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Write-ups from the Sidechain entry to the Virtual Cell Challenge 2026 — methods, mistakes and data traps, in the open. Nothing here would spoil the competition; everything here is checkable.
Knobs N' Knockdowns
How Sidechain's entries to Arc's Virtual Cell Challenge 2026 were built one setting at a time: what each setting does to a predicted cell, why it was tried, and what the leaderboard said back.
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What Sidechain is
A solo entry to the Virtual Cell Challenge 2026 that runs like a small research group: one human, a handful of AI agents, and a ladder of models climbed one scored rung at a time.
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