diff --git a/igf_airflow/utils/dag36_cellranger_arc_scRNA_multiome_utils.py b/igf_airflow/utils/dag36_cellranger_arc_scRNA_multiome_utils.py
index e00ac29b..8055d31c 100644
--- a/igf_airflow/utils/dag36_cellranger_arc_scRNA_multiome_utils.py
+++ b/igf_airflow/utils/dag36_cellranger_arc_scRNA_multiome_utils.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
   fetch_analysis_name_for_analysis_id,
   calculate_md5sum_for_analysis_dir,
   collect_analysis_dir)
+from igf_airflow.utils.dag34_cellranger_multi_scRNA_utils import (
+  prepare_and_run_scanpy_notebook)
 from airflow.operators.python import get_current_context
 from airflow.decorators import task
 
@@ -373,3 +375,118 @@ def configure_cellranger_arc_aggr(
   except Exception as e:
     raise ValueError(
       f"Failed to configure cellranger aggr run, error: {e}")
+
+## TASK
+@task(
+  task_id="run_single_sample_scanpy_for_arc",
+  retry_delay=timedelta(minutes=5),
+  retries=4,
+  queue='hpc_8G')
+def run_single_sample_scanpy(
+      sample_group: str,
+      cellranger_output_dir: str,
+      design_dict: dict) -> dict:
+  try:
+    ## set cellranger counts dir
+    cellranger_counts_dir = \
+      os.path.join(
+        cellranger_output_dir,
+        'outs')
+    ## set scanpy dir
+    scanpy_output_dir = \
+      os.path.join(
+        cellranger_output_dir,
+        'outs',
+        'scanpy')
+    os.makedirs(scanpy_output_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    check_file_path(cellranger_counts_dir)
+    design_file = design_dict.get('analysis_design')
+    check_file_path(design_file)
+    with open(design_file, 'r') as fp:
+      input_design_yaml = fp.read()
+      sample_metadata, analysis_metadata = \
+        parse_analysis_design_and_get_metadata(
+          input_design_yaml=input_design_yaml)
+    if sample_metadata is None or \
+       analysis_metadata is None:
+      raise KeyError("Missing sample or analysis metadata")
+    scanpy_config = \
+      analysis_metadata.get("scanpy_config")
+    if scanpy_config is None or \
+        not isinstance(scanpy_config, dict):
+      raise KeyError(
+        f"Missing scanpy_config in the design file: {design_file}")
+    ## get project id
+    ## dag_run.conf should have analysis_id
+    context = get_current_context()
+    dag_run = context.get('dag_run')
+    analysis_id = None
+    if dag_run is not None and \
+       dag_run.conf is not None and \
+       dag_run.conf.get('analysis_id') is not None:
+      analysis_id = \
+        dag_run.conf.get('analysis_id')
+    if analysis_id is None:
+      raise ValueError(
+        'analysis_id not found in dag_run.conf')
+    ## get analysis name and project name
+    project_igf_id = \
+      get_project_igf_id_for_analysis(
+        analysis_id=analysis_id,
+        dbconfig_file=DATABASE_CONFIG_FILE)
+    analysis_name = \
+      fetch_analysis_name_for_analysis_id(
+        analysis_id=analysis_id,
+        dbconfig_file=DATABASE_CONFIG_FILE)
+    output_notebook_path, scanpy_h5ad = \
+      prepare_and_run_scanpy_notebook(
+        project_igf_id=project_igf_id,
+        analysis_name=analysis_name,
+        cellranger_group_id=str(sample_group),
+        cellranger_counts_dir=cellranger_counts_dir,
+        scanpy_config=scanpy_config)
+    ## copy output files to scanpy output dir
+    target_notebook_path = \
+      os.path.join(
+        scanpy_output_dir,
+        os.path.basename(output_notebook_path))
+    copy_local_file(
+      output_notebook_path,
+      target_notebook_path,
+      force=True)
+    target_scanpy_h5ad = \
+      os.path.join(
+        scanpy_output_dir,
+        os.path.basename(scanpy_h5ad))
+    copy_local_file(
+      scanpy_h5ad,
+      target_scanpy_h5ad,
+      force=True)
+    check_file_path(target_notebook_path)
+    check_file_path(target_scanpy_h5ad)
+    output_dict = {
+      "sample_group": sample_group,
+      "cellranger_output_dir": cellranger_output_dir,
+      "notebook_report": target_notebook_path,
+      "scanpy_h5ad": target_scanpy_h5ad}
+    return output_dict
+  except Exception as e:
+    context = get_current_context()
+    log.error(e)
+    log_file_path = [
+      os.environ.get('AIRFLOW__LOGGING__BASE_LOG_FOLDER'),
+      f"dag_id={context['ti'].dag_id}",
+      f"run_id={context['ti'].run_id}",
+      f"task_id={context['ti'].task_id}",
+      f"attempt={context['ti'].try_number}.log"]
+    message = \
+      f"Error: {e}, Log: {os.path.join(*log_file_path)}"
+    send_log_to_channels(
+      slack_conf=SLACK_CONF,
+      ms_teams_conf=MS_TEAMS_CONF,
+      task_id=context['task'].task_id,
+      dag_id=context['task'].dag_id,
+      project_id=None,
+      comment=message,
+      reaction='fail')
+    raise ValueError(e)
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