virtual cell model
also referred to as: virtual cell models
4 statements across 2 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Sep 15, 2025 by Patrick Hsu · across every show →
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Sep 15, 2025 bullish
Hsu: Virtual cell models will advance from single cells to whole animals
“There are going to be different phases of capability where initially they model individual cells, then they model pairs of cells, then they model cells in a tissue, and then in a broader physiologically intact animal environment, and those are length scales an…”
Sep 15, 2025 positive
Hsu: Virtual cell models do not need mechanistic explanations to be useful
“And I would say similarly with a virtual cell model, it may not tell me literally why, just like a alpha fold doesn't tell me literally why did the protein fold this way and how, but it just told me the end state and it was reasonably accurate. I think that wo…”
Nov 6, 2025 positive
Chan: Virtual cell models provide utility even without perfect accuracy
“But I don't think it needs to be a hundred percent accurate to be useful. Because you just want to be able to de-risk the idea on the front end a little bit. And the more and more you de-risk it, the more efficient it gets, obviously. But it'll be useful if yo…”
Nov 6, 2025 positive
Zuckerberg: Virtual cell modeling requires a hierarchical protein-to-cell strategy
“Part of the hypothesis is that you can look at all these different cells and you can kind of simulate how they might behave, but you're gonna have a somewhat shallow understanding unless you actually have this hierarchical understanding of what how the subcomp…”