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ArticleNature communications2025

Generative and predictive neural networks for the design of functional RNA molecules.

Aidan T Riley, James M Robson, Aiganysh Ulanova, Alexander A Green

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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Aidan T RileyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
James M RobsonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1609-0007
Aiganysh UlanovaCollege of Arts and Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Alexander A GreenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. aagreen@bu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2058-1204

Funding

Programming cellular behavior by mechanical forcesR01EB037112 · NIBIB · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Julien Berro, Alexander Arthur Green · 2024 to 2026
$7.2M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB037112United States Department of Defense | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) N66001-23-2-4042U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) 1R01EB031893U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) 1U01AI148319-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA is a remarkably versatile molecule that has been engineered for applications in therapeutics, diagnostics, and in vivo information-processing systems. However, the complex relationship between the sequence, structure, and function of RNA often necessitates extensive experimental screening of candidate sequences. Here we present a generalized, efficient neural network architecture that utilizes the sequence and structure of RNA molecules (SANDSTORM) to inform functional predictions across a diverse range of settings. We pair these predictive models with generative adversarial RNA design networks (GARDN), allowing the generative modelling of a diverse range of functional RNA molecules with targeted experimental attributes. This approach enables the design of novel sequence candidates that outperform those encountered during training or returned by classical thermodynamic algorithms, and can be deployed using as few as 384 example sequences. SANDSTORM and GARDN thus represent powerful new predictive and generative tools for the development of RNA molecules with improved function.

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Neural Networks, ComputerRNAAlgorithmsNucleic Acid ConformationThermodynamicsRNA

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PMID40320400
PMCPMC12050331

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