Yeah a missed reference. I do cite some papers benchmarking single cell models (which some are now calling ‘virtual cells’). They don’t do well at all! I heard lotsa scepticism over whether ssRNA-seq is going to get us even close to useful virtual cells.

With huge thanks to my sources for their generosity with their time: @jbloomlab.bsky.social @eddieholmes.bsky.social @systemsvirology.bsky.social @peacockflu.bsky.social @firefoxx66.bsky.social @angierasmussen.bsky.social l Alex Sigal and Ravi Gupta @ahri-news.bsky.social & Susan Weiss.

Thanks! (I meant lost in news coverage if AF gets a gong next week. It's tempting and easy to give AI magic all the credit.)

Is there a free-to-read version? I pre-wrote an AlphaFold Nobel story last year that I'll probably update this week. One point that I hope doesn't get lost is that AlphaFold's success was enabled by decades of experimental work and freely available structures and sequences.