Drug Discovery

Jun 16, 2026

How to Optimize Transformer-Based Models for Low-Precision Training

Transformer architectures are the backbone of many modern large language and generative AI models. As these models grow in size, training runs consume more GPU...
9 MIN READ
Jun 15, 2026

Fine-Tuning Biological Foundation Models with LoRA Using NVIDIA BioNeMo Recipes

Foundation models are reshaping computational biology. Pretrained on massive corpora of protein or genomic sequences, models such as ESM2 (a protein language...
12 MIN READ
Apr 28, 2026

Scaling Biomolecular Modeling Using Context Parallelism in NVIDIA BioNeMo

For decades, computational biology has operated under a reductionist compromise. To fit complex biological systems into the limited memory of a single GPU,...
9 MIN READ
Apr 09, 2026

How to Accelerate Protein Structure Prediction at Proteome-Scale

Proteins rarely function in isolation as individual monomers. Most biological processes are governed by proteins interacting with other proteins, forming...
10 MIN READ
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Nov 05, 2025

Scale Biology Transformer Models with PyTorch and NVIDIA BioNeMo Recipes

Training models with billions or trillions of parameters demands advanced parallel computing. Researchers must decide how to combine parallelism strategies,...
7 MIN READ
Oct 28, 2025

Introducing the CodonFM Open Model for RNA Design and Analysis

Open research is critical for driving innovation, and many breakthroughs in AI and science are achieved through open collaboration. In the field of digital...
10 MIN READ
Sep 23, 2025

Reasoning Through Molecular Synthetic Pathways with Generative AI

A recurring challenge in molecular design, whether for pharmaceutical, chemical, or material applications, is creating synthesizable molecules....
7 MIN READ
Jun 12, 2025

Accelerated Sequence Alignment for Protein Science with MMseqs2-GPU and NVIDIA NIM

Protein sequence alignment—comparing protein sequences for similarities—is fundamental to modern biology and medicine. It illuminates gene functions by...
9 MIN READ
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Jun 12, 2025

Driving Toward Billion-Cell Analysis and Biological Breakthroughs with RAPIDS-singlecell

The future of cell biology and virtual cell models is dependent on measuring and analyzing data at scale. Single-cell experiments have been growing at an...
7 MIN READ
cuEquivariance expands to accelerate next-gen protein structure models
Jun 11, 2025

Accelerated Molecular Modeling with NVIDIA cuEquivariance and NVIDIA NIM microservices

The emergence of models like AlphaFold2 has skyrocketed the demand for faster inference and training of molecular AI models. The need for speed comes with...
8 MIN READ
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Mar 19, 2025

Guiding Generative Molecular Design with Experimental Feedback Using Oracles

Generative chemistry with AI has the potential to revolutionize how scientists approach drug discovery and development, health, and materials science and...
9 MIN READ
Feb 19, 2025

Spotlight: Drug Discovery Startup Protai Advances Complex Structure Prediction with AlphaFold, Proteomics, and NVIDIA NIM

Generative AI, especially with breakthroughs like AlphaFold and RosettaFold, is transforming drug discovery and how biotech companies and research laboratories...
10 MIN READ
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Feb 19, 2025

Understanding the Language of Life's Biomolecules Across Evolution at a New Scale with Evo 2

AI has evolved from an experimental curiosity to a driving force within biological research. The convergence of deep learning algorithms, massive omics...
9 MIN READ
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Jan 29, 2025

Advancing Rare Disease Detection with AI-Powered Cellular Profiling

Rare diseases are difficult to diagnose due to limitations in traditional genomic sequencing. Wolfgang Pernice, assistant professor at Columbia University, is...
3 MIN READ
Jan 13, 2025

Evaluating GenMol as a Generalist Foundation Model for Molecular Generation

Traditional computational drug discovery relies almost exclusively on highly task-specific computational models for hit identification and lead optimization....
8 MIN READ
Jan 13, 2025

Accelerate Protein Engineering with the NVIDIA BioNeMo Blueprint for Generative Protein Binder Design

Designing a therapeutic protein that specifically binds its target in drug discovery is a staggering challenge. Traditional workflows are often a painstaking...
4 MIN READ