Genome LM Minerva finds reverse transcriptase systems encode diverse structured ncRNAs

BrianHie · x · 2026-09-23

• David Li and Garyk Brixi released Minerva, an approach using genome language models for biological discovery.
• With Minerva they found that UG27 reverse transcriptase systems encode variable arrays of diverse ncRNAs sharing a common structure, each templated by a short DNA hairpin.
• Researcher Brian Hie congratulated the authors, noting early conversations about fragments of the work.

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