Funding

MELD4AMR

The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) is funding this project. ©BMFTR

Molecular Embedding via Low-Distortions for AMR (MELD4AMR) project focuses on developing methods to create machine-readable molecular representations that remain interpretable. This enables faster and more reliable analysis of therapeutic proteins relevant to antimicrobial resistance. By combining low-distortion dimensionality reduction with the iCAN framework, the project preserves key molecular relationships while making model outputs more transparent and biologically meaningful. This supports the discovery and screening of peptides and proteins with therapeutic potential, while also enabling scalable and privacy-conscious analysis for public health and biomedical applications.

Role: Principal Investigator (PI), together with Nevena Ćirić
Title: Molecular Embeddings via Low-Distortions Framework for Antimicrobial Resistance (MELD4AMR)
Funder: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)
Grant ID: IB-EUROPA
Amount: €300,000 total funding
Host Institution: Robert Koch Institute
Collaborating Institutions: Freie Universität Berlin, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, Genial
Period: October 2026 – October 2029

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