Update Nov '25

[cnellington]

Summary

November 25th update consolidating infrastructure improvements, Scimilarity model support, RNA inverse folding analysis, and comprehensive code quality enhancements.

Scale: 208 files changed, 42,130 insertions(+), 3,924 deletions(-)

Key Changes

Infrastructure & Developer Experience

• Pre-commit hooks: Ruff formatter, YAML validation, trailing whitespace checks
• Poetry migration: Replaced pip-compile with Poetry for reproducible dependency management
• Docker: Upgraded to CUDA 12.4.0 with matching PyTorch Geometric dependencies
• Documentation: New kwargs docstring inheritance system for API documentation

New Features

• Scimilarity model: Full integration with 28K+ gene mappings for cell/gene expression analysis
• RNA inverse folding: Zero-shot analysis pipeline with iterative denoising and ablation studies
• Protein stability: New xTrimo stability prediction experiment configuration

Code Quality

• Applied Ruff formatting (100 char line limit) across entire codebase
• Fixed trailing whitespace and EOF issues throughout
• Updated all README examples with proper data column specifications
• New embedding caching documentation guide

Refactoring

• Major backbone architecture updates (1,996 lines across key files)
  • Two-phase initialization (__init__ + setup())
  • Structured outputs via SequenceBackboneOutput dataclass
  • Embedding caching infrastructure (10-100x speedup)
• Data module improvements (1,522 lines)
  • New ClassificationDataModule base class
  • Unified column handling with rename_cols
  • Automatic class weighting for imbalanced datasets
• Task system enhancements (1,133 lines)
  • @once_only decorator for reliability
  • Data-dependent loss configuration
  • Stage-specific data requirements

Cleanup

• Removed obsolete AIDO.Cell Jupyter notebook
• Updated experiment configurations across all domains

Testing

• Added new backbone base tests (311 lines)
• Updated existing test suites for refactored code
• All tests passing

Breaking Changes

None for most users - changes are backward compatible via legacy adapter system.

Custom backbone/task/data module developers will need to implement new required methods. See migration guide in PR_SUMMARY_nov25.md.

Migration Notes for Contributors

1. Run pre-commit install to enable new commit hooks
2. Use poetry lock instead of pip-compile for dependency updates

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For Developers

Component	Must Implement	Why
Custom backbones	setup(), process_batch(), required_data_columns()	New architecture
Custom tasks	Use @once_only, extract .last_hidden_state, implement required_data_columns(stage)	Reliability + validation
Custom data modules	provided_columns() property	Column validation

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🔧 Refactored Components

1. Backbone Architecture Refactoring (1,996 lines)

Old vs New Pattern

BEFORE:

class MyBackbone(SequenceBackboneInterface):
    def __init__(self, ...):
        super().__init__()
        self.model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(...)  # Loaded immediately

    def forward(self, input_ids, attention_mask):
        return self.model(input_ids, attention_mask)  # Returns Tensor

AFTER:

class MyBackbone(SequenceBackboneInterface):
    def __init__(self, ...):
        super().__init__()
        self.model_name = model_name  # Store config only

    def setup(self):
        self.model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(self.model_name)  # Lazy loading

    def process_batch(self, batch, device):
        return self.tokenize(batch["sequences"])  # Unified interface

    def forward(self, input_ids, attention_mask):
        output = self.model(input_ids, attention_mask)
        return SequenceBackboneOutput(  # Structured output
            last_hidden_state=output.last_hidden_state,
            hidden_states=output.hidden_states,
            attention_mask=attention_mask
        )

Key Changes

1. Two-Phase Initialization

• __init__(): Store configuration only
• setup(): Load actual models/weights
• Benefit: Faster instantiation, better memory management, distributed training support

2. Structured Output: SequenceBackboneOutput

@dataclass
class SequenceBackboneOutput:
    last_hidden_state: Tensor
    hidden_states: Optional[List[Tensor]] = None
    attention_mask: Optional[Tensor] = None
    special_tokens_mask: Optional[Tensor] = None

    def concat(cls, outputs, padding_value=0):  # Batch concatenation
    def __getitem__(self, idx):  # Slicing support
    def to_device(self, device):  # Device movement
    def to_dict(self) / from_dict(cls, d):  # Serialization

• Benefit: Type safety, IDE autocomplete, consistent interface

3. Embedding Caching Infrastructure

# Enable caching for frozen backbones
backbone = aido_rna_650m(
    cache_config={
        "cache_dir": "/path/to/cache",
        "storage_backend": "lmdb",  # or "indexed"
        "enable_profiling": True
    }
)

