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Growing up, I was relentlessly encouraged to excel. From my first steps into the “academic realm” - if one can even grace first grade with such a title—I was conditioned to equate my worth with my report card. Being a naturally curious child, I succeeded, though likely less due to innate brilliance and more because of a deep-seated thirst for achievement. My parents were the children…
Is SaaS a good business model for drug‑discovery companies? In 2024 the Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to David Baker , Demis Hassabis , and John Jumper for their groundbreaking advances in computational protein design and protein‑structure prediction . Their achievements—most famously the AlphaFold2 model—have sparked a wave of enthusiasm for applying “foundation models” to biology. Proteins are…
Moneyball Moment for Bioproduction In 2003, Michael Lewis’s bestselling book Moneyball introduced a provocative idea to the world of baseball: data analytics could be used to identify undervalued players with the potential to deliver outsized performance. Suddenly, hidden gems were everywhere, waiting to be discovered by teams that knew how to read the stats. Two decades later, we find ourselves…
A few thoughts on the emergence of DeepSeek and the future of expertise The third decade of the twenty-first century has brought about the start of a radical change to a central paradigm that was dominant throughout human history. From the beginning of the internet age, knowledge has been slowly becoming a commodity. No longer are the days when you had to journey to another corner of the country…