Efficient, Few-shot Directed Evolution with Energy Rank Alignment
Sebastian Ibarraran, Shriram Chennakesavalu, Frank Hu, Grant M. Rotskoff
This paper introduces a method to improve protein engineering efficiency using pre-trained protein language models and statistical physics-based post-training to generate high fitness sequences with fewer experimental data points.
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling · Aug 26, 2026Peer-reviewedBioengineering