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Scientific model guide

AI Molecular Docking and Pose Prediction Models

Docking pose accuracy is not binding-affinity accuracy. BioAtlas separates geometry, ranking, access and benchmark context so model selection stays tied to the actual scientific question.

Curated model passports

21 relevant BioAtlas records.

Structure Prediction

AlphaFold 2 / 3

The model that solved the 50-year protein-folding problem.

Evidence4/7 evidence fields documented
AccessLimited open access
ComputeGPU / managed server
BenchmarkCASP14 / complex evaluations
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Structure Prediction

Chai-1 / Chai-2

An AlphaFold3-class complex predictor, made freely usable.

Evidence4/7 evidence fields documented
AccessLimited open access
ComputeGPU / hosted service
BenchmarkComplex and antibody-design evaluations
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Small-Molecule & Chemistry

NVIDIA BioNeMo

The GPU-accelerated toolkit that ships biology's foundation models.

Evidence2/7 evidence fields documented
AccessLimited open access
ComputeNVIDIA GPU / managed service
BenchmarkNot yet curated
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Small-Molecule & Chemistry

NeuralPLexer / Enchant

Physics-aware structure + multi-task ADMET foundation models.

Evidence2/7 evidence fields documented
AccessLimited open access
ComputeGPU or managed service
BenchmarkNot yet curated
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Small-Molecule & Chemistry

GEMS

Graph neural networks for potency on tough targets.

Evidence1/7 evidence fields documented
AccessProprietary
ComputeGPU or managed service
BenchmarkNot yet curated
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Small-Molecule & Chemistry

Numerion AI Chemistry Platform

The current COSMOS, APEX and EXPO chemistry stack from the company formerly known as Atomwise.

Evidence2/7 evidence fields documented
AccessProprietary
ComputeGPU or managed service
BenchmarkNot yet curated
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Small-Molecule & Chemistry

DiffDock

Reframing molecular docking as a diffusion generative problem.

Evidence4/7 evidence fields documented
AccessOpen source
ComputeGPU or managed service
BenchmarkPDBBind
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Small-Molecule & Chemistry

Schrödinger Platform

Physics-based simulation, now fused with machine learning.

Evidence1/7 evidence fields documented
AccessProprietary
ComputeCPU/GPU / commercial platform
BenchmarkNot yet curated
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Platforms, Data & Infra

Cradle Bio

Generative protein engineering for any wet lab.

Evidence1/7 evidence fields documented
AccessProprietary
ComputePlatform dependent
BenchmarkNot yet curated
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AI-Native Discovery Cos.

insitro

Machine-learning-driven biology for drug discovery.

Evidence1/7 evidence fields documented
AccessProprietary
ComputeVendor managed
BenchmarkNot yet curated
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Small-Molecule & Chemistry

Uni-Mol / Uni-Mol2

3D molecular foundation models trained on atoms, topology and conformational geometry.

Evidence3/7 evidence fields documented
AccessOpen source
ComputeGPU recommended
BenchmarkMolecular representation/property benchmarks
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Small-Molecule & Chemistry

MolMIM

A latent-variable molecular generator with an informative clustered SMILES space.

Evidence2/7 evidence fields documented
AccessLimited open access
ComputeGPU recommended
BenchmarkNot yet curated
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Small-Molecule & Chemistry

MegaMolBART

A BART-style chemical language model for molecular embeddings and generation.

Evidence1/7 evidence fields documented
AccessLimited open access
ComputeGPU recommended
BenchmarkNot yet curated
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RNA Models & Design

RNA-FM

A foundational BERT-style model for non-coding RNA sequence representations.

Evidence2/7 evidence fields documented
AccessOpen source
ComputeGPU recommended
BenchmarkNot yet curated
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Structure Prediction

HelixFold3

An open AF3-class biomolecular complex predictor from the PaddleHelix ecosystem.

Evidence2/7 evidence fields documented
AccessLimited open access
ComputeGPU recommended
BenchmarkNot yet curated
Open evidence passport →
Tissue, Pathology & Imaging

UNI / UNI2

General-purpose pathology vision foundation models for tissue representation.

Evidence1/7 evidence fields documented
AccessLimited open access
ComputeGPU recommended
BenchmarkNot yet curated
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Tissue, Pathology & Imaging

Virchow / Virchow2

Large-scale histopathology foundation modelling for transferable tissue representations.

Evidence1/7 evidence fields documented
AccessLimited open access
ComputeGPU recommended
BenchmarkNot yet curated
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Virtual Cells & Single-Cell

AIDO Cell 1.0

A multiscale virtual-cell world model for simulating biological interventions and readouts.

Evidence2/7 evidence fields documented
AccessLimited open access
ComputeProvider-managed / accelerator recommended
BenchmarkVirtual Cell Benchmark 1.0
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How to interpret this topic

Choose by context of use.

Inputs matter

Sequence, structure, ligand, assay and single-cell inputs imply different data-quality and preprocessing assumptions.

Outputs are not interchangeable

A predicted pose, confidence score, affinity estimate, generated sequence and perturbation profile support different decisions.

Benchmarks are protocol-bound

Claims should only be compared when task, dataset, split, metric and evaluation protocol genuinely align.

Validation remains external

BioAtlas records evidence boundaries; prospective scientific and experimental validation is still required for consequential use.