stFormer
No estimate
No hardware requirements for this model
The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.
On record
Full specification
Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.
Origin
Who built this model, where, and when it was published.
- Organisation
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Organisation type
- Academia,Academia
- Country
- China
- Published
- 9 November 2024
- Authors
- Shenghao Cao, Ye Yuan
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Biology
- Task
- Spatial Transcriptomics
Size
How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.
- Training data
- tokens
Minimal datapoint: gene expression value in a cell Total vocabulary: 19,264 Number of genes per cell: unknown, estimated at ~1000 Number of cells: 580,000 Total datapoints = 580,000 × 1000 = 580000000
How it is classified
Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.
- Record confidence
- Likely
Sources
Where this record came from and when it was last checked.
- Reference
- stFormer: a foundation model for spatial transcriptomics
- Last updated
- 28 November 2025
What the numbers mean
What this model is
stFormer was published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Chinese Academy of Sciences, in China, in November 2024. It comes out of academia,Academia.
It works in Biology, and is recorded as doing spatial Transcriptomics.
Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.
Answers
stFormer — common questions
What is stFormer used for?
stFormer works in Biology, and is recorded as handling spatial Transcriptomics. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.
What GPU do I need to run stFormer?
None. stFormer is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.
Is stFormer open source?
The licensing for stFormer was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.
How many parameters does stFormer have?
No parameter count has been published for stFormer, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.
Who created stFormer?
stFormer was published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Chinese Academy of Sciences, based in China, categorised as academia,Academia.
When was stFormer released?
stFormer was published in November 2024. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.
The other direction
Looking at it from the other side?
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