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Sashidhar Guntury

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States)

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VariantFormer: A hierarchical transformer integrating DNA sequences with genetic variations and regulatory landscapes for personalized gene expression prediction

Sayan Ghosal, Youssef Barhomi, Tejaswini Ganapathi, Amy Krystosik, Lakshmi Krishnan, Sashidhar Guntury, Donghui Li, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Francesco Paolo Casale, Theofanis Karaletsos

VariantFormer predicts gene expression from diploid genomes, outperforming existing models and improving eQTL effect size estimation across ancestries and tissues.

bioRxiv · Oct 31, 2025 · PreprintGenomics