Brita Belli
@britabelli.bsky.social
Nerd translator. Senior Comms at Recursion. Previously at Yale. Author of The Autism Puzzle. Fiction writer & fitness lover. #techbio
Last week, we gathered at The Explorer's Club
in NYC for the first AI Leadership Salon to have a necessary conversation – how are we using AI in ways that support a better future – and what’s next as AI systems move beyond our ability to truly manage them? #AI #TechBio @recursionpharma.bsky.social
in NYC for the first AI Leadership Salon to have a necessary conversation – how are we using AI in ways that support a better future – and what’s next as AI systems move beyond our ability to truly manage them? #AI #TechBio @recursionpharma.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Last week, we gathered at The Explorer's Club
in NYC for the first AI Leadership Salon to have a necessary conversation – how are we using AI in ways that support a better future – and what’s next as AI systems move beyond our ability to truly manage them? #AI #TechBio @recursionpharma.bsky.social
in NYC for the first AI Leadership Salon to have a necessary conversation – how are we using AI in ways that support a better future – and what’s next as AI systems move beyond our ability to truly manage them? #AI #TechBio @recursionpharma.bsky.social
Had an incredible time at
@recursionpharma.bsky.social's #TechBio Symposium in SLC last week learning about our latest tech breakthroughs and partnership programs & the Recursion approach to drug discovery. Especially loved connecting with my colleagues from across the country & across the pond!
@recursionpharma.bsky.social's #TechBio Symposium in SLC last week learning about our latest tech breakthroughs and partnership programs & the Recursion approach to drug discovery. Especially loved connecting with my colleagues from across the country & across the pond!
September 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Had an incredible time at
@recursionpharma.bsky.social's #TechBio Symposium in SLC last week learning about our latest tech breakthroughs and partnership programs & the Recursion approach to drug discovery. Especially loved connecting with my colleagues from across the country & across the pond!
@recursionpharma.bsky.social's #TechBio Symposium in SLC last week learning about our latest tech breakthroughs and partnership programs & the Recursion approach to drug discovery. Especially loved connecting with my colleagues from across the country & across the pond!
🎉 Excited to see that the just-announced $46 billion UK-US Tech Prosperity Deal is putting significant emphasis on AI drug discovery, including: 🧵
September 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🎉 Excited to see that the just-announced $46 billion UK-US Tech Prosperity Deal is putting significant emphasis on AI drug discovery, including: 🧵
It's not easy for a reporter to capture the way a company works from the inside - the people driving it, their motivations. It requires access, transparency, & really sharp storytelling skills. All of those came together in this @wired.com feature from Veronique Greenwood.
wired.com/story/artifi...
wired.com/story/artifi...
July 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's not easy for a reporter to capture the way a company works from the inside - the people driving it, their motivations. It requires access, transparency, & really sharp storytelling skills. All of those came together in this @wired.com feature from Veronique Greenwood.
wired.com/story/artifi...
wired.com/story/artifi...
“I’m still the hope guy.”
Two nights ago I had the great privilege of taking my daughters to see @barackobama.bsky.social in conversation with historian Heather Cox Richardson at the Bushnell in Hartford.
He offered a perspective that only he can on the moment we are in. 🧵
Two nights ago I had the great privilege of taking my daughters to see @barackobama.bsky.social in conversation with historian Heather Cox Richardson at the Bushnell in Hartford.
He offered a perspective that only he can on the moment we are in. 🧵
June 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“I’m still the hope guy.”
Two nights ago I had the great privilege of taking my daughters to see @barackobama.bsky.social in conversation with historian Heather Cox Richardson at the Bushnell in Hartford.
He offered a perspective that only he can on the moment we are in. 🧵
Two nights ago I had the great privilege of taking my daughters to see @barackobama.bsky.social in conversation with historian Heather Cox Richardson at the Bushnell in Hartford.
He offered a perspective that only he can on the moment we are in. 🧵
🚀 5 open science initiatives that are driving new discoveries.
A number of big pharma, academic research groups & #TechBio companies are providing open source tools, data, and software to drive new discoveries that can lead to new cures.
💥 Here are 5 efforts making an impact. 🧪🧵
A number of big pharma, academic research groups & #TechBio companies are providing open source tools, data, and software to drive new discoveries that can lead to new cures.
