New RL method designs 3D molecules with improved symmetry.
problem Lack of 3D information in molecular design.
method Symmetry-aware actor-critic architecture using spherical harmonics.
result Improves generalization and molecule quality.
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Researchers use active subspaces to quantify uncertainty in deep generative models for molecular design.
problem Uncertainty quantification in deep generative models for molecular design due to high parameter space.
method Leveraging active subspaces to approximate posterior distribution over low-dimensional parameters.
result The proposed UQ scheme effectively estimates epistemic uncertainty in high-dimensional parameter space without altering model architecture.
A new model designs molecular latent vectors for drug discovery.
problem Designing effective molecular descriptors from molecular structures.
method Proposes a denoising diffusion probabilistic model (DDPM) for variational autoencoding molecular graphs.
result Demonstrates superior prediction performance and robustness compared to existing approaches.
Automating molecular design using deep reinforcement learning (RL) holds the promise of accelerating the discovery of new chemical compounds. Existing approaches work with molecular graphs and thus ignore the location of atoms in space, which restricts them to 1) generating single organic molecules and 2) heuristic rew…
This paper reviews deep learning and knowledge-based methods for molecular design.
problem Optimizing molecular properties for scientific advances and process performance.
method Survey of deep learning and knowledge-based methods for molecular design.
result Deep learning models show promise in overcoming computational challenges.
Molecular generative model based on conditional variational autoencoder for de novo molecular designcs.LG
We propose a molecular generative model based on the conditional variational autoencoder for de novo molecular design. It is specialized to control multiple molecular properties simultaneously by imposing them on a latent space. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate that it can be used to generate drug-like molecules w…
Gradient GA uses gradient information to improve molecular design.
problem Random walk exploration limits genetic algorithms' quality and speed in molecular design.
method Gradient GA incorporates gradient information from the objective function into genetic algorithms, using a differentiable neural network and Discrete Langevin Proposal.
result Significantly improves convergence speed and solution quality over traditional genetic algorithms.
Physics-Constrained Predictive Molecular Latent Space Discovery with Graph Scattering Variational Autoencoderphysics.chem-ph
Model predicts stable molecules with AI and physics constraints.
problem Designing stable molecules with limited data.
method Graph Scattering Variational Autoencoder with physical constraints.
result Model generates stable molecules with desired properties.
Automates GNN design for molecular property prediction.
problem Designing and tuning GNN architectures for molecular property prediction is labor-intensive.
method Developed a NAS approach to automatically discover high-performing GNN architectures for MPNNs.
result Automatically discovered MPNNs outperform manually designed GNNs in molecular property prediction.
Enhancing Generative Molecular Design via Uncertainty-guided Fine-tuning of Variational Autoencoderscs.LG
Enhances molecular design models by fine-tuning uncertainty-guided VAEs.
problem Fine-tuning pre-trained generative models for specific molecular property optimization.
method Uncertainty-guided fine-tuning of variational autoencoders in an active learning setting.
result Uncertainty-guided fine-tuning improves model performance across multiple molecular properties.
Machine learning models simulate molecular spectra and reactions in solvents.
problem Accurate simulation of molecular spectra and reactions in solvent environments.
method Introduced FieldSchNet, a deep neural network for modeling molecular interactions with external fields.
result Demonstrated significant lowering of Claisen rearrangement reaction activation barrier using FieldSchNet.
Molecular Design in Synthetically Accessible Chemical Space via Deep Reinforcement Learningphysics.chem-ph
A new RL framework optimizes drug-like molecules synthetically.
problem Optimizing drug-like molecules for specific criteria.
method Deep Reinforcement Learning framework for chemical space optimization.
result Outperforms existing methods in pharmacological optimization.
Generative models in molecular design tend to be richly parameterized, data-hungry neural models, as they must create complex structured objects as outputs. Estimating such models from data may be challenging due to the lack of sufficient training data. In this paper, we propose a surprisingly effective self-training a…
EHVI outperforms scalarized EI in MOBO for molecule design.
problem Benchmarking MOBO strategies for molecule design.
method Compared EHVI against fixed-weight scalarized EI in MOBO.
result EHVI consistently outperforms scalarized EI in molecular optimization tasks.
Materials discovery is decisive for tackling urgent challenges related to energy, the environment, health care and many others. In chemistry, conventional methodologies for innovation usually rely on expensive and incremental strategies to optimize properties from molecular structures. On the other hand, inverse approa…
Generative neural network designs novel 3D molecules with specified properties.
problem Designing molecules with desired properties in chemistry.
method Conditional generative neural network for 3D molecular structures.
result Demonstrated utility in generating novel molecules with specified motifs or composition.
