Luca Naef
@lucanaef.bsky.social
Co-Founder & CTO, @vant_ai
Forbes 30u30 but won't go to jail | prev. ETH Zurich Stanford McKinsey
AI x Bio/Chem. vi/vim
Forbes 30u30 but won't go to jail | prev. ETH Zurich Stanford McKinsey
AI x Bio/Chem. vi/vim
Reposted by Luca Naef
Second day of AITHYRA Symposium #AIforLifeScience: Cracking the Code—Genomics, Chromatin and RNA Regulation
September 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Second day of AITHYRA Symposium #AIforLifeScience: Cracking the Code—Genomics, Chromatin and RNA Regulation
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We have multiple senior scientist / engineer positions available across several geos in MSR AI for Science. Ping me or any of my colleagues if you have any questions!
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
Microsoft Research AI for Science - Microsoft Research
“Over the coming decade, deep learning looks set to have a transformational impact on the natural sciences. The consequences are potentially far-reaching and could dramatically improve our ability to ...
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September 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We have multiple senior scientist / engineer positions available across several geos in MSR AI for Science. Ping me or any of my colleagues if you have any questions!
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
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@aithyra.bsky.social Opening Symposium "AI for Life Science" with Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold as keynote speaker in addition to an outstanding line up of speakers on a variety of topics across biological scales and data modalities.
Registration is now open at cemm.at/aithyra-symp...
Registration is now open at cemm.at/aithyra-symp...
July 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
@aithyra.bsky.social Opening Symposium "AI for Life Science" with Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold as keynote speaker in addition to an outstanding line up of speakers on a variety of topics across biological scales and data modalities.
Registration is now open at cemm.at/aithyra-symp...
Registration is now open at cemm.at/aithyra-symp...
Reposted by Luca Naef
BioEmu now published in @science.org !!
What is BioEmu? Check out this video:
youtu.be/LStKhWcL0VE?...
What is BioEmu? Check out this video:
youtu.be/LStKhWcL0VE?...
July 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
BioEmu now published in @science.org !!
What is BioEmu? Check out this video:
youtu.be/LStKhWcL0VE?...
What is BioEmu? Check out this video:
youtu.be/LStKhWcL0VE?...
Reposted by Luca Naef
Hello, we are AITHYRA!
I am very excited to share with you the corporate identity of AITHYRA, the Research Institute for Biomedical AI.
Check out the brand design video (sound on!) to learn more.
**REMINDER**
One week left to apply for Starting PI positions (Life Science and AI/ML). Come join us!
I am very excited to share with you the corporate identity of AITHYRA, the Research Institute for Biomedical AI.
Check out the brand design video (sound on!) to learn more.
**REMINDER**
One week left to apply for Starting PI positions (Life Science and AI/ML). Come join us!
We proudly present to you the #AITHYRA corporate identity, a mixture of logo, motion and sound design. Thanks to our Design Partner Studio Dumbar for a creative and joyful process, and the OeAW and BIS for giving us the confidence and trust to go new ways. More to come www.oeaw.ac.at/aithyra/news...
April 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Hello, we are AITHYRA!
I am very excited to share with you the corporate identity of AITHYRA, the Research Institute for Biomedical AI.
Check out the brand design video (sound on!) to learn more.
**REMINDER**
One week left to apply for Starting PI positions (Life Science and AI/ML). Come join us!
I am very excited to share with you the corporate identity of AITHYRA, the Research Institute for Biomedical AI.
Check out the brand design video (sound on!) to learn more.
**REMINDER**
One week left to apply for Starting PI positions (Life Science and AI/ML). Come join us!
“I feel like they always talk about [...] we don’t have enough data [...] You do have enough data — if you were innovative enough on your algorithm side.”
didn't age well - turns out, having data is all that matters, and current models are largely equivalent. Fantastic work by the team!
didn't age well - turns out, having data is all that matters, and current models are largely equivalent. Fantastic work by the team!
In this work, we explored how training data similarity impacts protein-ligand prediction accuracy—an overlooked aspect in recent benchmarks. Our analysis shows that the current co-folding methods struggle to generalize beyond ligand poses in their training data.(2/n)
February 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“I feel like they always talk about [...] we don’t have enough data [...] You do have enough data — if you were innovative enough on your algorithm side.”
didn't age well - turns out, having data is all that matters, and current models are largely equivalent. Fantastic work by the team!
didn't age well - turns out, having data is all that matters, and current models are largely equivalent. Fantastic work by the team!
Reposted by Luca Naef
This is the kind of benchmarking work the field needs!
Here's a year-end update from #PLINDER. It's been really great working on this project and all the other projects that it has kickstarted - the gift that keeps on giving.
