Comment by seydor

1 day ago

this is such an interesting problem. Imagine expanding the input size to 3.2Gbp, the size of human genome. I wonder if previously unimaginable interactions would occur. Also interesting how everything revolves around U-nets and transformers these days.

You would not need much more than 2 megabases. The genome is not one contiguous sequence. It is organized (physically segregated) into chromosomes and topologically associated domains. IIRC 2 megabases is like the 3 sd threshold for interactions between cis regulatory elements / variants and their effector genes.

Even just modeling 3D genome organization or ultra-long-range enhancers more realistically could open up new insights

> Also interesting how everything revolves around U-nets and transformers these days.

To a man with a hammer…

  • Or to a man with a wheel and some magnets and copper wire...

    There are technologies applicable broadly, across all business segments. Heat engines. Electricity. Liquid fuels. Gears. Glass. Plastics. Digital computers. And yes, transformers.