Minerva: Genome Language Models Uncover Hidden Elements in Non-Coding DNA
BrianHie · x · 2026-09-23
Researchers including Gary Brien and David Li present Minerva, a new discovery method guided by genome language models. Genomes are full of 'dark matter' of unknown function: Minerva reveals interactions hidden in non-coding DNA, pointing to hundreds of new putative RNAs and repetitive elements per bacterial genome, and enables finding and studying elements invisible to traditional methods at orders of magnitude greater scale.
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