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From the lab

Notes on method, not announcements.

Posts about how a result was reached, what a benchmark actually needs, and where our own numbers still fall short of that bar.

June 22, 2026 · 3 min read

Single-cell foundation models vs. marker-based annotation: what actually changes

Foundation models change the failure mode of cell-type annotation, not just the accuracy — and that trade-off is usually left out of the pitch.

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