My cofounder (@BronteKolar) and I run a small science + AI + robotics lab right on the Mission / SOMA border. We’re technically just outside the area this affects (for now), but this is very worrying for us and a lot of our friends. These are people trying to build amazing

For the next 12 days, we’ll be opening a different kind of advent calendar: negative results 🎁🚫😜 Every day, we’ll share a short story about something that didn’t work in the lab, what we learned, and a “hot data” plot. Negative results are still real science! 🔬❤️Day 1👇

🧬 Big news for gut virome research: @apcamargo_ + @jgi's UHGV-HyperPrevalent dataset is available on SeqHub. This collection contains proteins encoded by 328 phage genomes that are hyper-prevalent across global human gut metagenomes — now fully searchable, annotated, and

Today we are launching the best IVF calculator in the world. Based on data from over 500,000 cycles, we’ve modelled the distribution of potential outcomes at each stage of IVF. If you are undergoing or considering IVF, explore our calculator on the Herasight website.🧵

Last week, age1 published "Anatomy of a Biotech Failure," an analysis of 8 shutdowns over the past decade. But anecdotes only go so far. In Part II, we share insights from 64 closures since 2023 - check it out below!

We're onboarding researchers into our private beta, and their feedback is shaping our platform! Be part of our mission to help scientists derive new + better functional insights directly from sequences. Join our community by signing up for early access:

Public github repos of sequencing-related companies

1/ 📢 @CosmikNetwork has been awarded $1M in grant funding by @open_phil and @AsteraInstitute! These generous grants will support our development of Semble - a social "micro-knowledge" network for researchers. Think https://t.co/9zWvn8Jfwo + Goodreads for research!

My TED talk, on what addiction and recovery taught me about personal agency, is out this morning. Link in the next tweet.

FDA sits on a treasure trove of data: past regulatory submissions, which often span tens of thousands of pages. These would be incredibly informative, but are locked away due to trade secret law. I propose leveraging AI & bankruptcy law to unleash this info & empower start-ups.

THE LAUNCH SEQUENCE A new collection of 16 essays on how to accelerate AI for science & security: https://t.co/pKKwgRSdS7 The AI revolution is already delivering enormous consumer benefits. But AI progress won't automatically solve humanity's most important problems first. To

Fostering a world-scale biosphere on Mars: a research agenda. https://t.co/rw9mfDoYpJ

Shiny new Seanome website update! Want to know what we do, why the ocean, why we're nonprofit, and about our awesome board of directors and scientific leadership? Go check out https://t.co/vHWIeO07AO!

I just released an essay series on a topic I've been thinking about, on and off, for a few years: What does AI progress mean for medical progress? Many people working on AI dream it will help cure cancer and prevent disease. I wanted to create a more specific roadmap:

By this time next year, either: 🏆 we'll have engineered PETase enzymes actually work industrially & recycle plastic ... or we'll know that AI-for-proteins is still a bit underbaked 😜 Excited to see what happens!!!! 😬 Spread the word ⬇️

1/4 🚀 Announcing the 2025 Protein Engineering Tournament. This year’s challenge: design PETase enzymes, which degrade the type of plastic in bottles. Can AI-guided protein design help solve the climate crisis? Let’s find out! ⬇️ #AIforBiology #ClimateTech #ProteinEngineering

How concerned should we be about AIxBio? We surveyed 46 bio experts and 22 superforecasters: If LLMs do very well on a virology eval, human-caused epidemics could increase 2-5x. Most thought this was >5yrs away. In fact, the threshold was hit just *months* after the survey. 🧵

We’re opening the waitlist to the first 50 signups! Gaia is evolving: 💡 New capabilities ✨ Improved UI/UX 🧬 Beyond single sequence search Help shape the future of biological data. Join the waitlist 👉 https://t.co/2svhwhtXBZ Let’s build this together.

The @arcinstitute Virtual Cell Challenge: prizes worth up to $100,000 for accurately predicting cellular responses to genetic or chemical perturbations.

What does it take to fund a more abundant future? Our new Head of Strategic Investments, @elidourado, lays out a clear framework rooted in technoeconomics, sociopolitics, and entrepreneurship Read his perspective: https://t.co/eR5Ol6WJSM