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Press Release
Insights that Shaped Our Thinking This Year
31 Dec 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on some of the insights and lessons the year brought us. We hope these reflections leave you as excited about what’s ahead in 2026 as we are. Happy New Year!
Citations referenced by the team and underlined in the text are listed at the end of this post.
References
Dr. David Welch cited, in order of appearance:
- Thomas Hayes et al. 2025. Simulating 500 million years of evolution with a language model. Science 387, 850-858. DOI: 10.1126/science.ads0018
- Corteva. 2025. Corteva, Hexagon Bio Form Multi-Million Dollar JV to Power Next-Generation Nature Inspired Solutions. Available at: Corteva, Hexagon Bio Form Multi-Million Dollar JV to Power Next-Generation of Nature Inspired Solutions
- Reuters. 2025. Lilly launches AI-powered platform to accelerate drug discovery. Available at: Lilly launches AI-powered platform to accelerate drug discovery | Reuters
- Žiga Avsec et al. 2025. AlphaGenome: advancing regulatory variant effect prediction with a unified DNA sequence model. bioRxiv 2025.06.25.661532; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.25.661532
Shivani Oberoi cited, in order of appearance:
- Hannah Ritchie. 2025. What happened on energy and climate in China this year? Available at: What happened on energy and climate in China this year?
- Cytiva. 2025. Cytiva and Culture Biosciences expand strategic collaboration. Available at: Cytiva and Culture Biosciences expand strategic collaboration | Cytiva
- GlobeNewswire. 2025. Pow.Bio and Bühler join forces to advance next-generation precision fermentation. Available at: Pow.Bio and Bühler join forces to advance next-generation
