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31 matching use cases.

  • DNA and genomes · Clinical research

    Interpret BRCA1/BRCA2 germline variants

    Evidence reviewed · 16 comparisons shown · 121 tools

    Evidence last checked 14 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 14 November 2026

    Which evidence-support methods improve BRCA1/BRCA2 variant review without increasing serious classification errors?

    You bring

    • Confirmed germline variant, reference transcript and assay limitations
    • Population frequency, segregation, phenotype and functional evidence with dates
    • A relevant, versioned ClinGen ENIGMA specification and evidence cutoff

    Opens with 16 comparisons shown · 121 tools · Proxy evidence only, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • Cells and tissues · Research

    Transfer cell-type annotations to a new dataset

    Evidence reviewed · 6 comparisons shown · 4 held for review · 17 tools

    Evidence last checked 9 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 9 November 2026

    Which annotation workflow can label my new dataset reliably and recognise unsupported cell populations?

    You bring

    • Query count data with tissue, disease, donor and assay metadata
    • A versioned reference and a defined cell-label hierarchy
    • Independent marker, protein or expert evidence where available
    • Requirements for coverage, uncertainty and resource use

    Opens with 6 comparisons shown · 4 held for review · 17 tools, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Clinical research

    Select a copy-number variant detection and characterisation workflow

    Evidence reviewed · 4 comparisons shown · 3 held for review · 18 tools

    Evidence last checked 11 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 11 November 2026

    Which workflow detects and characterises copy-number changes accurately and helps an analyst assess the evidence?

    You bring

    • Whole-genome sequencing aligned reads
    • The size range and variant class (deletion, duplication, etc.) of clinical interest

    Opens with 4 comparisons shown · 3 held for review · 18 tools, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • Proteins and complexes · Research

    Design a new binder to a chosen target

    Collection planned

    Evidence last checked 22 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 22 November 2026

    Which computational design workflow produces binders that work when they are made and tested?

    You bring

    • A target structure or a structure prediction, and the epitope or hotspot residues to target
    • Whether the target has a known binder or a solved complex, which decides whether this is a cold start
    • The binder modality required: miniprotein, antibody variable domain, nanobody or peptide
    • A synthesis and assay budget, and the assay that will define a hit
    • Expression, solubility and format constraints on the designs that can be tested

    Opens with 0 comparisons shown · 14 held for review · No current evaluated evidence, plus limitations and sources.

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  • DNA and genomes · Clinical research

    Select a DNA pathogen-identification workflow for diagnostic testing

    Evidence reviewed · 9 comparisons shown · 2 held for review · 27 tools

    Evidence last checked 11 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 11 November 2026

    Which DNA sequencing classification workflow detects clinically relevant pathogens and handles contamination or organisms absent from the reference?

    You bring

    • Plasma microbial cell-free DNA sequencing reads
    • The reference standard available for agreement/sensitivity comparison (e.g. blood culture, composite adjudication)

    Opens with 9 comparisons shown · 2 held for review · 27 tools, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Clinical research

    Select an execution workflow for large-scale diagnostic genomics

    Evidence reviewed · 11 comparisons shown · 9 held for review · 11 tools

    Evidence last checked 11 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 11 November 2026

    Which eligible model configuration and execution workflow can meet a diagnostic genomics team's resource, throughput and reproducibility constraints?

    You bring

    • The diagnostic genomics team's available hardware configuration
    • The required per-sample turnaround and batch throughput

    Opens with 11 comparisons shown · 9 held for review · 11 tools, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Clinical research

    Select an RNA pathogen-detection workflow for diagnostic testing

    Evidence reviewed · 6 comparisons shown · 28 tools

    Evidence last checked 11 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 11 November 2026

    Which RNA sequencing workflow detects RNA pathogens reliably in the intended specimen and distinguishes real detections from host/background contamination?

    You bring

    • Respiratory specimen RNA (DNase-treated), reverse-transcribed to cDNA libraries
    • The original clinical reference assay(s) available for sensitivity comparison

    Opens with 6 comparisons shown · 28 tools · Proxy evidence only, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Clinical research

    Review EGFR lung-cancer actionability evidence

    Evidence reviewed · 4 comparisons shown · 15 tools

    Evidence last checked 9 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 9 November 2026

    Which systems retrieve correctly scoped sensitivity and resistance evidence for advanced EGFR-mutant NSCLC?

    You bring

    • Interpreted biomarker, genome build/transcript, histology, stage and co-alterations
    • Prior therapies, progression and sampling dates, including tissue or plasma source
    • Jurisdiction, evidence cutoff and a versioned source corpus

    Opens with 4 comparisons shown · 15 tools · Proxy evidence only, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • Cells and tissues · Research

    Assess models for genetic perturbation experiments

    Evidence reviewed · 6 comparisons shown · 8 held for review · 29 tools

    Evidence last checked 9 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 9 November 2026

    Which prediction methods and controls should I test before using expression predictions to plan genetic perturbation experiments?