GEGL uses genetic experts to improve deep learning for molecular design.
problem Designing molecules with desired properties using deep learning.
method Genetic expert-guided learning (GEGL) framework for training DNN.
result Significantly improves molecular design, achieving high scores on benchmarks.
This work improves molecular design by efficiently selecting diverse candidate molecules.
problem Designing molecules that satisfy multiple conflicting objectives.
method A modular 'generate-then-optimize' framework using generative models and a novel acquisition function.
result Significant improvements in sample efficiency across synthetic and application-driven tasks.
MolHF generates complex molecules with hierarchical flow-based model.
problem Designing novel molecular structures with desired properties.
method MolHF is a hierarchical normalizing flow model that generates molecular graphs in a coarse-to-fine manner.
result MolHF achieves state-of-the-art performance in random generation and property optimization.
Advanced GNNs improve molecular generation models.
problem Generating complete graphs with multiple nodes and edges based on labels.
method Replaced standard GNNs with more expressive GNNs in autoregressive and one-shot generation models.
result Advanced GNNs can improve performance of graph generative models, but expressiveness is not a necessity.
A Graph Neural Network model for generating molecular graphs.
problem Designing new drug molecules efficiently and cost-effectively.
method Sequential molecular graph generator based on Graph Neural Networks.
result The model can generate molecular graphs without overfitting and outperforms existing methods.
DeepGG generates graph distributions for drug discovery and molecular design.
problem Learning graph distributions for various applications.
method Improved deep graph generator based on deep state machines with graph and node embeddings.
result The state machine design favors specific graph distributions.
Bayesian optimization improves molecule design by addressing three pitfalls.
problem Bayesian optimization pitfalls cause poor performance in molecule design.
method Identified and addressed three pitfalls: incorrect prior width, over-smoothing, and inadequate acquisition function maximization.
result Basic BO setup achieves highest performance on PMO benchmark.
FlowMO uses Gaussian Processes for molecular property prediction with uncertainty.
problem Predicting molecular properties with uncertainty for small datasets.
method Gaussian Processes implemented in FlowMO, built on GPflow and RDKit.
result Comparable predictive performance to deep learning but superior uncertainty calibration.
TALBO optimizes latent spaces for evolving design objectives.
problem Temporal drift in design objectives.
method GP-prior variational autoencoder for time-varying latent space.
result Consistently outperforms LSBO baselines across varying drift speeds and objectives.
Machine learning predicts molecular crystal stability.
problem Predicting the stability of molecular crystals.
method Supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques to classify and predict lattice energy.
result Data-driven assessment of chemical groups' contribution to crystal stability.
Visualizes deep generative models for drug design.
problem Limited visualization tools for deep generative models in drug discovery.
method Proposes a visualization framework for deep graph generative models.
result Interactive visualization and molecular optimization tools.
Transformer-M learns molecular data in 2D or 3D formats.
problem Learning models for molecules are limited to specific data formats.
method Developed a Transformer-based model that can handle 2D and 3D molecular data.
result Transformer-M achieves strong performance on both 2D and 3D molecular tasks.
We seek to automate the design of molecules based on specific chemical properties. In computational terms, this task involves continuous embedding and generation of molecular graphs. Our primary contribution is the direct realization of molecular graphs, a task previously approached by generating linear SMILES strings …
A major challenge in computational chemistry is the generation of novel molecular structures with desirable pharmacological and physiochemical properties. In this work, we investigate the potential use of autoencoder, a deep learning methodology, for de novo molecular design. Various generative autoencoders were used t…
DOCKSTRING simplifies docking simulations for better drug design benchmarks.
problem Lack of meaningful benchmarks for ligand design.
method Open-source Python package for docking scores, extensive dataset, and pharmaceutically-relevant tasks.
result Docking scores are more appropriate benchmarks than simple physicochemical properties.
Searching new molecules in areas like drug discovery often starts from the core structures of candidate molecules to optimize the properties of interest. The way as such has called for a strategy of designing molecules retaining a particular scaffold as a substructure. On this account, our present work proposes a scaff…
GCPNet improves molecular graph learning for protein structure and binding.
problem Learning from 3D molecular graphs for protein structure and binding.
method SE(3)-equivariant graph neural network for 3D molecular graphs.
result GCPNet achieves state-of-the-art performance in multiple molecular tasks.
