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most citedInverse Statistical Physics of Protein Sequences: A Key Issues Review

265 citations · 2.3k across the 48 of their papers we have counts for

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49 papers

q-bio.QM2023

Transition paths in Potts-like energy landscapes: general properties and application to protein sequence models

Eugenio Mauri, Simona Cocco, Rémi Monasson

We study transition paths in energy landscapes over multi-categorical Potts configurations using the mean-field approach introduced by Mauri et al., {\em Phys Rev Lett 130, 158402…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 4 cited

Evolutionary Dynamics of a Lattice Dimer: a Toy Model for Stability vs. Affinity Trade-offs in Proteins

Emanuele Loffredo, Elisabetta Vesconi, Rostam Razban +4

Understanding how a stressor applied on a biological system shapes its evolution is key to achieving targeted evolutionary control. Here we present a toy model of two interacting l…

physics.bio-ph2022★ 37 cited

Computational protein design with evolutionary-based and physics-inspired modeling: current and future synergies

Cyril Malbranke, David Bikard, Simona Cocco +2

Computational protein design facilitates discovery of novel proteins with prescribed structure and functionality. Exciting designs were recently reported using novel data-driven me…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022★ 2 cited

Statistical-physics approaches to RNA molecules, families and networks

Simona Cocco, Andrea De Martino, Andrea Pagnani +1

This contribution focuses on the fascinating RNA molecule, its sequence-dependent folding driven by base-pairing interactions, the interplay between these interactions and natural…

cs.LG2022★ 17 cited

Disentangling representations in Restricted Boltzmann Machines without adversaries

Jorge Fernandez-de-Cossio-Diaz, Simona Cocco, Remi Monasson

A goal of unsupervised machine learning is to build representations of complex high-dimensional data, with simple relations to their properties. Such disentangled representations m…

q-bio.BM2022

Mutational paths with sequence-based models of proteins: from sampling to mean-field characterisation

Eugenio Mauri, Simona Cocco, Rémi Monasson

Identifying and characterizing mutational paths is an important issue in evolutionary biology and in bioengineering. We here introduce a generic description of mutational paths in…