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bix-24-q2

Question

Using differential expression analysis (padj < 0.05, |log2FC| > 0.5) and GO Biological Process enrichment analysis, determine whether upregulation or downregulation of genes primarily drives the metabolic effects of CBD treatment in CRC cells.

Accepted answer
Downregulation
Domain
transcriptomics

Comparison

Pass counts and token totals across the same three replicates.

AgentGalaxy-API codeOpen-ended code
Codex GPT-5.53/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
4.38M total
3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
3.19M total
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
11.04M total
2/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
4.57M total
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna2/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
47.29M total
3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
6.79M total
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
35.12M total
3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
13.44M total
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Codesuperseded3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
13.55M total
3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
4.76M total

Execution condition

Galaxy-API code with skills

Codex GPT-5.5

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 1

passUDT + standard tools
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Galaxy UDTGprofiler GostDESeq2clusterProfilerg:Profilerfold-change calculation
Total tokens
1.32M
Output
9.9K
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 2

passUDT + standard tools
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Galaxy UDTGprofiler GostDESeq2clusterProfilerg:Profiler
Total tokens
1.69M
Output
15.3K
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 3

passUDT + standard tools
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Galaxy UDTGprofiler GostDESeq2g:ProfilerclusterProfiler
Total tokens
1.37M
Output
9.2K

Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 1

passUDT + standard tools
AnswerDownregulation
Workflow
Convert Characters1Select columnsDESeq2Galaxy UDTGprofiler Gost
Total tokens
3.64M
Output
15.8K
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 2

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Select columnsDESeq2Filter rowsGprofiler Gost
Total tokens
4.81M
Output
17.0K
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 3

passUDT + standard tools
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Select columnsDESeq2Galaxy UDTGprofiler Gost
Total tokens
2.59M
Output
14.9K

Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 1

passUDT + standard tools
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Csv To TabularSelect columnsDESeq2Galaxy UDTFilter rowsGprofiler Gost
Total tokens
10.24M
Output
45.1K
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 2

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Csv To TabularSelect columnsEdgerFilter rowsGprofiler Gost
Total tokens
13.71M
Output
43.9K
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 3

fail

Why it missed

Model and enrichment scope changedThis run fit all ten treatment groups with edgeR, used the live GO_Biological_Process_2023 library, and chose the direction by counting significant metabolic terms. That broader route returned upregulation; the matched CBD-versus-DMSO analysis supporting the accepted answer returns downregulation.
Answerupregulation
Workflow
Csv To TabularConvert Characters1Edgermore stepsAnnotatemyidsGSEApy Enrichr
Total tokens
23.34M
Output
66.2K

DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

3 primary replicates
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 1

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Galaxy via BioBlendDESeq2clusterProfilerg:Profiler
Total tokens
4.88M
Output
37.3K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 2

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Galaxy via BioBlendSciPyDESeq2clusterProfilerg:Profilerfold-change calculation
Total tokens
8.58M
Output
32.0K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 3

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Galaxy via BioBlendDESeq2clusterProfilerg:Profiler
Total tokens
21.66M
Output
71.7K

DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude CodeSuperseded

3 primary replicates
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 1

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
DESeq2Gprofiler Gostfold-change calculation
Total tokens
2.70M
Output
25.8K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 2

passUDT + standard tools
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
DESeq2fold-change calculationg:ProfilerKEGGReactome
Total tokens
5.71M
Output
47.0K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 3

passUDT + standard tools
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Select columnsDESeq2Gprofiler Gostfold-change calculationg:Profiler
Total tokens
5.15M
Output
41.1K

Execution condition

Open-ended code with skills

Codex GPT-5.5

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 1

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Local analysisclusterProfilerPyDESeq2GSEApyg:Profiler
Total tokens
1.37M
Output
10.2K
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 2

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Local analysisDESeq2clusterProfilerapeglmedgeRSciPy
Total tokens
747.7K
Output
9.8K
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 3

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Local analysisSciPystatsmodelsGSEApyDESeq2edgeR
Total tokens
1.08M
Output
11.9K

Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 1

fail

Why it missed

Model scope changed the enrichment directionThe direct CBD-versus-DMSO fit pointed to downregulation, but this run chose a ten-level, all-30-sample dispersion model and counted live GO terms to select upregulation. Expanding the model beyond the matched six-sample comparison changed the requested direction.
AnswerUpregulation
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
1.13M
Output
12.5K
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 2

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
1.51M
Output
11.6K
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 3

pass
AnswerDownregulation
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
1.93M
Output
12.0K

Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 1

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
1.58M
Output
13.4K
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 2

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
1.99M
Output
18.8K
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 3

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
3.23M
Output
15.3K

DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

3 primary replicates
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 1

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Local analysisDESeq2clusterProfilerSciPystatsmodelsGSEApy
Total tokens
3.31M
Output
28.0K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 2

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Local analysisDESeq2clusterProfilerstatsmodelsGSEApyedgeR
Total tokens
6.69M
Output
43.8K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 3

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Local analysisSciPystatsmodelsGSEApyReactomeDESeq2
Total tokens
3.43M
Output
23.4K

DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude CodeSuperseded

3 primary replicates
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 1

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Local analysisclusterProfilerPyDESeq2SciPyGSEApy
Total tokens
1.26M
Output
23.8K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 2

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Local analysisDESeq2clusterProfilerstatsmodelsSciPyGSEApy
Total tokens
2.42M
Output
25.6K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 3

pass
Answerdownregulation
Workflow
Local analysisSciPyPyDESeq2GSEApystatsmodels
Total tokens
1.09M
Output
19.2K

bix-24-q2 · October 2026 · three additional replicates

GPT-5.6 Sol · token optimization

Galaxy-API code, high reasoning, Fast service. Previous runs are retained above.

Open-ended code averaged 1.52M tokens; previous website Galaxy averaged 3.68M; the new Galaxy runs averaged 2.02M, or 1.33× Open-ended code. Each mean covers three replicates of this same task with GPT-5.6 Sol.

Cached input is already included in input tokens. Full nested tool/job evidence is in each HF run's galaxy_execution_records.tar.gz, with an accompanying member index.

Optimization overview and all 150 runs