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most citedCA-DEL: An Open Multi-Target, Multi-Modal Benchmark for Learning from DNA-Encoded Library Screens

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14 papers

cs.CV2026

Towards Scalable Context-Aware Single-Cell Spatial Transcriptomics Prediction from Histology Images

Zijun Gao, Chunbin Gu, Jinxi Xiang +2

Predicting gene expression from H&E-stained histology images offers a scalable alternative to costly spatial transcriptomics, yet most existing methods operate at the spot level, w…

q-bio.BM2026

SF-Cluster: Frustration-Guided MSA Subsampling for Alternative Protein Conformation Recovery

Hanqun Cao, Zijun Gao, Chunbin Gu +3

Deep-learning structure predictors are sensitive to their multiple sequence alignment (MSA) input, making MSA subsampling a practical route to recovering alternative conformations.…

cs.CE2026

GeoCycler: Reward-Aligned 3D Diffusion for Constraint-Conditioned Cyclic Peptide Design

Jingjie Zhang, Hanqun Cao, Haosen Shi +10

Cyclic peptides are attractive therapeutic modalities because their closed-ring topology can improve stability and target specificity. However, de novo cyclic peptide design remain…

cs.CV2026

Does Engram Do Memory Retrieval in Autoregressive Image Generation?

Jinghao Wang, Qiyuan He, Chunbin Gu +1

The Engram module -- a hash-keyed, O(1) associative memory injected into Transformer layers -- was recently shown to improve large language model pretraining, with the appealing in…

q-bio.BM2026★ 1 cited

CA-DEL: An Open Multi-Target, Multi-Modal Benchmark for Learning from DNA-Encoded Library Screens

Mutian He, Hanqun Cao, Cheng Tan +4

The success of machine learning in drug discovery hinges on learning the relationship between a chemical structure and its biological activity. While DNA-Encoded Library (DEL) tech…

q-bio.BM2026

Bi-TEAM: A Unified Cross-Scale Representation Learning Framework for Chemically Modified Biomolecules

Chunbin Gu, Zijun Gao, Mutian He +8

Representation learning for protein biochemical space faces a difficult trade-off: protein language models excel at capturing long-range biological semantics but often miss fine-gr…

q-bio.BM2025

CONFIDE: Hallucination Assessment for Reliable Biomolecular Structure Prediction and Design

Zijun Gao, Mutian He, Shijia Sun +8

Reliable evaluation of protein structure predictions remains challenging, as metrics like pLDDT capture energetic stability but often miss subtle errors such as atomic clashes or c…

cs.AI2025

Lost in Tokenization: Context as the Key to Unlocking Biomolecular Understanding in Scientific LLMs

Kai Zhuang, Jiawei Zhang, Yumou Liu +10

Scientific Large Language Models (Sci-LLMs) have emerged as a promising frontier for accelerating biological discovery. However, these models face a fundamental challenge when proc…

cs.CE2025

Learning the PTM Code through a Coarse-to-Fine, Mechanism-Aware Framework

Jingjie Zhang, Hanqun Cao, Zijun Gao +8

Post-translational modifications (PTMs) form a combinatorial "code" that regulates protein function, yet deciphering this code - linking modified sites to their catalytic enzymes -…

cs.LG2025★ 1 cited

A deep reinforcement learning platform for antibiotic discovery

Hanqun Cao, Marcelo D. T. Torres, Jingjie Zhang +8

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is projected to cause up to 10 million deaths annually by 2050, underscoring the urgent need for new antibiotics. Here we present ApexAmphion, a deep…

cs.LG2025★ 1 cited

Lightweight MSA Design Advances Protein Folding From Evolutionary Embeddings

Hanqun Cao, Xinyi Zhou, Zijun Gao +7

Protein structure prediction often hinges on multiple sequence alignments (MSAs), which underperform on low-homology and orphan proteins. We introduce PLAME, a lightweight MSA desi…

cs.CE2025★ 1 cited

SAGEPhos: Sage Bio-Coupled and Augmented Fusion for Phosphorylation Site Detection

Jingjie Zhang, Hanqun Cao, Zijun Gao +2

Phosphorylation site prediction based on kinase-substrate interaction plays a vital role in understanding cellular signaling pathways and disease mechanisms. Computational methods…

cs.LG2024

DEL-Ranking: Ranking-Correction Denoising Framework for Elucidating Molecular Affinities in DNA-Encoded Libraries

Hanqun Cao, Mutian He, Ning Ma +3

DNA-encoded library (DEL) screening has revolutionized the detection of protein-ligand interactions through read counts, enabling rapid exploration of vast chemical spaces. However…

q-bio.QM2024

Unlocking Potential Binders: Multimodal Pretraining DEL-Fusion for Denoising DNA-Encoded Libraries

Chunbin Gu, Mutian He, Hanqun Cao +3

In the realm of drug discovery, DNA-encoded library (DEL) screening technology has emerged as an efficient method for identifying high-affinity compounds. However, DEL screening fa…