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Yasser M. Sanad

University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesORCID 0000-0001-6008-5630Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Organism:E. coli· 1 Research Focus:sequence-to-function modeling· 1 Approach:transformer / foundation model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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BioinformaticsBioengineeringPeer-reviewedJan 19, 2026

ColiFormer: A Transformer-Based Codon Optimization Model Balancing Multiple Objectives for Enhanced E. coli Gene Expression

Saketh Baddam, Omar Emam, Abdelrahman Elfikky…·Yasser M. Sanad

ColiFormer improves E. coli gene expression by balancing multiple codon optimization objectives using a transformer model, outperforming existing methods in CAI, tAI, and cis-regulatory element reduction.

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