Fabian Theis considers it somewhat too simplistic to equate a virtual cell with perturbation prediction.

“So I think it's a very good question, and this is why often people nowadays equate a virtual cell with, um, perturbation prediction. I think it's a bit too simplistic, but I think these perturbation prediction type of models, and that sort of being, uh, maybe what you mean by virtual cell, is taking off a lot.”