arXiv Machine Learning By Advaith Maddipatla, Anar Rzayev, Marco Pegoraro, Martin Pacesa, Paul Schanda, Ailie Marx, Sanketh Vedula, Alex M. Bronstein

Inference-time optimization for experiment-grounded protein ensemble generation

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arXiv:2602. 24007v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Protein function relies on dynamic conformational ensembles, yet current generative models like AlphaFold3 often fail to produce ensembles that match experimental data.

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