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Perturbation response

Perturbation-response prediction asks whether a model can predict molecular measurements under a changed cellular condition.

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Allowed inputsControl-cell measurements, requested condition and permitted covariates; predictions and observed responses aligned to the same features.
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AdaptationNo common fitting regime is imposed here. Keep pretrained, frozen, probed, fine-tuned and conventional methods distinct where applicable. · Not applicable
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MetricsPerturBench supports expression-error, correlation, change-from-control and distributional metrics; aggregation and ranking settings are explicit configuration choices.
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BaselinesChoose the baselines supplied by the selected protocol and record their access to controls and training conditions. No baseline result is asserted by this guide.
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How it works

How it worksConceptual evaluation workflow
Conceptual evaluation workflow1. Select data and held-out conditions. Then: 2. Specify allowed controls and covariates. Then: 3. Predict molecular responses. Then: 4. Score declared aggregates and distributionsConceptual evaluation workflow1. Select data and held-out conditions. Then: 2. Specify allowed controls and covariates. Then: 3. Predict molecular responses. Then: 4. Score declared aggregates and distributionsConceptual evaluation workflow1. Select data and held-out conditions. Then: 2. Specify allowed controls and covariates. Then: 3. Predict molecular responses. Then: 4. Score declared aggregates and distributions

Conceptual task guide. Dataset preparation, parameters and scoring must come from a separately identified protocol.

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Choosing an evaluation

A concrete protocol defines which conditions are observed during fitting and which are held out. Compare predicted and measured responses with matched covariates and a declared aggregation. PerturBench separates average expression, changes from controls and distributional comparisons; these answer different questions. Report the dataset-specific split rather than assuming that a random cell split tests unseen perturbations.

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Task scope

This is a task guide, not a single versioned benchmark protocol. The connected resources provide examples or concrete procedures. A candidate method or proposed control is not evidence that an evaluation has been completed.

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Tested entities and results

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Papers and result coverage

Last literature check: 2026-09-17. Primary-paper discovery and source inspection. Source-checked results are not independently reproduced experiments.

Paper or primary resourceVersionReference
Predicting transcriptional outcomes of novel multigene perturbations with GEARSPMC full-text XML snapshot PMC11180609 at retrieval; byte-pinned by SHA-256Read source
DOI: 10.1038/s41587-023-01905-6
Towards Principled Evaluation of Single-Cell Perturbation Prediction ModelsbioRxiv 2026.07.23.740433v1Read source
DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.23.740433

What is still missing

  • A task guide cannot merge perturbation identities, context holdouts, gene subsets or DEG metrics into one leaderboard.
  • Primary figures/source data must be extracted before adding new numerical comparisons.
Search and extraction details

broad task primary protocol linked

Searches

  • Open Problems single cell label projection benchmark v1.0.0 paper
  • CAPRI assessment rounds 46 54 protein docking results
  • GEARS predicting transcriptional outcomes multigene perturbations 2023
  • scVI scANVI reference mapping benchmark primary paper
  • Boltz-2 affinity benchmark paper
  • ESMFold monomer structure benchmark Science 2023
  • "ProkBERT" "paper" "2024"
  • "scPertEval"
  • ProkBERT family prokaryotic language models microbe paper
  • Probabilistic harmonization annotation single-cell transcriptomics scANVI Nature Methods 2021
  • Evolutionary-scale prediction atomic-level protein structure language model ESMFold Science Lin 2023
  • Towards Principled Evaluation Single-Cell Perturbation Prediction Models Schäfer 2026

Evidence locations

  • GEARS Results: single/multigene perturbation prediction
  • GEARS Figure 2; Supplementary Table 2
  • scPertEval Sections 2–6 and Table 1

Strengths and limitations

Strengths supported by sources

  • Matched controls and held-out conditions allow an evaluation to separate reconstruction from generalisation to a new condition.
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Limitations and conditions

  • A good score on average expression need not establish correct changes or cell-to-cell variation. Dose, time and cell context must match.
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Datasets

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Assays

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Splits

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Allowed inputs

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Adaptation

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Perturbation response
scope note
Predict expression changes after unseen perturbations.
benchmark research
review date: 2026-09-17; status: broad_task_primary_protocol_linked; primary sources: expansion-p3-gears; expansion-p3-scperteval-paper; inspected locators: GEARS Results: single/multigene perturbation prediction; GEARS Figure 2; Supplementary Table 2; scPertEval Sections 2–6 and Table 1; searched queries: Open Problems single cell label projection benchmark v1.0.0 paper; CAPRI assessment rounds 46 54 protein docking results; GEARS predicting transcriptional outcomes multigene perturbations 2023; scVI scANVI reference mapping benchmark primary paper; Boltz-2 affinity benchmark paper; ESMFold monomer structure benchmark Science 2023; "ProkBERT" "paper" "2024"; "scPertEval"; ProkBERT family prokaryotic language models microbe paper; Probabilistic harmonization annotation single-cell transcriptomics scANVI Nature Methods 2021; Evolutionary-scale prediction atomic-level protein structure language model ESMFold Science Lin 2023; Towards Principled Evaluation Single-Cell Perturbation Prediction Models Schäfer 2026; gaps: A task guide cannot merge perturbation identities, context holdouts, gene subsets or DEG metrics into one leaderboard.; Primary figures/source data must be extracted before adding new numerical comparisons.; claim scope: Primary-paper discovery and source inspection. Source-checked results are not independently reproduced experiments.
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