arXiv Machine Learning

scCBGM: Interpretable Single-Cell Counterfactual Editing

arXiv:2606. 07760v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Understanding cellular phenotypes and how they respond to perturbations is critical for disease biology and therapeutic design.

arXiv AI

Jun 9

Single-Cell Cross-Modal Transfer by Adversarial Fine-Tuning of Foundation Models

arXiv:2606. 07676v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Spatial transcriptomics (ST) is a powerful tool for exploring biological properties dependent on structure, proximity, and interaction in tissue.

By Joseph Boyd, Matthew Lyon, Martino Mansoldo, Christian Hurry, Finnian Firth

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arXiv Machine Learning

Jun 3

scBatchProx: Federated-Inspired Refinement for Stable Cell-Type Discriminability under Heterogeneous Batch Compositions

arXiv:2602. 00423v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Single-cell integration workflows often construct low-dimensional cell embeddings and then refine them with post-hoc methods to reduce batch effects.

By Quang-Huy Nguyen, Jiaqi Wang, Wei-Shinn Ku

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arXiv Machine Learning

Jul 13

Uncovering smooth structures in single-cell data with PCS-guided neighbor embeddings

arXiv:2506. 22228v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Single-cell sequencing is revolutionizing biology by enabling detailed investigations of cell-state transitions.

By Rong Ma, Xi Li, Jingyuan Hu, Bin Yu

rag

arXiv AI

Jun 10

Flexible Flows for Biological Sequence Design

arXiv:2606. 10543v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Designing functional biological sequences requires navigating vast discrete spaces under strict evolutionary and biophysical constraints.

By Yogesh Verma, Dani Korpela, Harri L\"ahdesm\"aki, Vikas Garg

diffusion benchmarks

arXiv Machine Learning

Aug 4

Beyond Gene Reconstruction: Learning Cell Representations through Complementary Transcriptomic Views

arXiv:2608. 00985v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The rapid growth of single-cell transcriptomic data has enabled the development of foundation models pretrained primarily by reconstructing masked expression values.

By Jiaqi Xiong, Yuntao hu, Yu Zheng, Yifei Shi, Xinyue Guo, Jiaxin Qi

arXiv AI

Aug 12

JEPA-DNA: Grounding Genomic Foundation Models through Joint-Embedding Predictive Architectures

arXiv:2602. 17162v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Genomic Foundation Models (GFMs) typically rely on Masked Language Modeling (MLM) or Next-Token Prediction (NTP) to learn the "Laws of Nature".

By Ariel Larey, Elay Dahan, Amit Bleiweiss, Raizy Kellerman, Guy Leib, Omri Nayshool, Dan Ofer, Tal Zinger, Dan Dominissini, Gideon Rechavi, Nicole Bussola, Simon Lee, Shane O'Connell, Dung Hoang, Marissa Wirth, Alexander W. Charney, Nati Daniel, Yoli Shavit

rag diffusion benchmarks safety

arXiv Machine Learning

Jun 29

PerturbCellRL: Verifier-Guided Reinforcement Learning for Single-Cell Perturbation Prediction

arXiv:2606. 27752v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Single-cell perturbation models can reduce costly wet-lab screening by predicting how cells respond transcriptionally to interventions.

By Dongxia Wu, Mingyu Li, Yuhui Zhang, Anurendra Kumar, Emma Lundberg, Serena Yeung-Levy, Emily B. Fox

reinforcement-learning benchmarks safety

arXiv Machine Learning

Jun 9

Integrating gene regulatory priors into Transformer attention with scTransformer for interpretable scRNA-seq analysis

arXiv:2606. 09558v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Motivation: Transformer-based models are increasingly applied to large-scale single-cell transcriptomics, showing strong performance through self-supervised learning on millions of cells.

By Mikele Milia, Louis Fabrice Tshimanga, Henning Mueller, Manfredo Atzori, Barbara Di Camillo

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arXiv Machine Learning

Jun 2

Flow-Based Density Ratio Estimation for Intractable Distributions with Applications in Genomics

arXiv:2602. 24201v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Estimating density ratios between pairs of intractable data distributions is a core problem in probabilistic modeling, enabling principled comparisons of sample likelihoods under different data-generating processes across conditions.

By Egor Antipov, Alessandro Palma, Lorenzo Consoli, Stephan G\"unnemann, Andrea Dittadi, Fabian J. Theis

diffusion benchmarks

arXiv AI

Jun 3

scTranslation: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Single-Cell Multi-Omics Modality Translation

arXiv:2606. 03906v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Simultaneous measurement of multiple omics modalities in single cells enables researchers to gain a more comprehensive understanding of cellular states and regulatory mechanisms.

By Jiabei Cheng, Jingbo Zhou, Jun Xia, Changkai Li, Zhen Lei, Chang Yu, Stan Z. Li

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arXiv AI

Jun 4

You Only Train Once: Differentiable Subset Selection for Omics Data

arXiv:2512. 17678v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Selecting compact and informative gene subsets from single-cell transcriptomic data is essential for biomarker discovery, improving interpretability, and cost-effective profiling.

By Daphn\'e Chopard, Jorge da Silva Gon\c{c}alves, Irene Cannistraci, Thomas M. Sutter, Julia E. Vogt

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arXiv AI

Jun 2

GC-MoE: Genomics-Guided Cell-Type-Specific Mixture of Experts for Histology-Based Single-Cell Spatial Transcriptomics

arXiv:2606. 02424v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Histology-based single-cell spatial transcriptomics (ST) estimation aims to predict gene expression for individual cells from histopathological images and cell locations, reducing the need for costly single-cell ST measurements.

By Kaito Shiku, Ahtisham Fazeel Abbasi, Ryoma Bise, Yuichiro Iwashita, Kazuya Nishimura, Andreas Dengel, Muhammad Nabeel Asim

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