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Sequence modeling and design from molecular to genome scale with Evo

Nov 15, 2024 | flipboard.com | Eric Nguyen |Michael Poli |Matthew Durrant |Brian Kang |Dhruva Katrekar |Liam Bartie | +14 more

2 hours agoHere’s a straightforward list, in no certain order, of Mac apps that I’m currently using. Rocket for easy emoji access• Rocket Typist for expanding text snippets• Just Press Record for accessing recordings from iPhone on the Mac• Audio Hijack for recording podcast appearances and recording live …
Sequence modeling and design from molecular to genome scale with Evo

Nov 14, 2024 | science.org | Junhua Lyu |BaoJun Yang |Xinglin Yang |Eric Nguyen

Editor’s summaryLarge language models have great potential to interpret biological sequence data. Nguyen et al. present Evo, a multimodal artificial intelligence model that can interpret and generate genomic sequences at a vast scale. The Evo architecture leverages deep learning techniques, enabling it to process long sequences efficiently.
In “Brothers and Ghosts,” a Vietnamese Diaspora Family Cannot Escape Their Generational Wounds

Sep 10, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Eric Nguyen

Skip to content interviews Vietnamese-German author Khuê Phạm asks “how much does it take to understand where you come from?” At the beginning of Khuê Phạm’s debut novel Brothers and Ghosts, translated by Charles Hawley and Daryl Lindsey, the narrator makes a confession: “I don’t know how to pronounce my own name.” It’s not something you hear often and something unimaginable for many. But for Kiều, the young Vietnamese German writer at the center of Phạm’s adroit novel, it’s the effect of a...
A Legacy in Laces

Feb 24, 2024 | newsroom.ucla.edu | Scott Burman |Eric Nguyen |Micah Myers

Image 1: UCLA Head Basketball Coach John Wooden delivers a message to his team on the practice court. Caption: On the hallowed grounds of the UCLA basketball court, legendary Coach JohnWooden readies his newest crop of recruits for the season. Quote: Welcome, team! Before we hit the court, I want you to remember — It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
‘White Savior’ TPB (review)

Oct 10, 2023 | forcesofgeek.com | Eric Nguyen |Scott Burman |Marvin C. Pittman

Written by Eric Nguyen and Scott BurmanArt by Eric NguyenPublished by Dark Horse ComicsHow am I supposed to jump on board for the protagonists in this story when one of them cuts a man’s face off, and the other wears it like a mask? What kind of 2000s edgelord shit is that? I didn’t care for this one bit. And I’m sad about that. White Savior has so much going for it. With borderline-angry zeal, it wants to skewer white-savior tropes in stories such as The Last Samurai, The Great Wall and Shogun.
For Viet Thanh Nguyen, Writing is an Act of Beauty and Justice

Oct 4, 2023 | electricliterature.com | Eric Nguyen

Skip to content conversations The Pulitzer Prize-winning author doesn’t want to be a voice for the voiceless, he wants to abolish the conditions of voicelessness Memory is a tricky thing. For one, not everyone will have the same memory of the same event. For another, you can do so many things with it—you can forget it, you can suppress it, you can warp it (intentionally or unintentionally) and so on. In his memoir, A Man of Two Faces, Viet Thanh Nguyen writes that his attempts at keeping a...
Book World: The books I read to understand the Vietnam War

Mar 23, 2023 | lmtonline.com | Eric Nguyen

Eric Nguyen, The Washington PostMarch 23, 2023 Once, while I was working at a political event, a veteran of the Vietnam War told me he was sorry for what had happened there. It had been, he said, a long time ago. But he still spoke as if he were apologizing to me. This came after growing up with parents who did not share their own stories. "It was a long time ago," they, too, would say. When I set out to write about Vietnam myself, I realized there was much I didn't know.
The books I read to understand the Vietnam war

Mar 23, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Eric Nguyen

Once, while I was working at a political event, a veteran of the Vietnam War told me he was sorry for what had happened there. It had been, he said, a long time ago. But he still spoke as if he were apologizing to me. This came after growing up with parents who did not share their own stories. "It was a long time ago," they, too, would say. When I set out to write about Vietnam myself, I realized there was much I didn't know.