    You bring

    • Single-cell expression measurements from perturbed and unperturbed cells, with perturbation and cell-type labels
    • A study design with multiple measured perturbations and cells per perturbation; combinations require combination examples during GEARS training

    Opens with 6 comparisons shown · 8 held for review · 29 tools, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • Molecular interactions · Research

    Find hits for a target by virtual screening

    Evidence reviewed · 4 comparisons shown · 1 held for review · 41 tools

    Evidence last checked 22 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 22 November 2026

    Which computational screening workflow puts real binders at the top of a large compound library, and how many compounds must be tested to find one?

    You bring

    • One protein target, with a sequence and, for docking and rescoring methods, a prepared receptor structure
    • A compound library to rank, with the actives-to-inactives ratio and how any negatives were constructed
    • A compute budget, since cost per compound decides whether a method can run on the library at all
    • A synthesis and assay budget, which sets how many top-ranked compounds can be tested

    Opens with 4 comparisons shown · 1 held for review · 41 tools, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • Molecular interactions · Research

    Rank close analogues of a hit by binding affinity

    Evidence reviewed · 3 comparisons shown · 15 tools

    Evidence last checked 22 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 22 November 2026

    Which method ranks a hit's close analogues by binding affinity accurately enough to choose what to make next, and at what compute cost against free energy calculation?

    You bring

    • A confirmed hit and a set of close analogues, with the series' chemical relationship stated
    • A protein structure or sequence for the target, and its relationship to any structure used in training
    • Measured affinities for part of the series, with the assay type and units recorded
    • An available compute budget and a synthesis budget

    Opens with 3 comparisons shown · 15 tools · Direct and proxy evidence, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • Metabolomics · Research

    Shortlist molecular identities from tandem mass spectra

    Evidence reviewed · 8 comparisons shown · 9 tools

    Evidence last checked 7 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 7 November 2026

    Which retrieval configurations merit validation when molecular formula is unknown and a researcher can examine only a short list of candidate structures?

    You bring

    • MS/MS spectra with metadata sufficient to derive neutral molecular mass
    • A frozen set of candidate molecular structures; the true identity must be present for the measured retrieval endpoint

    Opens with 8 comparisons shown · 9 tools · Proxy evidence only, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Clinical research

    Use calibrated computational evidence for missense variants (PP3/BP4)

    Evidence reviewed · 4 comparisons shown · 96 tools

    Evidence last checked 14 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 14 November 2026

    Which predictor and score thresholds give calibrated ACMG/AMP computational evidence (PP3/BP4) for a missense variant in a gene without a gene-specific calibration, and at what strength?

    You bring

    • A germline missense variant on a stated transcript and genome build
    • The chosen predictor's precomputed score at a pinned version
    • Whether a gene- or region-specific specification exists that supersedes genome-wide thresholds

    Opens with 4 comparisons shown · 96 tools · Direct and proxy evidence, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Clinical research

    Select a patient-RNA splicing-variant validation workflow

    Evidence reviewed · 8 comparisons shown · 1 held for review · 24 tools

    Evidence last checked 11 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 11 November 2026

    Which DNA/RNA evidence workflow identifies splice-altering variants for inherited-disorder follow-up when patient RNA and tissue-specific context are available?

    You bring

    • Patient skin-fibroblast (or matched tissue) RNA-seq aligned reads
    • The number of samples available for a FRASER-style aberrant-splicing cohort

    Opens with 8 comparisons shown · 1 held for review · 24 tools, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • Cells and tissues · Research

    Select perturbations for a defined cellular response

    Evidence reviewed · 4 comparisons shown · 47 tools

    Evidence last checked 22 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 22 November 2026

    Which genetic perturbations should I test to produce a defined cellular response?

    You bring

    • A defined cell system, starting state and target phenotype
    • Candidate genetic perturbations and a fixed testing budget
    • Measured perturbations and matched controls with guide, replicate and condition metadata
    • The intended transfer setting: unseen genes, combinations or a new cellular context

    Opens with 4 comparisons shown · 47 tools · Direct and proxy evidence, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Research

    Compare methods for plant promoter experiments

    Evidence reviewed · 10 comparisons shown · 10 tools

    Evidence last checked 8 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 8 November 2026

    What evidence supports choosing a sequence model for predicting plant core-promoter strength in the intended reporter assay?

