University of Toronto researchers present scGPT: a basic model for single cell biology based on a generative transformer pre-trained in a repository of more than 33 million cells

University of Toronto researchers present scGPT: a basic model for single cell biology based on a generative transformer pre-trained in a repository of more than 33 million cells

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2023/07/02/2023.04.30.538439.full.pdf Natural language processing and computer vision are just examples of the fields where pre-trained generative models have been incredibly successful. In particular, a viable strategy for building foundation models is to combine various large-scale datasets with pre-trained transformers. The study investigates the feasibility of basic models for further research in cell biology and genetics … Read more

Vanderbilt investigators secure a grant from the Keck Foundation for groundbreaking genetic research

Vanderbilt investigators secure a grant from the Keck Foundation for groundbreaking genetic research

Charles Sanders, PhD by Herschel Pollard Vanderbilt University scientists Charles Sanders, PhD, and Roy Zent, ​​MD, PhD, received a $1.2 million award from the WM Keck Foundation for their groundbreaking project, Genetic Intolerance Patterns as a Treasure Map to Genes that Define Us as Human. This groundbreaking project led by Professors Sanders and Zent underscores … Read more

Wang, nationally recognized geneticist, appointed head of genetics | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Wang, nationally recognized geneticist, appointed head of genetics |  Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Visit the News Hub Leads major NIH-funded genome projects, demonstrates passion for educating the next generation of physicians and scientists Matthew Miller Ting Wang, PhD, has been appointed head of the Department of Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He will begin his new role on August 1st. Ting Wang, PhD, … Read more