Persistent homology provides a new, efficient molecular descriptor for protein dynamics.
problem Designing effective molecular descriptors for high-dimensional MD trajectories.
method Introduced masked Flood complex, a protein-tailored modification of simplicial complexes, for persistent homology.
result Persistent homology-based descriptors are competitive across protein dynamics tasks, including frame-level observable regression and MSM estimation.
RC flow learns molecular kinetics in low dimensions.
problem Discovering interpretable low-dimensional models of molecular kinetics.
method Normalizing flow for coordinate transformation and Brownian dynamics for kinetics approximation.
result Tractable and trainable model of reduced kinetics in continuous time and space.
Recent work in graph neural networks (GNNs) has led to improvements in molecular activity and property prediction tasks. Unfortunately, GNNs often fail to capture the relative importance of interactions between molecular substructures, in part due to the absence of efficient intermediate pooling steps. To address these…
AniDS improves molecular force field modeling by learning anisotropic noise.
problem Molecular force field modeling suffers from oversimplified assumptions about atomic motions.
method AniDS introduces anisotropic noise generation for better modeling of directional and structural variability.
result AniDS outperforms existing methods on benchmarks, achieving significant improvements in force prediction accuracy.
Rotationally equivariant convolutions improve molecular property prediction.
problem Predicting molecular properties using graph neural networks.
method Ablation study with rotationally equivariant and invariant convolutions on QM9 data set.
result Rotationally equivariant layers decrease test error by an average of 23%.
Uncertainty quantification of molecular property prediction using Bayesian neural network modelsphysics.chem-ph
In chemistry, deep neural network models have been increasingly utilized in a variety of applications such as molecular property predictions, novel molecule designs, and planning chemical reactions. Despite the rapid increase in the use of state-of-the-art models and algorithms, deep neural network models often produce…
Improved molecular property prediction using WL embedding in GNNs.
problem Limited performance of GNNs in predicting molecular properties.
method Explored Weisfeiler-Lehman (WL) embedding to replace GNN layers, enhancing representability and performance.
result WL embedding consistently improves GNN performance across multiple datasets.
Designing new molecules with a set of predefined properties is a core problem in modern drug discovery and development. There is a growing need for de-novo design methods that would address this problem. We present MolecularRNN, the graph recurrent generative model for molecular structures. Our model generates diverse …
New CVs preserve transition rates in molecular dynamics.
problem Designing CVs that accurately capture rare events in high-dimensional systems.
method Integrating manifold learning and group-invariant featurization to construct neural network-based CVs that satisfy orthogonality conditions.
result Achieved a CV for butane that reproduces the anti-gauche transition rate with less than ten percent relative error.
A new algorithm optimizes multiple molecular properties efficiently.
problem Designing molecules with conflicting objectives and costly evaluations.
method Multi-objective Bayesian optimization with GFlowNets.
result HN-GFN samples diverse molecules from an approximate Pareto front.
Comparison of Atom Representations in Graph Neural Networks for Molecular Property Predictionphysics.chem-ph
Study compares atom representations in graph neural networks for molecular properties.
problem Incorrect attribution of results in molecular property prediction due to varying atom features.
method Evaluated multiple atom representations on free energy, solubility, and metabolic stability predictions.
result Different atom representations can lead to varying predictive performance in graph neural networks.
CogMol designs novel drug-like molecules for SARS-CoV-2 targets.
problem Designing efficient drugs for novel viral proteins.
method End-to-end framework combining VAE, controlled sampling, and predictors.
result Highly selective and affinity molecules for SARS-CoV-2 targets.
GeoPhy uses geometric gradients to efficiently infer phylogenetic trees from molecular data.
problem Challenges in accurately inferring species relationships from molecular data due to combinatorially vast tree topologies.
method Introduces a novel, fully differentiable formulation of phylogenetic inference using geometric spaces and variational Bayesian methods.
result Significantly outperforms other approximate Bayesian methods in inferring phylogenetic trees.
Data-driven approach discovers molecular photoswitches with separated electronic absorption bands.
problem Engineering photoswitchable molecules with specific electronic absorption bands remains challenging.
method Data-driven discovery pipeline using Gaussian processes for multitask learning.
result Multioutput Gaussian process (MOGP) trained on four photoswitch transition wavelengths outperforms single-task models and TD-DFT.
Although machine learning has been successfully used to propose novel molecules that satisfy desired properties, it is still challenging to explore a large chemical space efficiently. In this paper, we present a conditional molecular design method that facilitates generating new molecules with desired properties. The p…