💥 Here are 5 efforts making an impact. 🧪🧵
June 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🚀 5 open science initiatives that are driving new discoveries.
A number of big pharma, academic research groups & #TechBio companies are providing open source tools, data, and software to drive new discoveries that can lead to new cures.
💥 Here are 5 efforts making an impact. 🧪🧵
A number of big pharma, academic research groups & #TechBio companies are providing open source tools, data, and software to drive new discoveries that can lead to new cures.
💥 Here are 5 efforts making an impact. 🧪🧵
As one of many prominent researchers at Harvard – which has just had all of its federal research funding halted – Liu has been vocal about the disastrous impact of cutting research. 🧵
May 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
As one of many prominent researchers at Harvard – which has just had all of its federal research funding halted – Liu has been vocal about the disastrous impact of cutting research. 🧵
As the story notes, Liu is a true inventor whose life has been marked by interests in building all sorts of things – a slow-flying plane, a device that lobbed toy mice at cats, and even a Blackjack simulator that got him banned from MGM Grand resorts. 🧵
May 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
As the story notes, Liu is a true inventor whose life has been marked by interests in building all sorts of things – a slow-flying plane, a device that lobbed toy mice at cats, and even a Blackjack simulator that got him banned from MGM Grand resorts. 🧵
Liu won for his work developing tools to edit genes – known as base editing and prime editing. With base editing, scientists can change single letters of the genetic code, while prime editing allows researchers to “rewrite whole stretches of DNA.” 🧵
May 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Liu won for his work developing tools to edit genes – known as base editing and prime editing. With base editing, scientists can change single letters of the genetic code, while prime editing allows researchers to “rewrite whole stretches of DNA.” 🧵
Held April 12 in Santa Monica, this year's star-studded event featured host James Corden, award presentations from the likes of Christina Aguilera, MrBeast, Jodie Foster, and Jeremy Strong, and performances from Sia and Katy Perry. 🧵
May 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Held April 12 in Santa Monica, this year's star-studded event featured host James Corden, award presentations from the likes of Christina Aguilera, MrBeast, Jodie Foster, and Jeremy Strong, and performances from Sia and Katy Perry. 🧵
🏆 Science deserves to be celebrated.
A recent story by Ian Sample in @theguardian.com details the fascinating life of David R. Liu, a professor at the @broadinstitute.org of MIT & Harvard and one of the winners of the $3m Breakthrough Prize for Life Sciences, known as the “Oscars of Science.” 🧪🧵
A recent story by Ian Sample in @theguardian.com details the fascinating life of David R. Liu, a professor at the @broadinstitute.org of MIT & Harvard and one of the winners of the $3m Breakthrough Prize for Life Sciences, known as the “Oscars of Science.” 🧪🧵
May 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🏆 Science deserves to be celebrated.
A recent story by Ian Sample in @theguardian.com details the fascinating life of David R. Liu, a professor at the @broadinstitute.org of MIT & Harvard and one of the winners of the $3m Breakthrough Prize for Life Sciences, known as the “Oscars of Science.” 🧪🧵
A recent story by Ian Sample in @theguardian.com details the fascinating life of David R. Liu, a professor at the @broadinstitute.org of MIT & Harvard and one of the winners of the $3m Breakthrough Prize for Life Sciences, known as the “Oscars of Science.” 🧪🧵
🧪 Then they added the new RNA discovery from Emmanuelle’s lab – tracrRNA. This time, tracrRNA formed a duplex with CRISPR RNA & together guided the Cas9 protein to the DNA to be cut. Experiments confirmed that it worked. They had created a simple, programmable system for targeted genome editing. 🧵
March 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🧪 Then they added the new RNA discovery from Emmanuelle’s lab – tracrRNA. This time, tracrRNA formed a duplex with CRISPR RNA & together guided the Cas9 protein to the DNA to be cut. Experiments confirmed that it worked. They had created a simple, programmable system for targeted genome editing. 🧵
🧪 When they began collaborating, they knew that the Cas9 protein was cutting DNA, but they didn’t know how. They theorized that it could use these working copies of RNA – CRISPR RNA – to find and destroy viral DNA.
Initially, it didn’t work. 🧵
Initially, it didn’t work. 🧵
March 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🧪 When they began collaborating, they knew that the Cas9 protein was cutting DNA, but they didn’t know how. They theorized that it could use these working copies of RNA – CRISPR RNA – to find and destroy viral DNA.
