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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Could an AI-enabled autonomous lab accelerate our path to cures? I sat down with @jasonrkelly.bsky.social, CEO of @ginkgobioworks.bsky.social, for a deep-dive and tour of their Boston lab – covering OpenAI collab, the Genesis Mission, and the rise of autonomous biology. 🎧 Full episode in thread.

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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

“And now there are things that I can’t unsee.” AI is reshaping particle physics. And physics is reshaping AI. I spoke with @mitphysics.bsky.social prof + NSF's AI for Physics director Jesse Thaler about AI, the LHC, diffusion models, and the future of discovery. 🎧 Full episode in thread.

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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

In the block universe, past, present, and future all simultaneously exist. Turns out, Now & Laters were really onto something. #physics #specialrelativity #confectionarywisdom

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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

What if we could integrate, play with, and control lab hardware as easily as we do software? Thrilled to have sat down with @rickwierenga.bsky.social of @pylabrobot.bsky.social to learn how the movement he's leading is enabling more scientists, hackers, and startups to “ship science”!

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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

“I think you’d be shocked how often people are willing to chat and help you out.” Inspired by my recent sit-down with @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's Alishba Imran, now a Research Fellow with the @arcinstitute.org, on how she broke into AI for Science. Full episode linked in thread! 🧵

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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

"Anytime you ask a question, that should be contextualized in all the data that you've generated" I love this vision on the future of scientific discovery shared by @nlarusstone.bsky.social, founder of @bitsinbio.bsky.social, and Sphinx Bio. Link to the full episode in thread 🧵

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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

“We can have people constantly inserting new experiments, and the lab’s going to manage everything, calling us from time to time just to clean some things.” In awe of the engineering behind @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's “A-Lab," a facility for autonomous materials discovery. Full episode link in thread.

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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

"Stage your automation. Only automate what you really need to, and wait until you really need it." I love this insight from Transon Nguyen, CEO of Eigen Therapeutics, a biotech startup leveraging automation and AI to accelerate developing cancer priming therapies. Full episode linked in thread.

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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Thrilled to have sat down with Sudha and Madeline of @theautomatedlab.bsky.social to explore how organizations can unlock the full potential of lab automation. Catch our full conversation: YouTube: youtu.be/sPRU18BJNR4 Spotify: spoti.fi/3BzMqiy Apple Podcasts: apple.co/40sQCu9

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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I love this insight on building teams from @genophoria.bsky.social, Core Investigator at Arc Institute, which just released Evo 2: the largest AI model for biology to date. Catch the full conversation: + YouTube: youtu.be/sWcoslBueiE + Spotify: spoti.fi/4hLk3xo + Apple Podcasts: apple.co/40sQCu9

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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

From AI-powered agent labs, to deep tech acceleration, excited to spotlight the breakthroughs accelerating science this month. Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/discover... #AIforScience #DeepTech #LLMs #Genomics #TechBio

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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Luck. Timing. And Mentorship. I love this insight on what's needed for research success from Hemai Parthasarathy, a neuroscientist, experienced editor (Nature, PLOS), and expert in scaling deep tech startups (Thiel Foundation, Google X, MIT The Engine). Our full conversation: youtu.be/VQ58kU1bRrw

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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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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

From massive new datasets, to connectomics platforms, excited to spotlight the projects and news helping our #AI4Science community start 2025 off strong.

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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

...Aditi Krishnapriyan, Wen Jie Ong, Arash Khajeh and Aldair Gongora who gave us a peek into their latest projects across labs at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, NVIDIA, Toyota Research Institute, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Full recording here: youtu.be/lm06yLglBqQ?...

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