Virtual Cells Need Context, Not Just Scale
Payam Dibaeinia, Sudarshan Babu, Mei K. Knudson, Ali ElSheikh, Yibo Wen, Han Liu, Jason F. Perera, Aly Azeem Khan
The paper argues that scaling model capacity alone is insufficient for Virtual Cells, emphasizing the need for contextual diversity and causal representation learning over data volume.
bioRxiv · Feb 9, 2026 · PreprintGenomics