Abstracts: Zero-shot models in single-cell biology with Alex Lu
ALEX LU: Yeah, I’m really excited to be joining you today.
HUIZINGA: So let’s start with a little background of your work. In just a few sentences, tell us about your study and more importantly, why it matters.
LU: Absolutely. And before I dive in, I want to give a shout out to the MSR research intern who actually did this work. This was led by Kasia Kedzierska, who interned with us two summers ago in 2023, and she’s the lead author on the study. But basically, in this research, we study single-cell foundation models, which have really recently rocked the world of biology, because they basically claim to be able to use AI to unlock understanding about single-cell biology. Biologists for a myriad of applications, everything