+print("Load data", flush=True)
+adata = ad.read_h5ad(par["input"])
+
+print("Preprocess data", flush=True)
+
+if par["n_hvg"]:
+    print(f"Select top {par['n_hvg']} high variable genes", flush=True)
+    idx = adata.var["hvg_score"].to_numpy().argsort()[::-1][:par["n_hvg"]]
+    adata = adata[:, idx].copy()
+
+
+print("Cross check genes", flush=True)
+
+pad_token = par["pad_token"]
+special_tokens = [pad_token, "<cls>", "<eoc>"]
+
+vocab = GeneVocab.from_file(par["model_vocab"])
+[vocab.append_token(s) for s in special_tokens if s not in vocab]
+
+adata.var["id_in_vocab"] = [ 1 if feature in vocab else -1 for feature in adata.var["feature_name"]]
+feature_ids_in_vocab = np.array(adata.var["id_in_vocab"])
+adata = adata[:, adata.var["id_in_vocab"] >= 0]
+
+
+print("Binning data", flush=True)
+
+layer_data = adata.layers["normalized"]
+
+binned_rows = []
+bin_edges = []
+for row_number in range(adata.layers["normalized"].indptr.size-1):
+    row_start_index, row_end_index = layer_data.indptr[row_number], layer_data.indptr[row_number+1]
+    non_zero_row = layer_data.data[row_start_index:row_end_index]
+    if non_zero_row.max() == 0:
+        binned_rows.append(np.zeros_like(non_zero_row, dtype=np.int8))
+        bin_edges.append(np.array([0] * par["n_bins"]))
+        continue
+    bins = np.quantile(non_zero_row, np.linspace(0, 1, par["n_bins"] - 1))
+    non_zero_digits = _digitize(non_zero_row, bins)
+    assert non_zero_digits.min() >= 1
+    assert non_zero_digits.max() <= par["n_bins"] - 1
+    binned_rows.append(non_zero_digits)
+    bin_edges.append(np.concatenate([[0], bins]))
+
+adata.layers["binned"] = scipy.sparse.csr_matrix((np.concatenate(binned_rows, casting="same_kind"),
+                                                 layer_data.indices, layer_data.indptr), shape=layer_data.shape)
+
+adata.obsm["bin_edges"] = np.stack(bin_edges)
+
+
+
+print("Tokenize input data", flush=True)
+
+all_counts = (
+    adata.layers["normalized"].A
+    if scipy.sparse.issparse(adata.layers["normalized"])
+    else adata.layers["normalized"]
+)
+genes = adata.var["feature_name"].tolist()
+
+vocab.set_default_index(vocab["<pad>"])
+ntokens = len(vocab)
+gene_ids = np.array(vocab(genes), dtype=int)
+
+if not par["max_seq_len"]:
+    max_seq_len = adata.var.shape[0] + 1
+else:
+    max_seq_len = par["max_seq_len"]
+
+tokenized_data = tokenize_and_pad_batch(
+    all_counts,
+    gene_ids,
+    max_len=max_seq_len,
+    vocab=vocab,
+    pad_token=pad_token,
+    pad_value=par["pad_value"],
+    append_cls=True,  # append <cls> token at the beginning,
+    include_zero_gene=False,
+    return_pt=True,
+    mod_type=None,
+    vocab_mod=None
+    )
+
+all_gene_ids, all_values = tokenized_data["genes"], tokenized_data["values"]
+padding_mask = all_gene_ids.eq(vocab[pad_token])
+padding_mask = padding_mask.numpy()
+
+print("Load model config", flush=True)
+
+with open(par["model_config"], "r") as f:
+    model_configs = json.load(f)
+
+embsize = model_configs["embsize"]
+nhead = model_configs["nheads"]
+d_hid = model_configs["d_hid"]
+nlayers = model_configs["nlayers"]
+n_layers_cls = model_configs["n_layers_cls"]
+
+batch_id_cats = adata.obs["batch"].astype("category")
+batch_id_labels = batch_id_cats.cat.codes.values
+batch_ids = batch_id_labels.tolist()
+batch_ids = np.array(batch_ids)
+num_batch_types = len(set(batch_ids))
+
+model = TransformerModel(
+    ntokens,
+    d_model=embsize,
+    nhead=nhead,
+    d_hid=d_hid,
+    nlayers=nlayers,
+    vocab=vocab,
+    dropout=0.5, # scGPT default, only relevant for fine-tuning applications
+    pad_token=pad_token,
+    pad_value=par["pad_value"],
+    nlayers_cls=3,  # only applicable for decoder-based operations
+    n_cls=1,  # only applicable for decoder-based operations
+    do_mvc=False,  # only applicable for decoder-based operations
+    ecs_threshold=0.8,  # only applicable for decoder-based operations
+    do_dab=False,  # only applicable for decoder-based operations
+    use_batch_labels=False, # only applicable for decoder-based operations
+    num_batch_labels=num_batch_types,
+    domain_spec_batchnorm=True,
+    input_emb_style="continuous",  # scGPT default
+    explicit_zero_prob=False,  #TODO: Parametrize when GPU-based machine types are supported