Initially, it didn’t work. 🧵
Initially, it didn’t work. 🧵
🧪 In 2011, she first met Dr. Jennifer Doudna at a CRISPR conference in Puerto Rico. In a related video, Doudna describes the “electrifying feeling” she had at this meeting. Together, they walked the cobblestone streets of Old San Juan, and Charpentier asked her about collaborating on a project. 🧵
March 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🧪 In 2011, she first met Dr. Jennifer Doudna at a CRISPR conference in Puerto Rico. In a related video, Doudna describes the “electrifying feeling” she had at this meeting. Together, they walked the cobblestone streets of Old San Juan, and Charpentier asked her about collaborating on a project. 🧵
🧪 Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier was studying Streptococcus pyogenes, a dangerous bacteria & major cause of death worldwide. #CRISPR is the bacteria’s adaptive immune system & allows it to recognize and kill viruses. She made a surprising discovery: a 2nd small RNA, called trans-activating CRISPR RNA. 🧵
March 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🧪 Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier was studying Streptococcus pyogenes, a dangerous bacteria & major cause of death worldwide. #CRISPR is the bacteria’s adaptive immune system & allows it to recognize and kill viruses. She made a surprising discovery: a 2nd small RNA, called trans-activating CRISPR RNA. 🧵
🧪 I love stories of accidental scientific discovery. (Penicillin! The smallpox vaccine! Insulin!) So I was particularly excited to discover that one of the great scientific breakthroughs of our time – CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing – was the result of a similar kind of fortuitous accident. 🧵
March 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🧪 I love stories of accidental scientific discovery. (Penicillin! The smallpox vaccine! Insulin!) So I was particularly excited to discover that one of the great scientific breakthroughs of our time – CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing – was the result of a similar kind of fortuitous accident. 🧵
Today at #NeurIPS I was introduced to game theory for literature, applying LLMs to Romeo & Juliet to crack the code on characters & assess how various decisions they might make will be received, i.e. “future payoff.” To bring mathematical structure to stories & maybe guide real-life decision making.
December 11, 2024 at 5:20 AM
Today at #NeurIPS I was introduced to game theory for literature, applying LLMs to Romeo & Juliet to crack the code on characters & assess how various decisions they might make will be received, i.e. “future payoff.” To bring mathematical structure to stories & maybe guide real-life decision making.
👀 What will be the biggest stories in #ML to emerge at
@neuripsconf.bsky.social in Vancouver next week? In AI drug discovery: foundation models & agentic systems. I'll be w/
@valenceai.bsky.social & @recursionpharma.bsky.social
- w/ over 12+ accepted papers - who can discuss our breakthroughs!
@neuripsconf.bsky.social in Vancouver next week? In AI drug discovery: foundation models & agentic systems. I'll be w/
@valenceai.bsky.social & @recursionpharma.bsky.social
- w/ over 12+ accepted papers - who can discuss our breakthroughs!
December 3, 2024 at 4:58 PM
👀 What will be the biggest stories in #ML to emerge at
@neuripsconf.bsky.social in Vancouver next week? In AI drug discovery: foundation models & agentic systems. I'll be w/
@valenceai.bsky.social & @recursionpharma.bsky.social
- w/ over 12+ accepted papers - who can discuss our breakthroughs!
@neuripsconf.bsky.social in Vancouver next week? In AI drug discovery: foundation models & agentic systems. I'll be w/
@valenceai.bsky.social & @recursionpharma.bsky.social
- w/ over 12+ accepted papers - who can discuss our breakthroughs!
The call is coming. Nov. 20, 7:30am ET, tune in live to hear what’s next for AI drug discovery after @recursionpharma.bsky.social & Exscientia officially combine to form one leading TechBio powerhouse. Join the livestream on YouTube here: m.youtube.com/channel/UCXZ... #techbio
November 19, 2024 at 12:38 PM
The call is coming. Nov. 20, 7:30am ET, tune in live to hear what’s next for AI drug discovery after @recursionpharma.bsky.social & Exscientia officially combine to form one leading TechBio powerhouse. Join the livestream on YouTube here: m.youtube.com/channel/UCXZ... #techbio
Love coming back to Utah. Bring on the snow!
November 18, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Love coming back to Utah. Bring on the snow!