Nature: Can AI Build a Virtual Cell? Scientists Race To Model Life’s Smallest Unit

Nature's Ewen Callaway takes a close look at the state of virtual cells, noting it's early days, but the idea has attracted strong interest in both academic and industry laboratories worldwide.

In conversation with Nature, CZI Chief Science Advisor Stephen Quake discusses CZI's vision for a future where scientists will use experiments mainly to validate predictions made by virtual cells - predictive AI models for biology that are powered by single-cell sequencing data sets like CZI's Billion Cells Project and other forms of data such as imaging.

"Our goal," Quake says, "is to create computational tools so that cell biology goes from being 90% experimental and 10% computational to the other way around."

Learn more about our scientific grand challenge to build AI-powered virtual cells to help scientists unlock the inner workings of human biology.

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