Arc Institute Initiates Groundbreaking “Virtual Cell” Competition

Arc Institute Initiates Groundbreaking “Virtual Cell” Competition

In the realm of modern biology and artificial intelligence, a groundbreaking initiative is poised to reshape our understanding of cellular behavior through the introduction of the Virtual Cell Challenge. Launched by the Arc Institute, this competition invites scientists and researchers to harness the power of machine learning to predict how cells respond to various genetic perturbations. With an enticing grand prize of $100,000, the challenge no…

Arc Institute Initiates Groundbreaking "Virtual Cell" Competition

In the realm of modern biology and artificial intelligence, a groundbreaking initiative is poised to reshape our understanding of cellular behavior through the introduction of the Virtual Cell Challenge. Launched by the Arc Institute, this competition invites scientists and researchers to harness the power of machine learning to predict how cells respond to various genetic perturbations. With an enticing grand prize of $100,000, the challenge no…

Arc Institute Launches Virtual Cell Challenge to Accelerate AI Model Development

Yusuf Roohani, PhD, machine learning group lead at the Arc Institute, is among a team of researchers training artificial intelligence (AI) models with transcriptome data to predict how cell gene expression patterns change with different cell states. These so-called virtual cells could help researchers discover new drugs capable of shifting cells from “diseased” to “healthy” with fewer off-target effects to boost clinical success rates.   However…