    You bring

    • A 170 bp core-promoter sequence spanning −165 to +5 relative to an annotated transcription start site
    • The sequence species and intended assay host: maize protoplasts or tobacco leaves

    Opens with 10 comparisons shown · 10 tools · Proxy evidence only, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Clinical research

    Select a plasma ctDNA fragmentomics detection workflow

    Evidence reviewed · 9 comparisons shown · 43 tools

    Evidence last checked 11 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 11 November 2026

    Which fragmentomics workflow detects tumour-derived plasma DNA under realistic low tumour fractions and fixed false-positive constraints?

    You bring

    • Plasma cell-free DNA whole-genome sequencing reads
    • The target specificity (false-positive) constraint for the intended use

    Opens with 9 comparisons shown · 43 tools · Direct and proxy evidence, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Clinical research

    Select a plasma ctDNA methylation detection workflow

    Evidence reviewed · 8 comparisons shown · 22 tools

    Evidence last checked 11 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 11 November 2026

    Which measured methylation workflow detects tumour-derived plasma DNA and, where separately supported, identifies tissue of origin?

    You bring

    • Plasma cell-free DNA for targeted/genome-wide methylation sequencing
    • The target specificity constraint for the intended use

    Opens with 8 comparisons shown · 22 tools · Direct and proxy evidence, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • Proteins and complexes · Research and Clinical research

    Assess methods for protein stability experiments

    Evidence reviewed · 7 comparisons shown · 1 held for review · 68 tools

    Evidence last checked 14 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 14 November 2026

    What evidence supports ranking protein substitutions by folding stability, and what must be validated before choosing a method?

    You bring

    • Wild-type protein sequence and amino acid substitutions
    • A defined construct and experimental stability endpoint; alignment-derived methods additionally require a traceable alignment and model

    Opens with 7 comparisons shown · 1 held for review · 68 tools, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • Proteins and complexes · Research

    Predict missense variant effects in a protein of interest

    Evidence reviewed · 2 comparisons shown · 115 tools

    Evidence last checked 14 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 14 November 2026

    Which predictor best ranks the functional effects of amino acid substitutions in a given protein, with or without an alignment or structure?

    You bring

    • Wild-type protein sequence and the substitutions to score
    • Optionally a multiple sequence alignment, an experimental or predicted structure, and labelled assay data
    • The readout of interest (activity, binding, expression, stability or organismal fitness)

    Opens with 2 comparisons shown · 115 tools · Direct evidence for the stated endpoint, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Clinical research

    Rank rare-disease variants for review

    Evidence reviewed · 13 comparisons shown · 119 tools

    Evidence last checked 14 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 14 November 2026

    Which methods recover causal variants and genes within a realistic laboratory review budget?

    You bring

    • Quality-controlled variant calls, genome build and calling coverage
    • Phenotype terms, pedigree, inheritance and available family sequencing
    • Dated population-frequency and gene–disease evidence

    Opens with 13 comparisons shown · 119 tools · Direct and proxy evidence, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Research

    Select regulatory variants and genes for functional follow-up

    Evidence reviewed · 11 comparisons shown · 51 tools

    Evidence last checked 14 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 14 November 2026

    Which variants, regulatory elements and genes should I perturb to explain a disease-associated locus?

    You bring

    • Fine-mapped variants with genome build, ancestry and linkage-disequilibrium context
    • Candidate regulatory elements, genes and a relevant cell type
    • Sequence and available chromatin, expression or contact measurements
    • The feasible perturbation assay, readout and follow-up budget

    Opens with 11 comparisons shown · 51 tools · Proxy evidence only, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • Proteins and complexes · Research

    Assess rhodopsin wavelength prediction across sequence backgrounds

    Evidence reviewed · 6 comparisons shown · 6 tools

    Evidence last checked 8 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 8 November 2026

    Which sequence-based configurations merit testing before selecting rhodopsins with different absorption wavelengths in a new wild-type background?

    You bring

    • Complete rhodopsin amino-acid sequences
    • Training measurements of peak absorption wavelength and frozen assignments that separate wild-type backgrounds

    Opens with 6 comparisons shown · 6 tools · Proxy evidence only, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Clinical research

    Assess somatic small-variant oncogenicity

    Evidence reviewed · 7 comparisons shown · 47 tools

    Evidence last checked 14 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 14 November 2026

    Which methods help classify somatic SNVs and small indels while preserving uncertainty and the relevant gene mechanism?

    You bring

    • Variant, genome build, transcript, allele fraction, quality and confidence in somatic origin
    • Tumour context, gene mechanism and dated oncogenicity-specific assertions
    • Functional studies and the applicable criteria specification

    Opens with 7 comparisons shown · 47 tools · Direct and proxy evidence, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Research and Clinical research

    Prioritise variants for splicing experiments

    Evidence reviewed · 8 comparisons shown · 28 tools

    Evidence last checked 14 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 14 November 2026

    Which evaluated configurations can inform selection of human SNVs for follow-up splicing experiments?

