GEARS (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025)
Configuration of GEARS: GEARS 0.1.2; Trained through the GEARS API with default parameters.
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| Tested configuration | Protocol and dataset | Finding | Evidence and details |
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| Configuration: GEARS (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | Protocol: Norman double perturbations: expression prediction for held-out double perturbations (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 Fig. 1a and Extended Data Fig. 2a) Dataset: Norman et al. 2019 Perturb-seq, K562 CRISPRa single and double perturbations (scFoundation reprocessing, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | 0.631 Pearson delta (1,000 most highly expressed control genes; mean over held-out perturbations and splits)Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data unitless · higher Uncertainty: Not reported by the source: No spread of the mean is stated; Rewire did not compute one Coverage: 310/310 perturbation-split rows scored | Independent external evaluation · Source checkedMethods, coverage and sourceGEARS on Norman doubles (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) perturbation-ahlmann-20261011-protocol-norman-double Aggregation: Not reported Deep-learning-based gene perturbation effect prediction does not yet outperform simple linear baselines; Source Data Extended Data Fig. 2, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 · Source Data Extended Data Fig. 2 (MOESM6), sheet "Panel A", rows with dataset_name "norman_from_scfoundation" and method "gears", column "r2_delta"; plotted as the red line in Extended Data Fig. 2a |
| Configuration: GEARS (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | Protocol: Adamson: expression prediction for unseen single perturbations (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 Fig. 2a and Extended Data Fig. 8a) Dataset: Adamson et al. 2016 Perturb-seq, K562 CRISPRi single perturbations (GEARS distribution, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | 0.726 Pearson delta (1,000 most highly expressed control genes; mean over held-out perturbations and splits)Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data unitless · higher Uncertainty: Not reported by the source: No spread of the mean is stated; Rewire did not compute one Coverage: 48/48 perturbation-split rows scored | Independent external evaluation · Source checkedMethods, coverage and sourceGEARS on Adamson (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) perturbation-ahlmann-20261011-protocol-adamson-single Aggregation: Not reported Deep-learning-based gene perturbation effect prediction does not yet outperform simple linear baselines; Source Data Extended Data Fig. 8, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 · Source Data Extended Data Fig. 8 (MOESM10), sheet "Panel A", rows with dataset_name "adamson" and method "gears", column "r2_delta"; plotted as the red line in Extended Data Fig. 8a |
| Configuration: GEARS (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | Protocol: Replogle K562: expression prediction for unseen single perturbations (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 Fig. 2a and Extended Data Fig. 8a) Dataset: Replogle et al. 2022 Perturb-seq essential-gene screen, K562 CRISPRi (GEARS distribution, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | 0.388 Pearson delta (1,000 most highly expressed control genes; mean over held-out perturbations and splits)Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data unitless · higher Uncertainty: Not reported by the source: No spread of the mean is stated; Rewire did not compute one Coverage: 262/262 perturbation-split rows scored | Independent external evaluation · Source checkedMethods, coverage and sourceGEARS on Replogle K562 (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) perturbation-ahlmann-20261011-protocol-replogle-k562-single Aggregation: Not reported Deep-learning-based gene perturbation effect prediction does not yet outperform simple linear baselines; Source Data Extended Data Fig. 8, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 · Source Data Extended Data Fig. 8 (MOESM10), sheet "Panel A", rows with dataset_name "replogle_k562_essential" and method "gears", column "r2_delta"; plotted as the red line in Extended Data Fig. 8a |
| Configuration: GEARS (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | Protocol: Replogle RPE1: expression prediction for unseen single perturbations (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 Fig. 2a and Extended Data Fig. 8a) Dataset: Replogle et al. 2022 Perturb-seq essential-gene screen, RPE1 CRISPRi (GEARS distribution, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | 0.636 Pearson delta (1,000 most highly expressed control genes; mean over held-out perturbations and splits)Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data unitless · higher Uncertainty: Not reported by the source: No spread of the mean is stated; Rewire did not compute one Coverage: 413/413 perturbation-split rows scored | Independent external evaluation · Source checkedMethods, coverage and sourceGEARS on Replogle RPE1 (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) perturbation-ahlmann-20261011-protocol-replogle-rpe1-single Aggregation: Not reported Deep-learning-based gene perturbation effect prediction does not yet outperform simple linear baselines; Source Data Extended Data Fig. 8, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 · Source Data Extended Data Fig. 8 (MOESM10), sheet "Panel A", rows with dataset_name "replogle_rpe1_essential" and method "gears", column "r2_delta"; plotted as the red line in Extended Data Fig. 8a |
