11
Apr
2025
Why I Left European Science
Monday was my last day as a group leader at The Francis Crick Institute. I got my job at the Crick in 2020, almost exactly 5 years ago, right as COVID was beginning. I had finished my PhD in 2019, and had always told myself that I would only ever be an academic if I could find a place where... Read More
6
Jan
2025
AI Needs Natural Language to Give Structure to Biology
The word of the day, at least in the AI for Biology community, is foundation models. Everyone wants bigger data on more things to throw into bigger models. Virtual cell models will enable us to predict how cell states will change in response to chemical perturbations. Protein language models will enable us to identify better enzymes for degrading plastics or... Read More