Newsletter resource suggestion: evaluating DNA and RNA foundation models #50

Disclosure: I write rewire.it and am suggesting two of my own educational articles for editorial consideration.

• An RNA Sequence Is Not a Molecular State (1 September 2026): https://rewire.it/blog/an-rna-sequence-is-not-a-molecular-state/
• A DNA Likelihood Is Not a Functional Assay (28 August 2026): https://rewire.it/blog/a-dna-likelihood-is-not-a-functional-assay/

The open-bioinformatics angle is the practical record needed to evaluate a model: versioned checkpoints and preprocessing, biological data splits, disclosed alignment/template retrieval, and separate code, weight, and dataset availability. Both articles distinguish computational scores from the experimental endpoints they may help predict.

Suggested newsletter blurb:

“Two rewire.it guides examine how to evaluate DNA and RNA foundation models by their inputs, biological targets, validation splits, and available artifacts. They cover common pitfalls such as calling a trained probe zero-shot, treating a long context window as demonstrated biological dependence, and interpreting predicted RNA structure as evidence of function.”

These are literature-based educational resources, not an OBF project or a new software release. Please include either, both, or neither according to editorial fit.