Arc Institute launches 2026 Virtual Cell Challenge
AllThingsApx · x · 2026-08-21
The Arc Institute has launched the 2026 Virtual Cell Challenge with open submissions and a leaderboard. This year's task focuses on multi-context generalization and zero-shot prediction, requiring models to predict perturbation responses in cellular contexts without Challenge-specific training data.
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