Genomics model comparison: chromBPNet leads on cell selectivity, AlphaGenome middling without distillation
jeffvierstra · x · 2026-09-19
Researcher Jeff Vierstra shares comparison details for genomics foundation models: on overall cell selectivity (which peaks are active in which cell type) across diverse cell-type-specific peaks, chromBPNet performs best; on the open-chromatin variant task, AlphaGenome is middle of the pack once model distillation is removed.
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