arXiv Machine Learning By Jeremy Guntoro, Alexander Dack, Dylan Danno, Michaela Jan\v{c}ovi\v{c}ov\'a, Kri\v{z}an Jurinovi\'c, Vanessa Smilansky

Screening of Biosecurity Features in Metagenomic Data with Evo 2 Probes

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arXiv:2607. 14070v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Genomic foundation models such as Evo 2 learn rich sequence representations, but their value for biosecurity screening is largely unexplored.

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