+    use_fast_transformer=True if device == "cuda" else False,  #TODO: Parametrize when GPU-based machine types are supported
+    # fast_transformer_backend="flash",  #TODO: Parametrize when GPU-based machine types are supported
+    pre_norm=False  #TODO: Parametrize when GPU-based machine types are supported
+    )
+
+load_pretrained(
+    model,
+    torch.load(par["model"], map_location=device),
+    verbose=False
+    )
+
+model.to(device)
+model.eval()
+
+
+cell_embeddings = model.encode_batch(
+    torch.from_numpy(np.array(all_gene_ids)),
+    torch.from_numpy(np.array(all_values)).float(),
+    src_key_padding_mask=torch.from_numpy(np.array(padding_mask)),
+    batch_size=par["batch_size"],
+    batch_labels=torch.from_numpy(batch_ids).long(),
+    output_to_cpu=True,
+    time_step=0,
+    return_np=True
+)
+
+cell_embeddings = cell_embeddings / np.linalg.norm(
+    cell_embeddings, axis=1, keepdims=True
+)
+
+print("Store outputs", flush=True)
+output = ad.AnnData(
+    obs=adata.obs[[]],
+    var=adata.var[[]],
+    obsm={
+        "X_emb": cell_embeddings,
+    },
+    uns={
+        "dataset_id": adata.uns["dataset_id"],
+        "normalization_id": adata.uns["normalization_id"],
+        "method_id": meta["functionality_name"],
+    },
+)
+
+print("Write output to file", flush=True)
+output.write_h5ad(par["output"], compression="gzip")
+
+# celltypes_labels = adata.obs["label"].tolist()  # make sure count from 0
+# num_types = len(set(celltypes_labels))
+# celltypes_labels = np.array(celltypes_labels)
+
+# batch_ids = adata.obs["batch"].tolist()
+# num_batch_types = len(set(batch_ids))
+# batch_ids = np.array(batch_ids)
+
+# (
+#     train_data,
+#     valid_data,
+#     train_celltype_labels,
+#     valid_celltype_labels,
+#     train_batch_labels,
+#     valid_batch_labels,
+# ) = train_test_split(
+#     all_counts, celltypes_labels, batch_ids, test_size=0.1, shuffle=True
+# )
+
diff --git a/src/tasks/batch_integration/methods/scgpt_embedding/test.sh b/src/tasks/batch_integration/methods/scgpt_embedding/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8475fe7a47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tasks/batch_integration/methods/scgpt_embedding/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+viash run src/tasks/batch_integration/methods/scgpt/config.vsh.yaml -- \
+  --input "resources_test/batch_integration/pancreas/dataset.h5ad" \
+  --model "resources_test/scGPT_human/best_model.pt" \
+  --model_config "resources_test/scGPT_human/args.json" \
+  --model_vocab "resources_test/scGPT_human/vocab.json" \
+  --output "output/temp/scgpt/pancreas.h5ad" \
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diff --git a/src/tasks/batch_integration/workflows/run_benchmark/config.vsh.yaml b/src/tasks/batch_integration/workflows/run_benchmark/config.vsh.yaml
index b430734e22..f03df7416d 100644
--- a/src/tasks/batch_integration/workflows/run_benchmark/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/tasks/batch_integration/workflows/run_benchmark/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ functionality:
     - name: batch_integration/methods/scanorama_feature
     - name: batch_integration/methods/scanvi
     - name: batch_integration/methods/scvi
+    - name: batch_integration/methods/scgpt_embedding
     - name: batch_integration/control_methods/no_integration_batch
     - name: batch_integration/control_methods/random_embed_cell
     - name: batch_integration/control_methods/random_embed_cell_jitter
diff --git a/src/tasks/batch_integration/workflows/run_benchmark/main.nf b/src/tasks/batch_integration/workflows/run_benchmark/main.nf
index 5543ac91cd..bc7a815069 100644
--- a/src/tasks/batch_integration/workflows/run_benchmark/main.nf
+++ b/src/tasks/batch_integration/workflows/run_benchmark/main.nf
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ workflow run_wf {
     scanorama_feature,
     scanvi,
     scvi,
+    scgpt_embedding.run(
+      args : [model: "s3://openproblems-data/resources/foundation_models/scgpt/scGPT_human/best_model.pt", model_config: "s3://openproblems-data/resources/foundation_models/scgpt/scGPT_human/args.json", model_vocab: "s3://openproblems-data/resources/foundation_models/scgpt/scGPT_human/vocab.json"]
+    ),
     no_integration_batch,
     random_embed_cell,
     random_embed_cell_jitter,