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JURA Bio, Inc. @jura.bsky.social · 23d

How do you train AI on protein data when functional sequences are astonishingly rare? Traditional iterative optimization fails because most measurements show zero.

Our newly announcing learning system, LeaVS, shows a way.

Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · 23d

You can read more in our post at www.jurabio.com/blog/leavs; preprint forthcoming.

@jura.bsky.social @eliweinstein.bsky.social @mgollub.bsky.social @highvariance.bsky.social

LeaVS: Accelerating learning for biological AI — JURA Bio, Inc.

A fundamental lesson of modern AI is that scale is essential: training bigger models on bigger datasets unlocks new capabilities. A fundamental lesson of AI engineering is that scaling up isn't trivia...

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · 23d

You can read more in our post at www.jurabio.com/blog/leavs; preprint forthcoming.

@jura.bsky.social @eliweinstein.bsky.social @mgollub.bsky.social @highvariance.bsky.social

LeaVS: Accelerating learning for biological AI — JURA Bio, Inc.

A fundamental lesson of modern AI is that scale is essential: training bigger models on bigger datasets unlocks new capabilities. A fundamental lesson of AI engineering is that scaling up isn't trivia...

www.jurabio.com

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · 23d

A fundamental lesson of modern AI is that scale is essential: training bigger models on bigger datasets unlocks new capabilities. A fundamental lesson of AI engineering is that scaling up isn't trivial: it is not just a matter of spending more money and resources.

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JURA Bio, Inc. @jura.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our head of ML research Eli Weinstein @eliweinstein.bsky.social is recruiting the first PhD student for his new group at @dtu.dk in Denmark.

Help create the cutting edge of machine learning methods for molecular sciences.

Full job posting in link.

Eli Weinstein @eliweinstein.bsky.social · Jul 24

I'm looking for my first PhD student! We will push the frontiers of probabilistic machine learning for the molecular sciences, and study how to design new algorithms that exploit the unique properties of molecular systems to learn about the world.

efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

PhD scholarship in Machine Learning for Molecules - DTU Chemistry

Advance large scale data generation for chemical and biological AI in a 3 year PhD. Work on the frontier of active learning, and develop novel probabilistic machine learning techniques for experiment ...

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Eli Weinstein @eliweinstein.bsky.social · Jul 22

So excited about this - we did iterative generative design at large scale with variational synthesis, and got human scFv candidates against some of the hardest therapeutic targets around.

Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · Jul 22

The biggest challenge for AI in biology isn't just models, it's the data used to train them. Standard biological data isn't built for AI. To unlock generative AI for drug discovery, we must rethink how we generate and capture data. 1/

Hardware/wetware codesigned data loop VISTA makes use of generative model sampling and synthesis "on chip" on-board by leveraging oligosynthesis setup shown here.

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · Jul 22

The biggest challenge for AI in biology isn't just models, it's the data used to train them. Standard biological data isn't built for AI. To unlock generative AI for drug discovery, we must rethink how we generate and capture data. 1/

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · Jun 16

This week is the BIO conference in Boston's Seaport. If you are in town for it and are interested in meeting to learn more about @jura.bsky.social please feel free to send a DM! Would love to see you.

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · Jun 12

I think we’ve now manufactured more AI drug designs than OpenAI has generated responses, but plenty of bottlenecks remain to be innovated upon ‘til delivering the safest and most effective therapeutic is as easy as clicking print.

DM if you’re interested in joining us at @jura.bsky.social.

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · May 29

Eli Weinstein @eliweinstein.bsky.social · May 29

Thrilled to announce that I am joining DTU in Copenhagen in the fall, as an assistant professor of chemistry.

My research group will focus on fundamental methodology in machine learning for molecules.

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JURA Bio, Inc. @jura.bsky.social · May 29

Congratulations to our Director of Machine Learning Research, who will be starting is group at @dtu.dk chemistry this fall.

Eli Weinstein @eliweinstein.bsky.social · May 29

Thrilled to announce that I am joining DTU in Copenhagen in the fall, as an assistant professor of chemistry.

