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New EMber Vision Transformers Learn Shared Structure in Cryo-EM Data

Researchers have developed a new family of vision transformers called EMber, designed to learn shared latent structures across various inverse problems in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). These models are pre-trained on a massive dataset of over 50 million experimental particle images and simulated projections. EMber demonstrates significant improvements in discriminating conformational populations and composition, outperforming existing methods and yielding higher-quality reconstructions with fewer training epochs. AI

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New EMber Vision Transformers Learn Shared Structure in Cryo-EM Data

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Nithin Chalapathi, Theo Sternlieb, Ethan Han, Sonya M. Hanson, Pilar Cossio, Aditi S. Krishnapriyan, Ritwik Gupta ·

    Learning the Shared Latent Structure of Cryo-EM Inverse Problems

    arXiv:2610.22523v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Understanding biomolecular function requires characterizing three-dimensional structure and conformational variability, for which cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is a powerful tool. Cryo-EM produces noisy two-dimensional p…