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Advancing generative genomic models with evolution
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Date & Time
Tue, 14 Apr 2026
09:30 - 10:30
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Discover the future of genomic modeling with Alex Lu from Microsoft Research.
Why you should come
AI-powered• Hear Alex Lu (Microsoft Research) discuss integrating evolution into genomic models.
• Learn how evolutionary rate prediction improves sequence understanding.
• Discover how homology conditions enhancer design where data is limited.
Event Highlights
- •Alex Lu from Microsoft Research New England will discuss advancing generative genomic models with evolution.
- •The talk will explore how evolutionary conservation can be integrated into generative genomic models.
- •The presentation includes two recent projects demonstrating the integration of evolutionary signals.
- •Learn how pretraining models to predict evolutionary rate can improve latent understanding of sequences.
- •Discover how evolutionary homology can condition the generative design of enhancers.
Speaker
Alex Lu
Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research New England (MSR-NE), Cambridge, Massachusetts
Programme
9.30am to 10.30am
Advancing generative genomic models with evolution
What to bring / Requirements
- •Open to members of the University of Oxford only.
Organized by: Sumeeta Maheshwari
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