A world model for proteins is here
What happened
Biohub, backed by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's CZI, has released a "world model of protein biology" featuring new Evolutionary Scale Models (ESM), including ESMFold2, a protein language model trained on 2.8 billion sequences. This open-source release offers a powerful foundation for accelerating protein mapping, prediction, and design in drug discovery, potentially driving down the cost of idea generation to near zero.
Why it matters
Research scientists and biotech firms focused on drug discovery should explore Biohub's open-source protein "world model," including ESMFold2 and ESM Atlas, to accelerate protein mapping, prediction, and design, leveraging these tools to drive down the cost of idea generation.
Topics
- Protein Engineering
- Drug Discovery
- AI Models
- Continual Learning
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