Phoebe Oldach
@phoebefordd
building the world's largest ethical database of biodiversity 🧬 VP of Data Growth @Basecamp_Res. Prev genomics DPhil + Delhi Fulbright (she/her)
We just posted a new paper in @bioRxiv providing the first comprehensive estimates of global genetic diversity loss Just in time for @UNBiodiversity Convention on Biological Diversity @CBD #COP16 Ping me if you are here at Colombia! doi.org/10.1101/2024.1… Read key messages:
Today we announce a series of milestones: We're thrilled to share our $60M Series B funding, led by @singular__ including @S32_VC, @redalpine, @trueventures & @HummingbirdVC! We'll scale data collection & enhance AI with this oversubscribed round. Read more:…
Thanks @NatureBiotech for covering @Basecamp_Res' groundbreaking work in building the world’s largest foundational biological database for training AI. By integrating DNA, protein, environmental, and geographical data, we're giving AI critical context that far exceeds public…
🗻 @Basecamp_Res' Oliver Vince is headed to #Davos2025. This year’s theme, "Collaboration for the Intelligent Age," aligns with Basecamp’s mission to build a global network of biodiversity partnerships to train the next generation of AI. 🌍 Our Impact: Basecamp Research…
has anyone run nanopore sequencing on biotinylated DNA? I have seen it successfully done in this paper but not since - would love to have a chat with anyone with experience! academic.oup.com/nar/article/48…
Emergency bulletin! 14 journals have co-published an urgent call for the deployment of microbial solutions against climate catastrophe, by @peixotors et al. nature.com/articles/s4146…
It's official, @PacBio has launched a new benchtop sequencer! Quick summary of the new Vega system: - instrument = $169k - consumables = $1100 per run - output = 60 Gbp, 24 hr run time This is the #HiFi sequencer #microbiology labs have been asking for. pacb.com/press_releases…
Basecamp Research's Head of Global Research @phoebefordd's keynote "The World's First Foundational Dataset Purpose-Built for #AI in Biology," delivered at the AE: Global Summit on Open Problems for AI, is now available to watch here: bit.ly/3YAGFZI Thanks @RMBattleday…
🌱@SkyNews interviewed @glen_gowers about why AI and biodiversity partnerships are crucial for unlocking the next generation of life-saving medicines – as global leaders, conservation specialists, and pharmaceutical firms meet at the #COP16Colombia @UNBiodiversity talks, which to…
@Basecamp_Res is honoured to be named one of @Bloomberg's 'Top 25 UK Startups to Watch'. bit.ly/4dYrWgO #COP16 #biotech #drugdiscovery
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”
Retraining PLMs with newly deposited sequences doesn't guarantee better performance. Authors trained PLMs on each copy of UniRef100 from 2011 to 2024; the largest performance boost (2021->2022) coincided with the removal of unusually large number of invalid sequences from UniRef
Protein Language Models: Is Scaling Necessary? - This paper challenges the prevailing belief that scaling up protein language models (pLMs) is essential for better performance, proposing that careful data curation can achieve comparable results at a fraction of the cost. - The…
During @MayorofLondon's visit to New York, he saw nature cleaning nature in the Hudson River via the introduction of 1 billion oysters. He today committed to turbo-charge the return of nature to London’s rivers. london.gov.uk/Mayor%20of%20L…
Can @ProcterGamble and @Basecamp_Res make cold wash laundry the new norm? By combining bio-AI and enzymes, they aim to cut energy use and improve performance! Read more: ow.ly/FS3w50Tu2TJ #BioAI #ClimateChange #Innovation
Published today in @Nature, we describe an approach for single-molecule protein reading on @nanopore arrays. By utilizing ClpX unfoldase to ratchet proteins through a CsgG nanopore, we achieved single-amino-acid sensitivity. nature.com/articles/s4158…
Huge thanks to the staff @nature and Sam Jones for putting this piece together (the art + interviews are world class). Interested in learning more? Please check out @NativeBio for more information 🧬❤️ nature.com/immersive/d415…
Incredible chance to work with the outrageously talented team of @wchowb and @carlagrec, digging into a wealth of global and ethical and diverse biodiversity data - I can’t recommend this highly enough!
We're hiring! If you have experience working in a high-throughput sequencing env with a large constant stream of data, building robust pipelines and a genomic/metagenomic background, this opportunity could be for you! 💻🔎 on 🧬 data from 🗻🏝️🏔️🌊 🏜️ basecamp-research.homerun.co/genomics-bioin…
Who wins from nature’s genetic bounty? The billions at stake in a global ‘biopiracy’ battle theguardian.com/environment/ar…