    You bring

    • Human single nucleotide variants with alleles, genome assembly and gene/transcript context
    • The intended experimental endpoint and the number of variants that can be followed up

    Opens with 8 comparisons shown · 28 tools · Proxy evidence only, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • Proteins and complexes · Research

    Choose structural hypotheses to guide experiments

    Evidence reviewed · 9 comparisons shown · 2 held for review · 10 tools

    Evidence last checked 9 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 9 November 2026

    Which predicted interfaces or structures are reliable enough to guide my next experiment?

    You bring

    • Protein sequences, partner identities and the intended assembly
    • Available experimental structures or templates with release dates
    • A defined experimental choice and testing budget
    • Relevant biochemical conditions and alternative conformations

    Opens with 9 comparisons shown · 2 held for review · 10 tools, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • Cells and tissues · Research

    Select therapeutic targets for validation

    Evidence reviewed · 5 comparisons shown · 46 tools

    Evidence last checked 9 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 9 November 2026

    Which targets should I test to change a defined disease-relevant phenotype?

    You bring

    • A defined disease, biological context and experimental phenotype
    • A candidate gene set and feasible ways to inhibit or activate each target
    • Dated genetic, expression and functional evidence, including conflicting findings
    • A validation budget and relevant normal-cell or selectivity controls

    Opens with 5 comparisons shown · 46 tools · Proxy evidence only, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Clinical research

    Select a tumour DNA somatic variant-calling workflow

    Evidence reviewed · 11 comparisons shown · 27 tools

    Evidence last checked 11 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 11 November 2026

    Which calling or rescoring workflow reliably detects tumour SNVs and small indels under the available sequencing and normal-sample regime?

    You bring

    • Tumour and matched-normal aligned sequencing reads
    • The intended variant-fraction, coverage and genomic-context strata

    Opens with 11 comparisons shown · 27 tools · Direct and proxy evidence, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Clinical research

    Select a tumour RNA fusion-detection workflow

    Evidence reviewed · 7 comparisons shown · 19 tools

    Evidence last checked 11 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 11 November 2026

    Which RNA-sequencing workflow detects and prioritises tumour gene fusions with useful sensitivity and a manageable false-positive review burden?

    You bring

    • Tumour RNA-seq reads: paired-end short reads (conventional or targeted capture) or long reads
    • The intended specimen type (frozen, FFPE or other) and acceptable false-positive review burden

    Opens with 7 comparisons shown · 19 tools · Direct and proxy evidence, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • DNA and genomes · Clinical research

    Reanalyse unresolved rare-disease cases

    Evidence reviewed · 6 comparisons shown · 6 tools

    Evidence last checked 14 October 2026 · re-checked monthly, next due 14 November 2026

    Which reanalysis methods find new diagnoses or reduce review effort when given the same updated information?

    You bring

    • Original ES/GS calls, coverage, report, filters and analysis date
    • Updated phenotype, pedigree and gene–disease or variant evidence
    • Dated changes to calling and interpretation methods

    Opens with 6 comparisons shown · 6 tools · Direct and proxy evidence, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →
  • RNA and transcriptomes · Research

    Set baselines for UTR translation experiments

    Evidence reviewed · 5 comparisons shown · 6 tools

    Evidence check not yet recorded · re-checked monthly

    Before training a more complex model of reporter translation, which sequence-only controls should be measured on the same held-out data?

    You bring

    • Complete processed sequences and measured mean ribosome load from a defined reporter library
    • A fixed training, validation and test assignment, with test labels withheld from fitting and model selection

    Opens with 5 comparisons shown · 6 tools · Direct and proxy evidence, plus limitations and sources.

    Inspect evidence and limitations →

What a use case shows

  1. Question and inputsThe biological question, who it is for and the data you would start with.
  2. Relevant evaluationsBenchmark protocols whose endpoint matches the question directly or only as a proxy.
  3. Tested models and resultsThe exact model configurations and controls evaluated, with the recorded scores and their sources.
  4. Limits and missing evidenceWhat does not transfer to your setting, what has not been measured and how the page was reviewed.

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Research relevance and clinical evidence

Each question states its setting, endpoint and transfer limitations. A relevant assay result does not by itself establish clinical performance. Clinical research pages explain which patient or workflow questions the available evidence leaves unanswered.

About this collection

User questions lead evidence gathering. A question can enter this collection before model comparisons have been collected: its plan states what to compare, how to validate it and what to collect next.

Where reviewed evidence is available, inspect the exact configurations, evaluation protocols and source-linked results. Incompatible protocols remain separate. Review method, research or clinical research scope, and missing evidence stay visible.

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