BigHat Biosciences Information Session & Tech Talk, an a16z Bio + Health portfolio company
a16z Bio + Health is featuring BigHat Biosciences at a School of Information tech talk. Meet the senior platform scientist, an early employee who will present on “The Power of Wet Lab Data in ML-Driven Antibody Design”.
This event will not be live streamed or recorded. Food and beverages will be provided.
The Power of Wet Lab Data in ML-Driven Antibody Design
Emily Delaney, Senior Platform Scientist
Developing new therapeutic drugs is a transformative but arduous, expensive process, often with a low success rate (~10%). Recent advances in AI/ML have unlocked the potential to simultaneously optimize multiple desirable drug properties, revolutionizing how we identify the next life-saving therapeutic. However, the rise of AI/ML has increased the importance of high-quality, reproducible wet lab data — a model is only as good as the data it is built upon! I will present examples of how BigHat Biosciences has leveraged its integrated design-build-test loop to design therapeutic antibodies, as well as some lessons learned on how to best generate wet lab data to support AI/ML.
About BigHat Biosciences
BigHat Biosciences designs safer, more effective biologic therapies for patients using machine learning and synthetic biology.
BigHat integrates a wet lab for high-speed characterization with machine learning technologies to guide the search for better antibodies. We apply these design capabilities to develop new generations of safer and more effective treatments for patients suffering from today’s most challenging diseases.
BigHat is a Series B biotech outside San Francisco with a team-oriented, inclusive, and family-friendly culture. Our broad pipeline of wholly-owned and partnered therapeutic programs span many disparate indications with high unmet need, such as cancer, inflammation, and infectious disease. BigHat has raised >$100M from top investors, including Section 32, a16z, and 8VC.
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Contact
If you have questions about this event, please contact Eva Mollett.
