JASPAR 2026 Expands Motif Library, Partners with DeepMind to Unify Annotations
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-09-09
The Kundaje lab is deepening collaboration with the JASPAR motif database: the 2026 release features a major expansion of PFM profiles plus a new collection of interpreted deep learning models, and the team will work with DeepMind's Žiga Avsec and others to unify motif compendia and sequence annotations across assays and cell contexts.
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