My research group will focus on fundamental methodology in machine learning for molecules.

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · May 21

If there's such a thing as AI for drug design & development on easy mode, then it's probably in being able to build and test every design.

Check out our journey to the 10 quadrillion AI-designed antibody library now; we're going to be sharing some big updates soon:

▶️ www.jura.bio/blog/variati...

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JURA Bio, Inc. @jura.bsky.social · Mar 19

Our Head of ML Research @eweinstein.bsky.social will be presenting tomorrow at CMU if you're local; the talk is also available on zoom if you follow the link.

Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · Mar 19

Tomorrow -- another chance to learn about variational synthesis, probabilistic experimental design methods, & ways to capture scaled functional data for model training: this time with zoom access for those of you remote, 1pm at @cmu.edu Computer Science. Details at:

www.cs.cmu.edu/calendar/181...

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JURA Bio, Inc. @jura.bsky.social · Mar 18

At UPenn CIS today, JURA's Head of ML Research will be presenting variational synthesis (among other methodological advances) @eweinstein.bsky.social

Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · Mar 18

Today at UPenn's CIS Seminar: a chance to hear about variational synthesis, probabilistic experimental design methods, and ways to capture modern ML-scale functional data for biology: events.seas.upenn.edu/event/13596/

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · Feb 28

Excited to be one of the keynote speakers at this weekend's Future of Care 2025 conference, hosted at The Rockefeller University in NYC. If you're in town, it would be wonderful to see you there! Details in comments.

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · Feb 4

This Thursday, @eweinstein.bsky.social is traveling to the University of Chicago to give a joint Statistics & Data Science colloquium. If you've been interested in learning more about #variationalsynthesis and are local, I encourage you to attend!

Event link: stat.uchicago.edu/events/event...

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JURA Bio, Inc. @jura.bsky.social · Nov 25

Excited to see a lot of our team joining 🦋! If you're interested in following them, you can find them at:

@lizbwood.bsky.social
@eweinstein.bsky.social
@mgollub.bsky.social
@highvariance.bsky.social

Plus our scientific advisor:

@lestermackey.bsky.social

Hopefully many more to come!

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · Nov 25

Looking forward to this event tomorrow. It's been so wonderful visiting Basel so far: it probably won't come as a surprise, but the city is really gorgeous and with wonderful trams.

Here are two pictures from the university's botanical gardens as the sun was setting.

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · Nov 21

New @jura.bsky.social merch dropped today! Dm to reserve yours. Very generous one-size-fits-all.

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · Nov 20

Tomorrow in Baltimore, head to the Johns Hopkins University Computer Science Department Seminar Series for more on #VariationalSynthesis with
@eweinstein.bsky.social.

Full details: www.cs.jhu.edu/event/cs-sem...

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · Nov 12

I'm really happy to re-introduce myself here 🦋. At @jura.bsky.social, we are building an AI-native biotech so that we can more quickly create safer, more effective genomic medicines for more and more patients.

Recently, we announced:
www.jurabio.com/blog/variati...

And:
www.jurabio.com/blog/caire

Introducing: Manufacturing aware generative model architectures — JURA Bio, Inc.

Today, we introduce Variational Synthesis , the first manufacturing-aware generative AI model architecture for biological sequence models. Generative variational synthesis models can be used to build...

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · Nov 12

Today (Nov 12) is the last day to apply to the #TermeerFellows program. If you are a first-time founder building a patient-focussed company, I couldn't recommend the program, or its surrounding community, more highly. Here's the link:

termeerfoundation.slideroom.com#/login/progr...

Qs? DM me.

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JURA Bio, Inc. @jura.bsky.social · Jan 5

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · Sep 18

Julie came from Boston to pose for @jura.bsky.social headshots this weekend. Hopefully we’ll have some nice news coming out this week or next! In the meantime, here’s one of the pictures that didn’t make it…

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Elizabeth Wood, PhD @lizbwood.bsky.social · Sep 4

Real-life picture from our new startup space in Basel! And every time I've met with a local representative, I've left with a box of chocolates. #DreamsDoComeTrue

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