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Riya Bisht @b1shtream.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Just listened to Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social, lab automation engineer at Cellares, on the Discovery Engines's podcast dated 2025. Best primer on lab automation I've heard. A few ideas that stuck: #labautomation #biotech

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Celebrated International Lab Automation Day with a 24 hour hackathon at Studio 45 where be built MCP servers for robots and integrated them into agentic workflows. Folks flew in from Boston, Denver, Seattle, Houston and more to come together and build at the edge. #labautomation

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Topics Include, the world's first lab automation mcp connected to hardware (or if you know of another, comment below!), testing agentic workflows between hypothesis generation & protocol generation, and the roles simulation software and digital twins can play in new builds.

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

In support of our lab auto hackathon on June 21st, we're hosting a Build Day/ Workshop on June 14th in San Francisco at Studio 45!

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

SF New Event Alert: Build in public, learn in public, level up as a community. It's never been easier to build and building is without a doubt the best way to learn. if the only constant in our industry is change, how are you making the space & time to keep up with these changes?

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Just in time for the long weekend, thank you!

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

The shirt is amazing, need one!

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

You don't need to be an expert or a cracked engineer, you just need to show "ganas" (enthusiasm).

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

It's an opportunity to build, it shows initiative and it gets you out of your comfort zone. Work on a different problem for a day with a different set of tools and with folks across a broader skill set than you may to encounter day-to-day.

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The number one question I get asked is, "how can I break into automation?" The number two question I get asked is, "how can I make that next leap?" My answer is generally the same, "Come to our hackathons." Why?

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The goal with these hackathons and workshops is to give folks an opportunity to upskill, build community, but ultimately to give folks access to a space or equipment or knowledge they may otherwise struggle to find organically in an industry or academic setting.

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The focus this time is on AI Agents (& maybe Digital Twins.) To support the hackathon, we're hosting a community workshop to help teach folks to use AI, build their own MCP servers and agentic workflows.

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Just lots of new tools, libraries & SDK’s. Need to start dedicating time to just keeping up but noticing that even the mega corps are struggling as well.

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Unfortunately being heads down as an IC (for some reason VP's & founders still seem to have unlimited time even when they're heads down) means that even within that month or two, you miss out on a lot of research and updates.

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Impossible to imagine a future where agents aren’t some of the first “workers” at startups.

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Using @anthropic.com Claude Code and this is what agents should feel like day to day. Simple terminal, easy to prompt. Curious to see how it does with DI and self generation of Swagger comments. Vibe coding is here to stay.

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

It's clear when folks aren't familiar with or using the technologies they're hyping. You may have interviewed or spoken with 100 experts to arrive at a conclusion that supported your initial hunch but did you talk to the correct 100 people? I doubt it.

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I've been hibernating since #SLAS, I've been grinding & pushing through professional & personal deadlines. Lab automation remains a domain that still requires a whimsical and dizzying array of skillsets. Currently using my first "free" day to read through a backlog of papers, blogs and code. 🥂

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Best example of this are note takers for zoom meetings, yes someone could take notes but then that person never really feels plugged in because they have to take notes and then absorb later. Also each person is biased and may devalue items others find valuable

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

ChatGPT for generation to f a list of commonly used acronyms in domain Z vs domain Y is super clutch 😅

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Always happy to talk about lab automation! I had a lot of fun sitting down for this podcast, thanks for having me @nabilwrites.bsky.social

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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

“You sit in between three of the biggest problems in the [biotech] industry.” I love this insight from @lvilla.bsky.social – co-founder of Bay Area Lab Automators – on why a career in biotech lab automation is so compelling. Catch the full conversation here: youtu.be/oT8VnQ_UNNo

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

This is rockstars level of organization on a budget, love it!

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

After visiting an autonomous lab, saw this view from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Favorite time of the year!

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Dustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · 10/01/2025

or even "people are actually pretty rational and not that impressionable." All of this seems quite ahistorical and unscientific, even in the context of Meta's own history and own research. Do the ads influence people but not the malicious posts? It doesn't hold water. 5/7

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Co-hosting a FREE, all-day workshop in San Francisco prior to #SLAS. Learn #SiLA and #AnIML standards with practical examples (real & cloud based instruments) and datasets. Great opportunity to upskill and fix your lab! #LabAutomation Check out the details here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Holidays & Community 🥰 that’s what it’s all about in the end!

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 18/12/2024

I'm about to rebrand all my cron jobs to AI agents and raise a $100,000,000 seed round.

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

That's a great answer but also a dangerous one. I imagine a significant group of people aren't ready for that response, won't be receptive or may have a physical repulsion.

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Patiently waiting for @stiles.io to learn about the OpenAI API @golang.org library.

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Attending SLAS 2025 in San Diego? Is there an event meetup map? Trying to figure out the optimal date & time for a bootstrapped event. Tag or share if you know anyone!

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

"...indicating a focus on biotechnology, AI and automation. The lab is dark but emphasizing the cleanliness and precision of the environment. A robot stands in front of an automated liquid handler waiting for the process to complete while a human oversees from a window outside of the lab."

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

"Inside a high-tech laboratory, humanoid robots with sleek, metallic surfaces are efficiently performing tasks. One robot carefully handles an automated liquid handler. Another robot is managing a bioreactor, monitoring cell expansion. Advanced machinery and digital displays surround the scene,..."

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Sora is pretty cool. Storyboard in comments.

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

There's the challenge of scientific "intent" or "context" which is limited by our vocabulary and fundamentally by how poorly we communicate science. And then there's the context of the environment aka the lab and the instruments. Marrying the two is messy since labs are actually highly variable.

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Of course I am going to refactor my code before the holiday break. 😅

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Reminds me of calling Python from VB.NET (not a fan tbh)

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TechBio Transformers @techbio.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Join us for a special meetup! 🧬🤖💙 TechBio Transformers is partnering with Bay Area Lab Automators for an event on Dec 19th in SF at Southern Pacific Brewing. Have questions? Contact our SF regional leads, Adam Ferguson and Jack Morel, on the TBT Slack! lu.ma/urgc9y2e

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TBT x BALA San Francisco Meetup · Luma

TechBio Transformers and Bay Area Lab Automators are hosting the final San Francisco meetup of the year! Come hang out with us for drinks and great…

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The #labautomation project that I’ve been working on won an award for Technology Innovation from Fierce Life Sciences: fiercelifesciencesinnovationawards.fiercelifesciences.com/fiercelifesc...

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