Evolutionary chemical learning in dimerization networks
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| author | Tkachenko, Alexei V. Mognetti, Bortolo Matteo Maslov, Sergei |
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| contents | We present a novel framework for chemical learning based on Competitive Dimerization Networks (CDNs) - systems in which multiple molecular species, e.g. proteins or DNA/RNA oligomers, reversibly bind to form dimers. We show that these networks can be trained in vitro through directed evolution, enabling the implementation of complex learning tasks such as multiclass classification without digital hardware or explicit parameter tuning. Each molecular species functions analogously to a neuron, with binding affinities acting as tunable synaptic weights. A training protocol involving mutation, selection, and amplification of DNA-based components allows CDNs to robustly discriminate among noisy input patterns. The resulting classifiers exhibit strong output contrast and high mutual information between input and output, especially when guided by a contrast-enhancing loss function. Comparative analysis with in silico gradient descent training reveals closely correlated performance. These results establish CDNs as a promising platform for analog physical computation, bridging synthetic biology and machine learning, and advancing the development of adaptive, energy-efficient molecular computing systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Evolutionary chemical learning in dimerization networks Tkachenko, Alexei V. Mognetti, Bortolo Matteo Maslov, Sergei Statistical Mechanics Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Machine Learning Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Molecular Networks We present a novel framework for chemical learning based on Competitive Dimerization Networks (CDNs) - systems in which multiple molecular species, e.g. proteins or DNA/RNA oligomers, reversibly bind to form dimers. We show that these networks can be trained in vitro through directed evolution, enabling the implementation of complex learning tasks such as multiclass classification without digital hardware or explicit parameter tuning. Each molecular species functions analogously to a neuron, with binding affinities acting as tunable synaptic weights. A training protocol involving mutation, selection, and amplification of DNA-based components allows CDNs to robustly discriminate among noisy input patterns. The resulting classifiers exhibit strong output contrast and high mutual information between input and output, especially when guided by a contrast-enhancing loss function. Comparative analysis with in silico gradient descent training reveals closely correlated performance. These results establish CDNs as a promising platform for analog physical computation, bridging synthetic biology and machine learning, and advancing the development of adaptive, energy-efficient molecular computing systems. |
| title | Evolutionary chemical learning in dimerization networks |
| topic | Statistical Mechanics Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Machine Learning Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Molecular Networks |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14006 |