AbBFN2: A flexible antibody foundation model based on Bayesian Flow Networks
Guloglu, B.; Braganca, M.; Graves, A.; Cameron, S.; Atkinson, T.; Copoiu, L.; Laterre, A.; Barrett, T. D.
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Antibody engineering is marked by diverse data and desiderata, making it a prime candidate for multi-objective design, but is commonly tackled as a series of sequential optimisation tasks. Here, we present AbBFN2, a generative antibody foundation model trained on paired antibody sequences as well as genetic and biophysical metadata. This is achieved using the Bayesian Flow Network paradigm, which allows unified modelling of diverse data sources and flexible conditional generation at inference time. By virtue of its rich set of features and architectural flexibility, AbBFN2 can be adapted to a number of tasks commonly tackled by individual models, consolidating traditional computational pipelines into a single step. We demonstrate the adaptability of AbBFN2 using sequence inpainting, humanisation, biophysical property optimisation, and conditional de novo library generation of antibodies with rare attributes as example tasks. By removing the need for task-specific training, we hope that AbBFN2 will accelerate machine learning-based antibody design and development workflows.
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