h5py: Error using h5r>init h5py.h5r (line 145) AttributeError: type object 'h5py.h5r.Reference' has no attribute '__reduce_cython__'

• Operating System Windows 7 enterprise
• Python version 3.6.7 Anaconda installation
• Matlab 9.1.0.441655 (R2016b) pyversion ‘C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\python.exe’ … = py.importlib.import_module(‘file_name’);
• h5py version 2.9.0
• HDF5 version 1.10.4

Hello,

I want to use tensorflow via matlab as above. I can import tensorflow and h5py both without any problems in the console. When I want to use it together with matlab I get the error:

Error: Python Error: AttributeError: type object 'h5py.h5r.Reference' has no attribute '__reduce_cython__'
init h5py.h5r at 145
init h5py._conv at 21
<module> at 36
<module> at 38
<module> at 39
<module> at 43
<module> at 22
<module> at 35
<module> at 24
<module> at 24
<module> at 88
<module> at 24
<module> at 2
_call_with_frames_removed at 219
exec_module at 678
_load_unlocked at 665
_find_and_load_unlocked at 955
_find_and_load at 971
_gcd_import at 994
import_module at 126
Error using h5r>init h5py.h5r (line 145)
Python Error: AttributeError: type object 'h5py.h5r.Reference' has no attribute
'__reduce_cython__'

Error in h5r>init h5py._conv (line 21)

Error in __init__><module> (line 36)
from ._conv import register_converters as _register_converters

Error in saving><module> (line 38)
  import h5py

Error in network><module> (line 39)
from tensorflow.python.keras.engine import saving

Error in training><module> (line 43)
from tensorflow.python.keras.engine.network import Network

Error in multi_gpu_utils><module> (line 22)
from tensorflow.python.keras.engine.training import Model

Error in __init__><module> (line 35)
from tensorflow.python.keras.utils.multi_gpu_utils import multi_gpu_model

Error in activations><module> (line 24)
from tensorflow.python.keras.utils.generic_utils import deserialize_keras_object

Error in __init__><module> (line 24)
from tensorflow.python.keras import activations

Error in __init__><module> (line 88)
from tensorflow.python import keras

Error in __init__><module> (line 24)
from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow  # pylint: disable=unused-import

Error in demo_regression_UCI><module> (line 2)
import tensorflow as tf

Error in <frozen importlib>_call_with_frames_removed (line 219)

Error in <frozen importlib>exec_module (line 678)

Error in <frozen importlib>_load_unlocked (line 665)

Error in <frozen importlib>_find_and_load_unlocked (line 955)

Error in <frozen importlib>_find_and_load (line 971)

Error in <frozen importlib>_gcd_import (line 994)

Error in __init__>import_module (line 126)
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)

Error in Deep_GP_Doubly_Model/modelfit (line 181)
obj.loadPythonModule();

Can you help me with this? Do you know what is the problem?

Thanks.