Perturb-MARS: Reading mouse experiments through a human lens

Multiplexed in-vivo perturbations, interpreted by a foundation model that has only ever seen human tumors.

May 4 • Abhishaike Mahajan

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April 2026

TARIO-2: A Whole-Transcriptome Foundation Model from H&E Alone

Spatial transcriptomics may be the richest measurement of a tumor we have. It's also almost never collected. Here's how we get around that.

Apr 17 • Abhishaike Mahajan

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February 2026

Scaling behavior of TARIO

Observations from building world models of biology

Feb 24 • Abhishaike Mahajan

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January 2026

GSK Licenses NOETIK’s OCTO-Virtual Cell Foundation Models to Transform Cancer Therapeutics R&D

We are announcing a five-year foundation model licensing partnership with GSK including $50M in upfront and near-term capital, and annual model…

Jan 8 • Ron Alfa

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September 2025

How do you use a virtual cell to do something actually useful? (3/3)

Virtual perturbations that shift T cell effector state in humans

Sep 19, 2025 • Abhishaike Mahajan

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Refining clinical trial eligibility to the right subgroups

Sep 12, 2025 • Abhishaike Mahajan

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Identifying anti-PD1 responders

Sep 5, 2025 • Abhishaike Mahajan

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