Unleashing Scientific Data - Nicholas Larus-Stone of Sphinx Bio, Bits in Bio

About this episode

Nicholas Larus-Stone discusses the role of data and software in accelerating scientific discovery through his ventures Sphinx Bio and Bits in Bio.

Nicholas Larus-Stone is the Founder & CEO of Sphinx Bio, a startup helping life science labs unlock the full potential of their data to accelerate discovery. He’s also the Founder of Bits in Bio, a global community advancing science through software. See below for episode links, chapters, and our socials. Hosted by Nabil Laoudji. Support the podcast! Subscribe to our newsletter: www.discoveryengines.co . Thanks for watching 🙏🤙 Episode Links: Nicholas' LinkedIn Sphinx Bio Bits in Bio Folding Playground Google Co-Scientist Paper Recursion Defining TechBio Chapters: (00:00) - Preview & Introduction (04:34) - Why Biotech & Life Science (07:33) - About Small Molecule Discovery Companies Octant & Benevolent AI (11:47) - Why Is Software Second in Biotech? (14:35) - What Engineers Bring to Biotech (16:00) - Is Science Data-Starved or Data Rich? (19:23) - How Scientists Work With Data (28:10) - Observations That Led to Founding Sphinx Bio (31:48) - AI Co-Scientists (37:57) - How Platforms like Sphinx Are Powered (40:31) - Foundation Model Companies' Interest in Science (43:58) - How Sphinx Leverages AI Models (45:59) - Managing Hallucinations (47:52) - Scientists: Give AI Another Try…

People in this episode

Host: Nabil Laoudji

Guest: Nicholas Larus-Stone

Topics covered

• biotech
• life science
• data science
• AI in science
• software in biotech
• scientific discovery

Keywords

• Sphinx Bio
• Bits in Bio
• Nicholas Larus-Stone
• biotech
• AI
• data science
• scientific discovery
• software

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sphinx Bio, Bits in Bio, Google, Octant, Benevolent AI, TechBio, AI

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