Happy holidays everyone!
www.plinder.sh/blog/updates
Happy holidays everyone!
www.plinder.sh/blog/updates
Updates
Updates
www.plinder.sh
December 24, 2024 at 4:06 PM
This is the kind of benchmarking work the field needs!
Reposted by Luca Naef
End of year notes from #PLINDER team!
It's been an incredible year for datasets and benchmarks for the #ML / #CompChem / #CompBio community.
Superbly grateful for the positive responses, constructive feedback and contributions!
It's just the start, lots more in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ 🎉
www.plinder.sh/blog/updates
It's been an incredible year for datasets and benchmarks for the #ML / #CompChem / #CompBio community.
Superbly grateful for the positive responses, constructive feedback and contributions!
It's just the start, lots more in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ 🎉
www.plinder.sh/blog/updates
Updates
Updates
www.plinder.sh
December 24, 2024 at 3:04 PM
End of year notes from #PLINDER team!
It's been an incredible year for datasets and benchmarks for the #ML / #CompChem / #CompBio community.
Superbly grateful for the positive responses, constructive feedback and contributions!
It's just the start, lots more in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ 🎉
www.plinder.sh/blog/updates
It's been an incredible year for datasets and benchmarks for the #ML / #CompChem / #CompBio community.
Superbly grateful for the positive responses, constructive feedback and contributions!
It's just the start, lots more in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ 🎉
www.plinder.sh/blog/updates
Reposted by Luca Naef
Here's a year-end update from #PLINDER. It's been really great working on this project and all the other projects that it has kickstarted - the gift that keeps on giving.
Happy holidays everyone!
www.plinder.sh/blog/updates
Happy holidays everyone!
www.plinder.sh/blog/updates
Updates
Updates
www.plinder.sh
December 24, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Here's a year-end update from #PLINDER. It's been really great working on this project and all the other projects that it has kickstarted - the gift that keeps on giving.
Happy holidays everyone!
www.plinder.sh/blog/updates
Happy holidays everyone!
www.plinder.sh/blog/updates
Reposted by Luca Naef
Two major life updates:
- I'm moving to Senior Applied Research Scientist in Digital Biology at NVIDIA (Jan '25)
- I'm starting a new lab at Duke as Visiting Assistant Prof (early '25)
Both roles focus on tackling hard problems in biological machine learning through collaborative research.
Long 🧵
- I'm moving to Senior Applied Research Scientist in Digital Biology at NVIDIA (Jan '25)
- I'm starting a new lab at Duke as Visiting Assistant Prof (early '25)
Both roles focus on tackling hard problems in biological machine learning through collaborative research.
Long 🧵
December 23, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Two major life updates:
- I'm moving to Senior Applied Research Scientist in Digital Biology at NVIDIA (Jan '25)
- I'm starting a new lab at Duke as Visiting Assistant Prof (early '25)
Both roles focus on tackling hard problems in biological machine learning through collaborative research.
Long 🧵
- I'm moving to Senior Applied Research Scientist in Digital Biology at NVIDIA (Jan '25)
- I'm starting a new lab at Duke as Visiting Assistant Prof (early '25)
Both roles focus on tackling hard problems in biological machine learning through collaborative research.
Long 🧵
Reposted by Luca Naef
Boltz v0.4.0 is here! Today, we’re releasing our full data processing pipeline, making it easier than ever to build on top of Boltz. This release also includes our evaluation code and new results. Oh, and also pocket conditioning :)
December 21, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Boltz v0.4.0 is here! Today, we’re releasing our full data processing pipeline, making it easier than ever to build on top of Boltz. This release also includes our evaluation code and new results. Oh, and also pocket conditioning :)
Reposted by Luca Naef
Bonus: you can now watch on YouTube the recording of the seminar we gave on Boltz-1 with @mmbronstein.bsky.social and VantAI! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN5p...
Boltz-1: Democratizing Biomolecular Interaction Modeling | Jeremy Wohlwend, Gabriele Corso
YouTube video by VantAI
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December 21, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Bonus: you can now watch on YouTube the recording of the seminar we gave on Boltz-1 with @mmbronstein.bsky.social and VantAI! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN5p...
Reposted by Luca Naef
FutureHouse is launching an independent postdoctoral fellowship program for exceptional researchers who want to apply our automated science tools to specific problems in biology and biochemistry, in collaboration with world-leading academic labs. 1/
December 19, 2024 at 3:29 PM
FutureHouse is launching an independent postdoctoral fellowship program for exceptional researchers who want to apply our automated science tools to specific problems in biology and biochemistry, in collaboration with world-leading academic labs. 1/