Daily AI news, sourcedOn Oct 21, Westlake University's Pinal, a 16B model that designs proteins from natural-language descriptions, is published in Nature.
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On Oct 21, Westlake University's Pinal, a 16B model that designs proteins from natural-language descriptions, is published in Nature.
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Westlake University's Pinal, a 16B model that designs proteins from natural-language descriptions, is published in Nature
Nature published this on Oct 21, 2026 (source: nature.com).
The Nature paper describes Pinal, which turns a plain-language description of a protein's function into a structure and then a sequence, with lab validation on proteins including fluorescent proteins and a PET hydrolase. Weights and code are public. A preprint first appeared in August 2024.
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