Dr Francesca Young
- Affiliate Researcher (School of Infection & Immunity)
Publications
2026
Lamb, Kieran D., Hughes, Joseph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2556-2563, Lytras, Spyros, Young, Francesca, Koci, Orges, Herzig, James C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6434-4150, Lovell, Simon C., Grove, Joe
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5390-7579, Yuan, Ke
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2318-1460 and Robertson, David L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-0221
(2026)
From single-sequences to evolutionary trajectories: protein language models capture the evolutionary potential of SARS-CoV-2.
Nature Communications,
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-69569-9)
(PMID:41714330)
(In Press)
2025
Liu, Dan, Young, Francesca, Lamb, Kieran, Claudio Quiros, Adalberto, Pancheva, Alexandrina, Miller, Crispin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4341-1283, Macdonald, Craig
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3143-279X, Robertson, David L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-0221 and Yuan, Ke
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2318-1460
(2025)
PLM-interact: extending protein language models to predict protein-protein interactions.
Nature Communications, 16,
9012.
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-64512-w)
(PMID:41145424)
(PMCID:PMC12559430)
2024
Liu, Dan, Young, Francesca, Lamb, Kieran D., Claudio Quiros, Adalberto, Pancheva, Alexandrina, Miller, Crispin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4341-1283, Macdonald, Craig
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3143-279X, Robertson, David L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-0221 and Yuan, Ke
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2318-1460
(2024)
PLM-interact: extending protein language models to predict protein-protein interactions.
bioRxiv,
(doi: 10.1101/2024.11.05.622169)
Liu, Dan, Young, Francesca, Lamb, Kieran D., Robertson, David L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-0221 and Yuan, Ke
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2318-1460
(2024)
Prediction of virus-host associations using protein language models and multiple instance learning.
PLoS Computational Biology, 20(11),
e1012597.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012597)
(PMID:39561204)
(PMCID:PMC11614202)
Lamb, Kieran D., Hughes, Joseph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2556-2563, Lytras, Spyros, Young, Francesca, Koci, Orges, Herzig, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6434-4150, Lovell, Simon C., Grove, Joe
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5390-7579, Yuan, Ke
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2318-1460 and Robertson, David L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-0221
(2024)
From a single sequence to evolutionary trajectories: protein language models capture the evolutionary potential of SARS-CoV-2 protein sequences.
bioRxiv,
(doi: 10.1101/2024.07.05.602129)
Articles
Lamb, Kieran D., Hughes, Joseph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2556-2563, Lytras, Spyros, Young, Francesca, Koci, Orges, Herzig, James C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6434-4150, Lovell, Simon C., Grove, Joe
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5390-7579, Yuan, Ke
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2318-1460 and Robertson, David L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-0221
(2026)
From single-sequences to evolutionary trajectories: protein language models capture the evolutionary potential of SARS-CoV-2.
Nature Communications,
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-69569-9)
(PMID:41714330)
(In Press)
Liu, Dan, Young, Francesca, Lamb, Kieran, Claudio Quiros, Adalberto, Pancheva, Alexandrina, Miller, Crispin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4341-1283, Macdonald, Craig
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3143-279X, Robertson, David L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-0221 and Yuan, Ke
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2318-1460
(2025)
PLM-interact: extending protein language models to predict protein-protein interactions.
Nature Communications, 16,
9012.
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-64512-w)
(PMID:41145424)
(PMCID:PMC12559430)
Liu, Dan, Young, Francesca, Lamb, Kieran D., Claudio Quiros, Adalberto, Pancheva, Alexandrina, Miller, Crispin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4341-1283, Macdonald, Craig
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3143-279X, Robertson, David L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-0221 and Yuan, Ke
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2318-1460
(2024)
PLM-interact: extending protein language models to predict protein-protein interactions.
bioRxiv,
(doi: 10.1101/2024.11.05.622169)
Liu, Dan, Young, Francesca, Lamb, Kieran D., Robertson, David L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-0221 and Yuan, Ke
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2318-1460
(2024)
Prediction of virus-host associations using protein language models and multiple instance learning.
PLoS Computational Biology, 20(11),
e1012597.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012597)
(PMID:39561204)
(PMCID:PMC11614202)
Lamb, Kieran D., Hughes, Joseph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2556-2563, Lytras, Spyros, Young, Francesca, Koci, Orges, Herzig, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6434-4150, Lovell, Simon C., Grove, Joe
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5390-7579, Yuan, Ke
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2318-1460 and Robertson, David L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-0221
(2024)
From a single sequence to evolutionary trajectories: protein language models capture the evolutionary potential of SARS-CoV-2 protein sequences.
bioRxiv,
(doi: 10.1101/2024.07.05.602129)