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# scDFM: Distributional Flow Matching for Robust Single-Cell Perturbation Prediction (ICLR 2026)
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Official repo for the paper [scDFM](URL), ICLR 2026. <br />
Chenglei Yu<sup>β1,2</sup>, [Chuanrui Wang](https://wang-cr.github.io/)<sup>β1</sup>, Bangyan Liao<sup>β1,2</sup> & [Tailin Wu](https://tailin.org/)<sup>β 1</sup>.<br />
<sup>1</sup>School of Engineering, Westlake University;
<sup>2</sup>Zhejaing University;
</sup>*</sup>Equal contribution, </sup>β </sup>Corresponding authors
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## Overview
We propose a novel distributional flow matching framework (scDFM) for robust single-cell perturbation prediction, which models the full distribution of perturbed cellular expression profiles conditioned on control states, thereby overcoming limitations of existing methods that rely on cell-level correspondences and fail to capture population-level transcriptional shifts.
Framework of paper:
<a href="url"><img src="assets/fig1.png" align="center" width="600" ></a>
## Install dependencies
```
conda env create -f environment.yml
```
## β¬ Dataset download
Put dataset into data file:
- [Norman](https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Norman_et_al_2019_Science_labeled_Perturb-seq_data/24688110)
- [Combosciplex subset of sciplex v3](https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/combosciplex/25062230?file=44229635)
### Alternative Data Access
We also provide the datasets via [Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cNpYAt9jVWZN82miNZtkP10YeSo7hufL?usp=sharing). This folder contains:
- The **Norman** dataset and its corresponding data splits.
- The **ComboSciPlex** dataset.
Example directory layout after download (relative to repo root):
```
scDFM/
ββ data/
β ββ norman.h5ad
β ββ combosciplex.h5ad
ββ src/
β ββ ...
ββ run.sh
```
## π₯ Training
An example on additive task.
```bash
bash run.sh
```
## π«‘ Citation
If you find our work and/or our code useful, please cite us via:
```bibtex
@article{yu2026scdfm,
title={scDFM: Distributional Flow Matching Model for Robust Single-Cell Perturbation Prediction},
author={Yu, Chenglei and Wang, Chuanrui and Liao, Bangyan and Wu, Tailin},
journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.07103},
year={2026}
}
```
## π Related Resources
- AI for Scientific Simulation and Discovery Lab: https://github.com/AI4Science-WestlakeU
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