Technology · Polly Scout

Scout Priority Datasets for Target Evaluation, in Minutes.

You define the criteria. Elucidata searches 8M+ GEO, PMC, PRIDE, Clinical Trial, and ArrayExpress studies, evaluates each against your criteria, and delivers a scored, filterable dataset list before your next planning call.

Upto 3x

More relevant datasets found vs. Claude

100%

Precision held on every dataset returned

8M+

Studies indexed across 5 sources, expanding daily

Technology · Polly Scout

Scout Priority Datasets for Target Evaluation, in Minutes.

You define the criteria. Elucidata searches 8M+ GEO, PMC, PRIDE, Clinical Trial, and ArrayExpress studies, evaluates each against your criteria, and delivers a scored, filterable dataset list before your next planning call.

Upto 3x

More relevant datasets found vs. Claude

100%

Precision held on every dataset returned

8M+

Studies indexed across 5 sources, expanding daily

What target ID
teams achieved

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What Target ID Teams Achieved

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Single-modality search · Oral lichen planus

2.5x

More relevant datasets found

Scout returned 10 of 16 known datasets against a single-cell RNA-seq criteria set. Claude returned 4, at the same 100% precision.
Multi-omics search · Kabuki syndrome (rare disease)

3.3x

More relevant datasets found

Scout returned 10 of 16 known datasets across four omics modalities, including entries indexed only under the condition's alternate name. Claude returned 3.
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What This Enables in Target ID

Once Scout is running on your program, dataset selection is driven by evidence coverage across the full corpus.

6 to 8 weeks of public data hunt becomes a few days

Elucidata can provide up to 3.3x more relevant public data based on your criteria, to enrich or augment your proprietary data.

Custom-fit knowledge graph for your specific indication or biology

Covers single-cell RNA-seq, bulk RNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, and proteomics, scored against your criteria to build out your knowledge graph.

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How Scout Works

You define the criteria. Elucidata's agents run the search on Polly Scout. You review the shortlist.

SOC 2 Type II
HIPAA compliant
AES-256 encryption
Dedicated AWS VPC

Part of the Elucidata Service Offering

Scout powers the data discovery step inside both of Elucidata's partnership models.

Program Partner

When Elucidata takes on scientific co-ownership of a target discovery program, Scout handles the dataset scouting that everything downstream depends on, whether that's validating a hypothesis or building the evidence layer of a knowledge graph.

Data Harmonization Partner

When your team needs a purpose-built dataset package rather than a generic pre-harmonized catalogue, Scout is the discovery layer, searching your specified repositories and scoring every candidate before harmonization begins.

How Scout Integrates Into Your Program

Elucidata runs the scouting inside the tools your team already uses.

Scout MCP Server

Connects your existing AI tooling directly to the Scout corpus and evaluation agents. Your model stack and interface stay the same.

Co-Scientist

The same natural-language interface used to query Polly KG can also drive a Scout search, from wherever your team already works.

Full API documentation and integration guides available on request.

faq

Questions From Every Target ID Evaluation Call

How is Scout different from doing a GEO or PubMed search ourselves?

Intent parsing, search, and evaluation agents work in sequence across the full corpus, 8M+ studies across GEO, PMC, PRIDE, NCBI, and ArrayExpress. The evaluation agent scores every result against each of your criteria and returns a confidence score and a pass or fail flag for each one. A manual search returns a list of keyword matches. Scout returns a scored, filterable table with the reasoning behind each score.

Where does Scout fit in a target ID program?

Scout is the data acquisition step. Use it to find the right public datasets before building your knowledge graph. Scout feeds directly into knowledge graph build, then Polly Lens evidence reports, then the target prioritization dashboard.

What does "managed service" mean here? Do we need to learn a new tool?

No. You submit your target ID criteria in a 30-minute call. An Elucidata specialist runs the scouting and delivers the shortlist. Your team's involvement is at the review stage, roughly an hour, reading the shortlist Elucidata delivers.

How long does a Scout run take?

Each run searches the full corpus, 8M+ studies across GEO, PMC, PRIDE, NCBI, and ArrayExpress, in a single session. Results stream in as the evaluation agent scores each dataset. The prior manual method took 3 to 25 days per program.

Can Scout datasets feed directly into a knowledge graph build?

Yes. Scout delivers a scored results table as a CSV, with ontology tags and modality flags per dataset. It flows into data curation or Polly Xtract for ingestion and knowledge graph construction, with no format conversion needed.

Is Scout HIPAA and SOC 2 certified?

Yes. SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliant, with AES-256 encryption at rest and in transit, a dedicated AWS VPC with role-based access control, and biannual third-party penetration tests.

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