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New AI model reconstructs molecules from coarse-grained representations

Researchers have developed a new method for compositional backmapping, which reconstructs molecules from coarse-grained (CG) representations. This technique uses a discrete denoising diffusion model called Juniper, conditioned on the octanol-water partition free energy ($\Delta G_{\mathrm{W} \mapsto \mathrm{O}}$). The model, trained on molecules mapped to one or two beads, generates valid and unique molecules with distributions that closely track the target free energy. This advancement allows CG screening results to be translated into candidate molecules for further study or synthesis. AI

IMPACT Enables the translation of coarse-grained simulation results into specific molecular candidates for synthesis or atomistic study.

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Luis Itza Vazquez-Salazar, Tristan Bereau ·

    Recovering molecules from coarse-grained beads: free-energy-conditioned generative backmapping across chemical space

    arXiv:2609.04432v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Transferable coarse-grained (CG) force fields compress chemical space: by aggregating atoms into a reduced set of interaction beads, models such as MARTINI reduce the number of distinguishable compounds by roughly three orders of …