Why AI Companies Are Racing to Build a Virtual Human Cell

Graham Johnson, a computational biologist and scientific illustrator at the Allen Institute for Cell Science, recalls fantasizing at a lunch table, more than 15 years ago, about a computer model of a ...
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CZI and NVIDIA Accelerate Virtual Cell Model Development for Scientific Discovery

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and NVIDIA announced ...
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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 ...
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Ginkgo Datapoints Launches Virtual Cell Initiative for AI Drug Discovery

Ginkgo Bioworks has announced the launch of the Virtual Cell Pharmacology Initiative (VCPI) through Ginkgo Datapoints. This open-source platform is designed to build a standardized framework for ...
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Ginkgo Datapoints launches the Virtual Cell Pharmacology Initiative to build a community-driven data standard for AI drug discovery

BOSTON — Nov. 20, 2025 — Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA) today announced the launch of the Virtual Cell Pharmacology Initiative (VCPI) through Ginkgo Datapoints. This open-source platform is designed to ...