🧬 Can AI help researchers discover better proteins faster?

The Software Campus project ProtAl combines active learning and protein language models to explore new approaches for protein engineering—while putting transparency and usability at the center. 🚀🔬☁️

Participant: Sebastian Franz
Research Partners: @tu_muenchen / LMU Munich
Industry Partner: #Merck

Learn more via the link! 👇
https://softwarecampus.de/en/projekt/protal-an-active-learning-platform-for-protein-engineering/

#SoftwareCampus #Bioinformatics #ProteinEngineering #AI #Biotech

Lackluster (a.k.a. Esa Ruoho) - LL7 26/05/00 (Dear Laurent) (Rikos Records/FIN/Merck/USA, 2000/2001/2003).

Originally RIKOS-005 7" on Jyväskylä's legendary Rikos Records; later re-released by Florida's Merck label (7" in 2001, Lackluster's "Showcase" compilation in 2003).

https://youtu.be/3VXAEcCk5WA?si=BT7MqAfDLAEJty0w

#Lackluster #IDM #electro #electronic #RikosRecords #Jyväskylä #Merck #Miami #Florida #USA #EsaRuoho #Finland

https://www.nextplatform.com/hpc/2026/05/06/cleveland-clinic-simulates-large-proteins-with-quantum-centric-supercomputing/5219579

quantum computers can be networked now, more usable qubits will be able to be connected

more 'breakthroughs' will end up happening, things go slow at the start

#ibm #cleveland clinic #folding #enzymes #trypsin #catalysts #sims #merck index #buffer systems #chirality #nextplatform.com

Blue chip companies including #Merck, #Citi and #HomeDepot will expand use of #Google #Gemini Enterprise #AI agents on a revamped platform, but how far its appeal will extend beyond the #GoogleCloud user base remains to be seen.

My writeup features comments from interviews and sessions at #GoogleCloudNext:

https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366642097/Merck-Home-Depot-tap-Gemini-Enterprise-for-AI-agent-development

Merck Strikes $1B AI Deal with Google Cloud to Transform Drug R&D

Merck is shaking up the future of drug research and development with a groundbreaking $1 billion deal with Google Cloud, harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to speed up scientific breakthroughs and bring life-changing treatments to patients faster. By combining forces, they'll create an AI-enabled enterprise that…

https://osintsights.com/merck-strikes-1b-ai-deal-with-google-cloud-to-transform-drug-rd?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#ArtificialIntelligence #GoogleCloud #Merck #Pharmaceutical #Healthcare

#Merck #multinationalCompanies #taxheaven
Aux Pays-Bas, les multinationales bénéficient toujours d’avantages fiscaux considérables, révèle une enquête

https://www.icij.org/investigations/cancer-calculus/merck-keytruda-cancer-drug-price/