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DERI Seminar with Javier Revilla, Computational Geneticist at InstaDeep

When: Thursday, June 20, 2024, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Speaker: Javier Revilla, Computational Geneticist at InstaDeep

Zoom link: https://qmul-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/81148100921

Title: The Nucleotide Transformer: Building and Evaluating Robust Foundation Models for Genomics
Abstract: Closing the gap between measurable genetic information and observable traits is a longstanding challenge in genomics. Yet, the prediction of molecular phenotypes from DNA sequences alone remains limited and inaccurate. In this talk, I will present a study of foundation models pre-trained on DNA sequences, named the Nucleotide Transformer, integrating information from diverse human genomes, and genomes from a wide range of species. These transformer models yield transferable, context-specific representations of sequences, which allow for accurate molecular phenotype prediction. The training and application of foundational models in genomics explored in this study provide a widely applicable stepping stone to bridge the gap of accurate molecular phenotype prediction from DNA sequence.

 

 

 

 

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