• Two backends: LMDB (memory-mapped) and Indexed (append-only)
• Built-in profiling: _CacheProfiler tracks hits/misses
• Benefit: 10-100x speedup for frozen backbone experiments

4. Required Data Columns

def required_data_columns(self, stage: str) -> List[str]:
    return ["sequences"] if stage != "predict" else []

• Benefit: Framework validates data availability before training

Migration Impact

• ⚠️ Custom backbones must implement: setup(), process_batch(), required_data_columns()
• ⚠️ All backbone fixtures updated to call .setup()

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2. Data Module Refactoring (1,522 lines)

Architecture Change

BEFORE:

SequenceClassificationDataModule(
    x_col="sequence",
    extra_cols=["metadata", "organism"],
    extra_col_aliases=["meta", "org"]  # Parallel list - error-prone
)

AFTER:

# Introduced base class for reusability
ClassificationDataModule(...)  # Generic base
SequenceClassificationDataModule(...)  # Inherits from base

# Cleaner API
SequenceClassificationDataModule(
    x_col=["sequence", "metadata", "organism"],  # Multiple inputs
    rename_cols={"metadata": "meta", "organism": "org"},  # Explicit mapping
    generate_uid=True  # For caching support
)

Key Improvements

1. Class Hierarchy

BaseDataModule
└── ClassificationDataModule (NEW)
    └── SequenceClassificationDataModule

• Benefit: Easier to create non-sequence classification tasks

2. Unified Column Handling

• x_col: Can be string or list (multi-input support)
• rename_cols: Dictionary mapping (clearer than parallel lists)
• Benefit: Supports multi-modal inputs, less error-prone

3. New Features

• provided_columns() property: Declares available columns
• generate_uid parameter: Auto-generates unique IDs for caching
• class_weight property: Automatic class weighting for imbalanced datasets

dm = SequenceClassificationDataModule(..., generate_uid=True)
dm.class_weight  # Tensor([0.5, 2.0, 1.0]) for weighted loss

Migration Impact

• ⚠️ Replace extra_cols + extra_col_aliases with rename_cols
• ⚠️ Custom data modules must implement provided_columns()
• ✅ All README examples updated with new syntax

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3. Task System Refactoring (1,133 lines)

Initialization Pattern Change

BEFORE:

class MLM(TaskInterface):
    def __init__(self, backbone, ...):
        self.backbone_fn = backbone  # Store factory
        self.loss = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()  # Created in __init__

    def configure_model(self):
        self.backbone = self.backbone_fn(...)  # Create here
        # Could be called multiple times → bug!

AFTER:

class MLM(TaskInterface):
    def __init__(self, backbone, ...):
        self.backbone = backbone(...)  # Create immediately
        # Loss moved to configure_model

    @once_only  # Ensures single execution
    def configure_model(self):
        self.backbone.setup()  # Load weights
        self.loss = nn.CrossEntropyLoss(
            weight=self.data_module.class_weight  # Data-dependent
        )

Key Changes

1. @once_only Decorator

• Prevents double-initialization in distributed training
• Benefit: Eliminates subtle bugs from multiple configure_model() calls

2. Backbone Created in __init__

• Enables early introspection
• Actual model loading deferred to setup()
• Benefit: Configuration validation without loading weights

3. Unified Batch Processing

# BEFORE
def transform(self, batch, batch_idx):
    tokenized = self.backbone.tokenize(batch["sequences"])
    return {"input_ids": tokenized["input_ids"].to(self.device), ...}

# AFTER
def transform(self, batch, batch_idx):
    return self.backbone.process_batch(batch, device=self.device)
    # Handles tokenization + device movement

• Benefit: Less boilerplate, consistent across tasks

4. Data-Dependent Loss Configuration

class SequenceClassification(TaskInterface):
    def __init__(self, ..., weighted_loss=False):
        self.weighted_loss = weighted_loss

    @once_only
    def configure_model(self):
        self.loss = nn.CrossEntropyLoss(
            weight=self.data_module.class_weight if self.weighted_loss else None
        )

• Benefit: Automatic class weighting for imbalanced datasets

5. Stage-Specific Data Requirements

def required_data_columns(self, stage: str) -> List[str]:
    if stage == "predict":
        return []  # No labels needed
    return ["target_sequences"]  # Labels required for train/val

• Benefit: Framework validates before training starts

Migration Impact

• ⚠️ Custom tasks must update transform() to use process_batch()
• ⚠️ forward() must extract .last_hidden_state from SequenceBackboneOutput
• ⚠️ Must implement required_data_columns(stage)
• ⚠️ Move loss instantiation to configure_model() if data-dependent

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4. Adapter System Changes (215 lines)

Changes

• Mostly code formatting (Ruff 100-char limit)
• MLPAdapterWithoutOutConcat: Memory optimization for pairwise tasks
• Import cleanup: Removed unused imports
• Type hints: Improved annotations
• Docstring updates: Better documentation

Migration Impact

• ✅ No breaking changes
• ✅ Maintains compatibility with refactored backbone/task interfaces

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5. Documentation System Refactoring (776 lines)

Problem Being Solved

OLD SITUATION:

class Parent:
    def __init__(self, arg1: int, arg2: str):
        """Parent class.

