Medium-sized protein language models perform well at transfer learning on realistic datasets
Luiz Carlos Vieira, Morgan L. Handojo, Claus O. Wilke
Medium-sized protein language models (e.g. ESM C 600M) with mean embeddings nearly match ESM-2 15B and ESM C 6B in transfer learning on mutational scanning and PISCES data.
Scientific Reports · Jul 1, 2025Peer-reviewedBiochemistry✦ In-depth digest