Semantic fragment representations for coordinate-free analysis of genomics data
Hamed Heydari, Jing Zhao, Madeleine Arseneault, Leila Younesian, Simon Tanguay, Yasser Riazalhosseini, Hani Goodarzi, Hamed Shateri Najafabadi
The paper introduces LEAF-1, a fragment-level foundation model for genomics data analysis, showing it can classify cell types and detect cancer from sparse datasets and cell-free DNA.
bioRxiv · Jul 10, 2026 · PreprintGenomics