        Args:
            arg1: First argument
            arg2: Second argument
        """

class Child(Parent):
    def __init__(self, arg3: bool, **kwargs):
        """Child class.

        Args:
            arg3: Third argument
            **kwargs: ??? (User has no idea what's valid)
        """
        super().__init__(**kwargs)

# API docs show Child.__init__(arg3, **kwargs)
# User doesn't know arg1, arg2 are accepted!

NEW SOLUTION:

class Child(Parent, metaclass=GoogleKwargsDocstringInheritanceInitMeta):
    def __init__(self, arg3: bool, **kwargs):
        """Child class.

        Args:
            arg3: Third argument
        """
        super().__init__(**kwargs)

# API docs now show: Child.__init__(arg3, arg1, arg2)
# Docstring automatically includes arg1, arg2 descriptions!

How It Works

Two-Part System:

1. Runtime: GoogleKwargsDocstringInheritanceInitMeta metaclass

   • Inspects parent __init__ signatures
   • Merges parent parameters into child
   • Updates __signature__ and __doc__
   • Stores in __griffe_signature__ for docs

2. Build Time: KwargsDocstringInheritance Griffe extension

   • Reads __griffe_signature__ during doc generation
   • Updates MkDocs API reference
   • Shows complete parameter list

Benefits

• ✅ DRY: Update parent docs once, all children inherit
• ✅ IDE Support: Autocomplete shows all valid parameters
• ✅ User Experience: Complete API documentation automatically
• ✅ Maintainability: No duplicate docstrings

Used Throughout Codebase

• All SequenceBackboneInterface subclasses
• Data modules with **kwargs
• Task classes inheriting complex parameters

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6. Test Infrastructure Changes (868 lines)

New Tests

File: tests/backbones/test_base.py (311 lines)

1. SequenceBackboneOutput Tests

test_sequence_backbone_output_getitem()  # Indexing/slicing
test_sequence_backbone_output_concat()   # Batch concatenation
test_sequence_backbone_output_to_device()  # Device movement
test_sequence_backbone_output_with_none_fields()  # Optional handling

2. Caching Tests

test_backbone_cache_forward_first_call()  # Cache miss
test_backbone_cache_forward_cached()      # Cache hit
test_indexed_store_*()                    # Indexed backend
test_lmdb_store_*()                       # LMDB backend
test_cache_profiler_*()                   # Performance tracking

3. Fixture Updates

# All fixtures updated to call setup()
@pytest.fixture
def genbiobert(genbiobert_cls):
    backbone = genbiobert_cls(None, None)
    backbone.setup()  # NEW
    return backbone

Benefits

• ✅ Comprehensive coverage for new features
• ✅ Regression prevention
• ✅ Tests serve as usage examples
• ✅ CI/CD validation

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📊 Breaking Changes & Migration Guide

For End Users

Area	Old	New	Migration
Backbone usage	output = backbone(...) returns Tensor	Returns SequenceBackboneOutput	Extract .last_hidden_state
Backbone setup	Automatic	Must call .setup()	Add backbone.setup() before use
Data modules	extra_cols + extra_col_aliases	x_col list + rename_cols dict	Update config files
Column names	Hardcoded "sequences"	Configurable via rename_cols	Use explicit mapping

Example Migration

OLD CODE:

# Backbone
backbone = aido_rna_650m(None, None)
output = backbone(input_ids, attention_mask)  # Returns Tensor
embeddings = output

# Data module
dm = SequenceClassificationDataModule(
    x_col="sequence",
    extra_cols=["metadata"],
    extra_col_aliases=["meta"]
)

NEW CODE:

# Backbone
backbone = aido_rna_650m(None, None)
backbone.setup()  # Required!
output = backbone(input_ids, attention_mask)  # Returns SequenceBackboneOutput
embeddings = output.last_hidden_state

# Data module
dm = SequenceClassificationDataModule(
    x_col=["sequence", "metadata"],
    rename_cols={"metadata": "meta"}
)

