def trainSCANVI(gene_dataset,
                model_type,
                filename,
                rep,
                nlayers=2,
                reconstruction_loss: str = "zinb"):
    vae_posterior = trainVAE(gene_dataset,
                             filename,
                             rep,
                             reconstruction_loss=reconstruction_loss)
    filename = '../' + filename + '/' + model_type + '.' + reconstruction_loss + '.rep' + str(
        rep) + '.pkl'
    scanvi = SCANVI(gene_dataset.nb_genes,
                    gene_dataset.n_batches,
                    gene_dataset.n_labels,
                    n_layers=nlayers,
                    reconstruction_loss=reconstruction_loss)
    scanvi.load_state_dict(vae_posterior.model.state_dict(), strict=False)
    if model_type == 'scanvi1':
        trainer_scanvi = AlternateSemiSupervisedTrainer(
            scanvi,
            gene_dataset,
            classification_ratio=0,
            n_epochs_classifier=100,
            lr_classification=5 * 1e-3)
        labelled = np.where(gene_dataset.batch_indices.ravel() == 0)[0]
        labelled = np.random.choice(labelled, len(labelled), replace=False)
        trainer_scanvi.labelled_set = trainer_scanvi.create_posterior(
            indices=labelled)
        trainer_scanvi.unlabelled_set = trainer_scanvi.create_posterior(
            indices=(gene_dataset.batch_indices.ravel() == 1))
    elif model_type == 'scanvi2':
        trainer_scanvi = AlternateSemiSupervisedTrainer(
            scanvi,
            gene_dataset,
            classification_ratio=0,
            n_epochs_classifier=100,
            lr_classification=5 * 1e-3)
        labelled = np.where(gene_dataset.batch_indices.ravel() == 1)[0]
        labelled = np.random.choice(labelled, len(labelled), replace=False)
        trainer_scanvi.labelled_set = trainer_scanvi.create_posterior(
            indices=labelled)
        trainer_scanvi.unlabelled_set = trainer_scanvi.create_posterior(
            indices=(gene_dataset.batch_indices.ravel() == 0))
    elif model_type == 'scanvi0':
        trainer_scanvi = SemiSupervisedTrainer(scanvi,
                                               gene_dataset,
                                               classification_ratio=0,
                                               n_epochs_classifier=100,
                                               lr_classification=5 * 1e-3)
        trainer_scanvi.labelled_set = trainer_scanvi.create_posterior(
            indices=(gene_dataset.batch_indices.ravel() < 0))
        trainer_scanvi.unlabelled_set = trainer_scanvi.create_posterior(
            indices=(gene_dataset.batch_indices.ravel() >= 0))
    else:
        trainer_scanvi = SemiSupervisedTrainer(scanvi,
                                               gene_dataset,
                                               classification_ratio=10,
                                               n_epochs_classifier=100,
                                               lr_classification=5 * 1e-3)

    if os.path.isfile(filename):
        trainer_scanvi.model.load_state_dict(torch.load(filename))
        trainer_scanvi.model.eval()
    else:
        trainer_scanvi.train(n_epochs=5)
        torch.save(trainer_scanvi.model.state_dict(), filename)
    return trainer_scanvi