| Configuration: GEARS (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | Protocol: Norman double perturbations: expression prediction for held-out double perturbations (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 Fig. 1a and Extended Data Fig. 2a) Dataset: Norman et al. 2019 Perturb-seq, K562 CRISPRa single and double perturbations (scFoundation reprocessing, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | 4.1 L2 distance (1,000 most highly expressed control genes; mean over held-out perturbations and splits)Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data unit-unreported · lower Uncertainty: Not reported by the source: No spread of the mean is stated; Rewire did not compute one Coverage: 310/310 perturbation-split rows scored | Independent external evaluation · Source checkedMethods, coverage and sourceGEARS on Norman doubles (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) perturbation-ahlmann-20261011-protocol-norman-double Aggregation: Not reported Deep-learning-based gene perturbation effect prediction does not yet outperform simple linear baselines; Source Data Fig. 1, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 · Source Data Fig. 1 (MOESM3), sheet "Panel A", rows with dataset_name "norman_from_scfoundation" and method "gears", column "l2"; plotted as the red line in Fig. 1a |
| Configuration: GEARS (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | Protocol: Adamson: expression prediction for unseen single perturbations (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 Fig. 2a and Extended Data Fig. 8a) Dataset: Adamson et al. 2016 Perturb-seq, K562 CRISPRi single perturbations (GEARS distribution, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | 3.87 L2 distance (1,000 most highly expressed control genes; mean over held-out perturbations and splits)Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data unit-unreported · lower Uncertainty: Not reported by the source: No spread of the mean is stated; Rewire did not compute one Coverage: 48/48 perturbation-split rows scored | Independent external evaluation · Source checkedMethods, coverage and sourceGEARS on Adamson (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) perturbation-ahlmann-20261011-protocol-adamson-single Aggregation: Not reported Deep-learning-based gene perturbation effect prediction does not yet outperform simple linear baselines; Source Data Fig. 2, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 · Source Data Fig. 2 (MOESM4), sheet "Panel A", rows with dataset_name "adamson" and method "gears", column "l2"; plotted as the red line in Fig. 2a |
| Configuration: GEARS (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | Protocol: Replogle K562: expression prediction for unseen single perturbations (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 Fig. 2a and Extended Data Fig. 8a) Dataset: Replogle et al. 2022 Perturb-seq essential-gene screen, K562 CRISPRi (GEARS distribution, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | 4.08 L2 distance (1,000 most highly expressed control genes; mean over held-out perturbations and splits)Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data unit-unreported · lower Uncertainty: Not reported by the source: No spread of the mean is stated; Rewire did not compute one Coverage: 262/262 perturbation-split rows scored | Independent external evaluation · Source checkedMethods, coverage and sourceGEARS on Replogle K562 (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) perturbation-ahlmann-20261011-protocol-replogle-k562-single Aggregation: Not reported Deep-learning-based gene perturbation effect prediction does not yet outperform simple linear baselines; Source Data Fig. 2, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 · Source Data Fig. 2 (MOESM4), sheet "Panel A", rows with dataset_name "replogle_k562_essential" and method "gears", column "l2"; plotted as the red line in Fig. 2a |
| Configuration: GEARS (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | Protocol: Replogle RPE1: expression prediction for unseen single perturbations (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 Fig. 2a and Extended Data Fig. 8a) Dataset: Replogle et al. 2022 Perturb-seq essential-gene screen, RPE1 CRISPRi (GEARS distribution, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) | 6.11 L2 distance (1,000 most highly expressed control genes; mean over held-out perturbations and splits)Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data unit-unreported · lower Uncertainty: Not reported by the source: No spread of the mean is stated; Rewire did not compute one Coverage: 413/413 perturbation-split rows scored | Independent external evaluation · Source checkedMethods, coverage and sourceGEARS on Replogle RPE1 (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025) perturbation-ahlmann-20261011-protocol-replogle-rpe1-single Aggregation: Not reported Deep-learning-based gene perturbation effect prediction does not yet outperform simple linear baselines; Source Data Fig. 2, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 · Source Data Fig. 2 (MOESM4), sheet "Panel A", rows with dataset_name "replogle_rpe1_essential" and method "gears", column "l2"; plotted as the red line in Fig. 2a |
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- Deep-learning-based gene perturbation effect prediction does not yet outperform simple linear baselines · Original source · Nature Methods 22(8):1657, published online 2025-08-04; PMC12328236 full-text XML
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Stable ID: perturbation-ahlmann-20261011-config-gears
- areas
- cells-tissues; single-cell
- contexts
- research
- method types
- supervised_machine_learning
- reported name
- GEARS (Source Data method "gears")
- source locator
- Methods 'Software versions and parameters'; Source Data column method "gears"
- foundation model eligible
- false
- parameters
- Trained through the GEARS API with default parameters.
- access reuse
- Prediction scripts for every model: github.com/const-ae/linear_perturbation_prediction-Paper (benchmark/src), archived on Zenodo; branch link, not pinned to a commit in the article.
- version
- GEARS 0.1.2
- provenance note
- GEARS as run by Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 for perturbation-effect prediction.
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- configuration of: GEARS
- system: GEARS on Adamson (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025)
- system: GEARS on Norman doubles (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025)
- system: GEARS on Replogle K562 (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025)
- system: GEARS on Replogle RPE1 (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025)