Pascal N. Timshel

Transitioning from university to industry has brought me closer to helping alleviate human disease in a way that can really scale. That's why I wake up excited about going to work at @intomics.

A few questions I’m considering❓ - What data modalities will be prioritized? - What new aspects of biology will be learned by increasing data size from 100M to 1B cells? - What will virtual cell models look like in reality? - Can this be done on a short (3-year) timeframe?

Big data often promises big insights, but it's the thoughtful applications that counts. 1. Human Genome Project taught us that big science pays off. But data without interpretation isn’t enough: Sequencing the genome was just step one. 2. Human Cell Atlas the showed that the challenge wasn’t just generating data—it was standardizing it so researchers could access and use it effectively. 💡 Billion Cells Project is clearly another moonshot moment for biology. But just like Human Genome Project, its success won’t be in the data itself—it’ll be in how we use it.

What will we do with a Billion Cells? We’re about to find out 👇 A 🧵 on the Billion Cells Project chanzuckerberg.com/newsroom/billi…

@JEFworks Congratulations Jean - you're a real inspiration!

Honored to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE): whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upda… #NSFfunded #AcademicTwitter #womeninSTEM For aspiring young scientists/engineers #PhDLife looking for guidance/advice, I wanted to offer a 🧵 on what I did:

For the full collection of articles in Nature on this topic, see this link: nature.com/collections/gn…

A few links to the research on the topic: nature.com/articles/s4158… nature.com/articles/nbt.4… nature.com/articles/d4158…

(Academic) research is great BUT… these numbers make me sad 🫣🤕 👇 Is this a problem we can fix?👇

Congrats to all the teams of hard-working researcher across the globe from academia and industry 🎉💪

The most exciting part of the project can now begin. Building foundation models of biology unifying all the data. That will transform all aspects of biology and medicine. nature.com/articles/s4158…

The Human Cell Atlas: towards a first draft atlas 👇 8 years in the working 62 million cells across 9,100 donors 3,600 scientists across 102 countries … and now the first draft atlases are being assembled!

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7. To express your opinion – and to be diplomatic. 8. To be visionary – and to keep both feet firmly on the ground. 9. To aim at consensus – and to be able to cut through. 10. To be dynamic – but also thoughtful. 11. To be self-confident – and humble.

LEGO’s 11 Paradoxes of Leadership. I was recently visiting LEGO House with my 3-year-old-son. It's a treasure for learning for kids - and adults too. I came across these 11 leadership principles of LEGO.