Structure-Phenomics Modeling for Faster Phenomic Similarity Prediction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems for determining phenomic relationships between compounds and cell perturbations suffer from inefficiencies, high computational requirements, and lack operational flexibility, undermining accuracy and flexibility in predicting phenomic similarities.

Innovation Solution

The sphere system uses a machine learning model to analyze structural features of compounds and generate phenomic similarity predictions, employing a structure-phenomics relationship model to predict phenomic relationships without extensive laboratory testing, and utilizes gene-specific pheno-similarity thresholds for enhanced accuracy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If existing systems use large volumes of training data to train machine learning models for predicting phenomic relationships, then prediction accuracy can be improved, but computational requirements and time consumption increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction accuracyVSAvoidtraining time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing compound structures into standardized feature representations (e.g., molecular fingerprints, graph embeddings) before actual prediction. This pre-computation of structural features allows the model to work with optimized inputs during inference, reducing real-time computational burden while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system extracts only the most relevant structural features from compounds using specialized molecular representation methods, rather than processing entire molecular datasets. This extraction of essential features (e.g., substructure patterns, pharmacophore elements) reduces the dimensionality of input data, enabling faster training and prediction without sacrificing predictive accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Adaptability or versatility

If existing systems process complex biological interactions through traditional methods, then comprehensive analysis can be achieved, but operational flexibility and efficiency deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational flexibilityVSAvoidprediction efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces traditional mechanical laboratory testing and manual analysis methods with machine learning-based computational predictions. The ML models predict phenomic relationships in silico, substituting physical experimentation with algorithmic inference, thereby dramatically improving efficiency while maintaining adaptability through model retraining on diverse datasets.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes parameters by using different molecular representation formats (e.g., SMILES, graph structures, 3D conformations) and adjusting model architecture parameters to optimize for specific prediction tasks. This flexibility in parameter selection allows the system to adapt to different compound types and biological questions while maintaining high prediction efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If existing systems perform extensive laboratory testing to determine phenomic relationships, then measurement accuracy can be improved, but computational resources and time requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvephenomic similarity accuracyVSAvoidcomputational resources
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates digital copies of molecular structures and their phenomic relationships through machine learning models. Instead of physically testing each compound-perturbation pair, the trained model generates predictive copies of experimental outcomes based on structural features, dramatically reducing computational resource requirements while maintaining accuracy through virtual replication of laboratory results.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS20250391515A1Determining phenomic relationships between compounds and cell perturbations utilizing machine learning models
Publication Date: 2025.12.25 RECURSION PHARMACEUTICALS INC
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for training and utilizing machine learning models to generate structure-phenomics relationship predictions for cell perturbations. In particular, in some embodiments, the disclosed systems receive a query chemical compound. In addition, in some embodiments, the disclosed systems generate a compound structure feature representation for the query chemical compound. Moreover, in some embodiments, the disclosed systems generate, utilizing a structure-phenomics relationship machine learning model, a phenomic similarity prediction for the compound structure feature representation and a target perturbation.