Technical notes / evidence trail

Technical records for current research.

When published, VHL notes will document data provenance, representations, model configurations, negative results, evaluation, limitations, and corrections for current research. Each note will supplement, rather than replace, the corresponding manuscript.

Current availability No standalone technical notes are public yet.

The research records available now are the two private manuscripts listed below. For signed essays about the research direction, visit the Blog.

The current research record is focused on RNA.

These manuscripts are under patent filing and peer review. Researchers can request a private copy; full files are not posted on the website.

Enough information to inspect the result.

01

Data provenance

Dataset name or accession, cohort scope, assay, access conditions, inclusion criteria, and known batch or site effects.

02

Split definition

The unit held out for testing—sample, donor, site, or study—and why that split matches the stated generalization claim.

03

Method record

Model version, configuration, preprocessing, comparison methods, and code or reproducibility status.

04

Limits and corrections

Negative results, uncertainty, subgroup failures, leakage risks, changes to interpretation, and dated corrections.

What the current RNA evidence trail must answer.

PBISC

Generated pseudo-cells versus measured single cells

Which properties of cell composition, expression, pathways, and immune state can be evaluated—and which claims remain out of scope.

RNA-LLM

What survives RNA compression

How a learned RNA token is tested across assay resolutions, cohorts, biological tasks, and language-model outputs.

Evaluation

Study-held-out and donor-held-out tests

Why random sample splits can overstate RNA-model performance and how cross-study transfer is reported.