Virtual Cells¶
1 native session + 5 symlinked overlaps, ~80,500 words. 48 poster abstracts, ~19,000 words.
Cell foundation models, virtual patients, in-silico perturbation, and multimodal AI agents applied to cancer biology. See the companion field-report at awesome-virtual-cell / AACR 2026 for a distilled take on what this content says.
Sessions¶
Native extraction — the dedicated AACR 2026 session on this topic¶
| Session | Date (PT) | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Models and Multimodal AI for Cancer Research (ED03) — Bunne / Yeung-Levy / Moor | Fri 4/17 | 11,668 |
Symlinked overlaps (strong-fit — cell / transcriptomic FMs)¶
| Session | Date (PT) | Words |
|---|---|---|
| AI Revolution in Cancer Research — incl. Bo Wang's cell FM talk | Mon 4/20 | 15,915 |
| AI in Biomarker Discovery and Drug Development — incl. TxFM | Sat 4/18 | 12,941 |
Symlinked overlaps (moderate — pathology FMs + agentic)¶
| Session | Date (PT) | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Agentic AI as the Cancer Researcher (AT02) | Tue 4/21 | 12,831 |
| 3D Tissue Imaging and Cancer | Sat 4/18 | 16,035 |
| Dissecting Hematologic Malignancies at Single-Cell Resolution | Tue 4/21 | 11,126 |
Posters — 48 abstracts¶
Harvested via a phrase-quoted keyword union ("virtual cell", "foundation model", scGPT, Geneformer, "digital twin", "in silico perturbation", and siblings). 48 real posters after filtering; 31 unique to this topic (the rest overlap with single-cell-spatial-omics and bioinfo-tools).