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Playing with genomics foundation models | Tutorial/Explainer article

Playing with genomics foundation models | Tutorial/Explainer article

by dillondesilva·Jun 2, 2026·1 point·0 comments

AI Analysis

MidNiche Gem

Educational article on genomics ML when blog posts masquerading as products should pass.

Strengths
  • Bridges ML and biology knowledge gap with structured tutorial approach
  • Includes working code repo and Vercel demo for hands-on learning
Weaknesses
  • Primarily explanatory content, not a novel tool or interactive experience
  • Tutorial code demonstrates existing model rather than introducing new technique
Category
Target Audience

ML engineers interested in bioinformatics and computational biology

Post Description

Hi folks,

I got curious about how genomics foundation models work and wrote an article explaining how they are trained + can be used.

Feel free to use the following as learning resources if you wish to jump into ML for comp bio stuff, it may help:

- Code: https://github.com/dillondesilva/nt-promoter-region-classifi...

- Article/Tutorial: https://substack.com/@dillondesilva/note/p-199596906?utm_sou...

- Demo: https://nt-promoter-region-classification.vercel.app/

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