Žiga Avsec

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Now Researcher; corresponding author of AlphaGenome 2 · Google DeepMind

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Google DeepMind's AlphaGenome 2 predicts what DNA variants do cell type by cell type, and in immune cells finds about twice as many likely causal variants as its fine-tuned predecessor

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2026-11-11Google DeepMind's Žiga Avsec and Adam Gayoso say AlphaGenome 2 is almost always right when it flags a variant and misses most of the others · Google DeepMind: The Podcast · On AI4S.fyi

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2026-11-11Google DeepMind's AlphaGenome 2 predicts what DNA variants do cell type by cell type, and in immune cells finds about twice as many likely causal variants as its fine-tuned predecessor

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