[GH-ISSUE #526] Difference between CLIP and OmiCLIP foundation model #440

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opened 2026-10-31 21:14:58 +00:00 by bsakaguchi · 0 comments
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Originally created by @linjing-lab on GitHub (Jan 14, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/openai/CLIP/issues/526

Hi, I recently read a paper on the application of the latest CLIP model in spatial transcriptomics, a visual–omics foundation model to bridge histopathology with spatial transcriptomics, which uses the alignment of tissue images and transcriptome to complete the image to omics alignment. I want to know whether the difference between CLIP and OmiCLIP core is only reflected in the pretrained weights or in other places under such a pretraining mode. In addition, the number of pretraining datasets of OmiCLIP is relatively limited compared with the general CLIP model. OmiCLIP does not cover enough rare diseases. I want to know whether a general CLIP model can be fine tuned to a model similar to OmiCLIP.

Originally created by @linjing-lab on GitHub (Jan 14, 2026). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/openai/CLIP/issues/526 Hi, I recently read a paper on the application of the latest CLIP model in spatial transcriptomics, [a visual–omics foundation model to bridge histopathology with spatial transcriptomics](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-025-02707-1), which uses the alignment of tissue images and transcriptome to complete the image to omics alignment. I want to know whether the difference between CLIP and OmiCLIP core is only reflected in the pretrained weights or in other places under such a pretraining mode. In addition, the number of pretraining datasets of OmiCLIP is relatively limited compared with the general CLIP model. OmiCLIP does not cover enough rare diseases. I want to know whether a general CLIP model can be fine tuned to a model similar to OmiCLIP.
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