10/25 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀
This paper investigates how protein language models (pLMs) represent underrepresented viral proteins, identifying a dominant 'nativeness axis' in embedding space aligned with masked reconstruction perplexity. While this axis contracts unevenly across viral families, pLM embeddings retain viral-specific signal, demonstrating linear separability and suggesting representations balance a general nativeness concept with distinct biological group information.
#ProteinLanguageModels#pLM#ESMModels#ViralProteins#RepresentationalLearning#BiologicalSequences
Paper Link: arxiv.org/abs/2606.12609
New on arXiv | Viral Proteins Reveal Geometry of Protein Language Models (ICML 2026 Workshop)
Using viral proteins as a lens to understand the geometric structure of protein language model embeddings - revealing how PLMs represent evolutionary & functional diversity.
arxiv.org/abs/2606.12609#AIxBiology#ProteinLanguageModel#ICML2026#Virology
.@KevinHarvick fended off several challenges after some late-race restarts and lands in Shockwave VL for the Northwest PLMs in front of a packed @raceidaho!
Unofficial results
P1: Kevin Harvick
P2: Tyler Herzog
P3: Haeden Plybon
P4: Thomas Stanford
P5: Andrew Riehl
slk,por essa nem eu esperava
o seleção inutil essa nossa,tomara q plms alguém esteja usando ela ou algum dos jogadores(menos o vini)pra lavar dinheiro pra plms servirem pra alguma coisa,principalmente o alisson q eu nunca vi uma vergonha maior doq essa praga e olha q eu sou um
E eu q fui pro casamento, desci do carro, pisei num buraco, cai e ralei o joelho 🤡
Porém levantei tão rápido e de maneira tão diva q ninguém achou q tinha me machucado kkkkkk, plms n torci o pé