William Chow
williamchow.bsky.social
William Chow
@williamchow.bsky.social
Genomics | Bioinformatics | TechBio
Director of Genomics @ Basecamp Research

Previously Sanger Institute + Genome Reference Consortium, Earth Biogenome Project, Darwin Tree of Life, GenomeArk, Vertebrate Genome Project, T2T consortium.
Views my own.
Check out Ep2 of the documentary series Catalyst spotlighting our mission at @basecamp-research.bsky.social and our goal to map the tree of life 🌍🦠🧬 in a fair and equitable way to power next gen BioAI. co-produced by Microsoft and NVIDIA.

youtu.be/IbN3ClySZsg
How AI is mapping the tree of life | Microsoft Azure and NVIDIA
YouTube video by Microsoft
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July 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Reposted by William Chow
We’re thrilled to share that Basecamp Research has been named to Fast Company’s 2025 World’s Most Innovative Companies list! 🚀

A huge thank you to our incredible team, partners, and the wider scientific community who support our mission.

Read more here: bit.ly/43S6CrF

#FCMostInnovative
March 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Reposted by William Chow
The Future of Cell & Gene Therapies—Powered by AI

Basecamp Research CEO @glengowers.bsky.social is speaking at BIO-Europe Spring on how AI + the world’s largest biological dataset are shaping gene writing & programmable insertion.

For info go to bit.ly/3FpB9Df

#BIOEuropeSpring #GeneticMedicine
March 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Reposted by William Chow
💊 BigDataWire explores how Basecamp Research is pushing the boundaries of discovery—traveling to the most remote corners of the planet to gather novel biological data that’s transforming AI drug development.

Read the story here: bigdatawire.com/2025/02/18/g...

#AI #drugdiscovery #biodiversity
February 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Reposted by William Chow
Thanks @naturebiotech.bsky.social for covering our work building the world’s largest foundational biological database for training AI.

🔬 What does this mean? Smarter AI, deeper insights & innovations that aid both biodiversity and drug discovery.

Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Reposted by William Chow
🏔️ The journal Environmental Biome has published a our collaboration with the British Antarctic Survey, examining the impact of sewage and wastewater from increased Antarctic tourism on antimicrobial resistance near the shores of the Earth's last great wildernesses.

📘 Read it here: bit.ly/3Chqut0
January 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Reposted by William Chow
🗻 Basecamp Research's Oliver Vince is headed to #Davos2025. This year’s #WEF theme, "Collaboration for the Intelligent Age," aligns with our mission to build a global network of biodiversity partnerships to train next-gen AI.

📅 Want to connect in Davos? Reach out at explore@basecamp-research.com.
January 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Reposted by William Chow
Heading to #JPM2025? 🧬 Basecamp Research's
Co-founder & CEO @glengowers.bsky.social, CCO Anupama Hoey & new CSO John Finn will be there, meeting partners and exploring new collaborations.

📅 If you’d like to meet in San Francisco, contact us at explore@basecamp-research.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Reposted by William Chow
🧬We're excited to share a series of announcements: John Finn has joined Basecamp Research as CSO, we've opened a US office and lab & we built one of Europe's largest industrial supercomputers with NVIDIA Accelerated Computing. Read Fierce Biotech's story here: www.fiercebiotech.com/research/com...
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January 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Reposted by William Chow
🗞️ In the The Biologist's latest issue, Basecamp Research's @glengowers.bsky.social & Oliver Vince explain how to equitably supply the high-quality biological data that advanced AI models need.

Basecamp Research is also in the running for
#SXSWLondon. You can help by voting for us: bit.ly/3VDFBn8
December 17, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Reposted by William Chow
🎦 We're in an era where nature & synthetic biology collide, @glengowers.bsky.social told the 2024 Forbes Healthcare Summit. You can watch his panel "The New Era Of Drug Discovery": bit.ly/4fgaZPy

Basecamp Research is also in the running for #SXSWLondon. You can help by voting for us: bit.ly/3VDFBn8
December 16, 2024 at 5:04 PM