Files Changed

1. Development Infrastructure Modernization

Pre-commit Hooks Integration

• ✅ Added .pre-commit-config.yaml with:
  • Ruff formatter (max line length 100)
  • Trailing whitespace checks
  • YAML validation
  • Poetry dependency validation
• ✅ Updated CONTRIBUTING.md with pre-commit setup instructions

Dependency Management Migration

• ✅ Migrated from pip-compile to Poetry
• ✅ Added poetry.lock file (7,934 lines) for reproducible builds
• ✅ Better dependency resolution and lock file management

Docker Updates

• ✅ Updated base CUDA image from 12.1.0 to 12.4.0
• ✅ Updated PyTorch Geometric dependencies from cu121 to cu124
• ✅ Fixed missing RUN command in Dockerfile (line 21)

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2. New Model Support: Scimilarity

Model Integration

• ✅ Added modelgenerator/huggingface_models/scimilarity/nn_models.py (206 lines)
• ✅ Added modelgenerator/huggingface_models/scimilarity/model_v1.1/layer_sizes.json
• ✅ Added gene list: modelgenerator/cell/gene_lists/scimilarity_genes.tsv (28,232 gene names)
• ✅ Updated backbone support to include Scimilarity in cell/gene expression models
• ✅ Modified modelgenerator/cell/utils.py (109 line changes)

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3. RNA Inverse Folding Enhancements

New Zero-shot Analysis Pipeline

• ✅ Added modelgenerator/rna_inv_fold/zeroshot_analyses.py (163 lines)
• ✅ Implements iterative denoising for RNA inverse folding
• ✅ Uses masked language modeling with configurable hyperparameters
• ✅ Supports ablation studies for denoising steps and mask ratios
• ✅ Uses AIDO.RNA-1.6B model with log-mixing approach (inspired by LM-Design paper)

RNA Task Updates

• ✅ Modified modelgenerator/rna_ss/rna_ss_task.py (51 line changes)
• ✅ Updated modelgenerator/rna_ss/rna_ss_data.py (11 line changes)
• ✅ Minor fix in modelgenerator/rna_inv_fold/data_inverse_folding/dataset.py

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4. Code Quality & Documentation

Documentation System Enhancements

• ✅ Added modelgenerator/utils/kwargs_doc.py (465 lines)
• ✅ Added modelgenerator/utils/griffe_kwargs_extension.py (311 lines)
• ✅ Implements GoogleKwargsDocstringInheritanceInitMeta for automatic kwargs parameter inheritance
• ✅ Added new documentation page: docs/docs/usage/embedding_caching.md
• ✅ Extensive formatting fixes across all documentation (trailing whitespace, end-of-file fixes)
• ✅ Updated all README examples to include proper data column mappings (x_col, y_col, rename_cols)

Code Formatting

• ✅ Applied Ruff formatting across entire codebase (100 character line limit)
• ✅ Fixed trailing whitespace and end-of-file issues throughout
• ✅ Many files show only whitespace/formatting changes

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5. Core Architecture Refactoring

Backbone Architecture (1,996 lines changed)

• ✅ Major refactoring of modelgenerator/backbones/backbones.py (1,333 line changes)
• ✅ Updated modelgenerator/backbones/base.py (663 line changes)
• ✅ Updated modelgenerator/backbones/__init__.py (127 line changes)

Data Module Refactoring (1,522 lines changed)

• ✅ Updated modelgenerator/data/data.py (1,522 line changes)
• ✅ Updated modelgenerator/data/__init__.py (380 line changes)
• ✅ Modified modelgenerator/data/base.py (33 line changes)

Task System Updates (1,133 lines changed)

• ✅ Updated modelgenerator/tasks/tasks.py (1,133 line changes)
• ✅ Updated modelgenerator/tasks/base.py (159 line changes)

Adapter Updates (215 lines changed)

• ✅ Modified modelgenerator/adapters/adapters.py (79 line changes)
• ✅ Updated modelgenerator/adapters/fusion.py (136 line changes)

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6. Experiment Configuration Updates

New Configurations

• ✅ Added experiments/AIDO.Protein/xTrimo/configs/stability_prediction.yaml

Configuration Updates

• ✅ Updated numerous YAML configs across AIDO.Cell, AIDO.DNA, AIDO.Protein, AIDO.RNA, AIDO.Tissue
• ✅ Generally minor formatting and parameter adjustments
• ✅ Removed deleted Jupyter notebook from AIDO.Cell experiments

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7. Testing Infrastructure

Test Organization

• ✅ Added __init__.py files to test directories for better organization
• ✅ Added tests/backbones/test_base.py (311 lines)
• ✅ Updated existing test files with new assertions and test cases
• ✅ Modified tests/conftest.py (57 line changes)