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scBERT (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025)

Configuration of scBERT: Fine-tuned to predict the perturbation labels of the training data; perturbed embedding computed as for UCE; ridge regression decoder.

4 evaluations · 8 results

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4 evaluations · 8 results. Different protocols are not a single leaderboard.

Sorted by L2 distance (1,000 most highly expressed control genes; mean over held-out perturbations and splits) (lower is better). The best value in each column is highlighted. Decimals are rounded for display; each value links to the printed value and its source.

Tested configurationProtocol and datasetL2 distance (1,000 most highly expressed control genes; mean over held-out perturbations and splits)Pearson delta (1,000 most highly expressed control genes; mean over held-out perturbations and splits)
scBERT (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025)EvaluationAdamson: expression prediction for unseen single perturbations (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 Fig. 2a and Extended Data Fig. 8a), Adamson et al. 2016 Perturb-seq, K562 CRISPRi single perturbations (GEARS distribution, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025)3.88Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data (best in column)0.728Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data (best in column)
scBERT (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025)EvaluationReplogle K562: expression prediction for unseen single perturbations (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 Fig. 2a and Extended Data Fig. 8a), Replogle et al. 2022 Perturb-seq essential-gene screen, K562 CRISPRi (GEARS distribution, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025)4.19Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data0.408Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data
scBERT (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025)EvaluationNorman double perturbations: expression prediction for held-out double perturbations (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 Fig. 1a and Extended Data Fig. 2a), Norman et al. 2019 Perturb-seq, K562 CRISPRa single and double perturbations (scFoundation reprocessing, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025)4.28Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data0.61Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data
scBERT (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025)EvaluationReplogle RPE1: expression prediction for unseen single perturbations (Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 Fig. 2a and Extended Data Fig. 8a), Replogle et al. 2022 Perturb-seq essential-gene screen, RPE1 CRISPRi (GEARS distribution, Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025)5.53Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data0.678Computed by Rewire from the authors' source data
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Tested configurationProtocol and datasetFindingEvidence and details
Configuration: scBERT (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)
0.61 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 checked
Methods, coverage and source

scBERT 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 "scbert", column "r2_delta"; plotted as the red line in Extended Data Fig. 2a
Configuration: scBERT (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)
0.728 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 checked
Methods, coverage and source

scBERT 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 "scbert", column "r2_delta"; plotted as the red line in Extended Data Fig. 8a
Configuration: scBERT (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)
0.408 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 checked
Methods, coverage and source

scBERT 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 "scbert", column "r2_delta"; plotted as the red line in Extended Data Fig. 8a
Configuration: scBERT (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)
0.678 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 checked
Methods, coverage and source

scBERT 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 "scbert", column "r2_delta"; plotted as the red line in Extended Data Fig. 8a
Configuration: scBERT (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)
4.28 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 checked
Methods, coverage and source

scBERT 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 "scbert", column "l2"; plotted as the red line in Fig. 1a
Configuration: scBERT (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)
3.88 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 checked
Methods, coverage and source

scBERT 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 "scbert", column "l2"; plotted as the red line in Fig. 2a
Configuration: scBERT (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)
4.19 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 checked
Methods, coverage and source

scBERT 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 "scbert", column "l2"; plotted as the red line in Fig. 2a
Configuration: scBERT (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)
5.53 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 checked
Methods, coverage and source

scBERT 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 "scbert", column "l2"; plotted as the red line in Fig. 2a

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scBERT (Source Data method "scbert")
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Fine-tuned to predict the perturbation labels of the training data; perturbed embedding computed as for UCE; ridge regression decoder.
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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.
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scBERT commit 262fd4b9, model weights provided by the scBERT authors
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scBERT as run by Ahlmann-Eltze et al. 2025 for perturbation-effect prediction.
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