Research Institute

TIGEM

A Telethon-funded research institute near Naples, Italy, studying the mechanisms of rare genetic diseases and developing therapies for them.

Location: Pozzuoli (Naples), Italy
Website
2 models(1 DNA & Gene, 1 Protein)

Overview

TIGEM, the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, is a research institute in Pozzuoli, near Naples, Italy. Founded by Fondazione Telethon, TIGEM investigates the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying inherited human diseases and develops approaches toward their treatment. It maintains close research ties with Università di Napoli Federico II.

Models (2)

Carbon

Hugging Face / Beijing Zhongguancun Academy / TIGEM

Released May 1, 2026

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Autoregressive DNA foundation model for variant effect prediction, using 6-mer tokenization to match Evo2-7B win rates at far higher throughput.

DNA & Gene

ESMRank

TIGEM

Released February 26, 2026

Learning-to-rank variant effect predictor that aligns overlapping deep mutational scanning assays into an assay-agnostic tolerance measure.

Protein