This is where I think aloud about how whole systems fit together – health, diagnostics, and beyond – and imagine what they can look like in the future.
“The purpose of a thought-experiment … is not to predict the future … but to describe reality, the present world.” – Ursula K. Le Guin A few weeks ago I watched a video of a humanoid robot learning to fight. A Chinese-made bipedal machine, trained by reinforcement learning, discovering how to destabilise another bipedal opponent….
Published on linkedin A few days after Web Summit Lisbon 2025, one impression remains very clear to me: how differently national hashtag#innovationecosystems choose to present themselves. As someone working at the intersection ofย precision diagnostics and ecosystem development, I pay attention not only to the technologies on display but to theย systems behind them. One of the…
Published on Linkedin on October 12, 2025 I just spent three intense days at BioSpain 2025 (https://www.asebio.com/en/news-events/news/biospain-2025-closes-record-attendance-and-passes-baton-bilbao-2026-host-city), participating in a most intense (!) partnering marathon, and also had the privilege of participating in two roundtables. One, wearing the hat of VP of P-BIO (https://p-bio.org), was entitled “๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ: ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค…
The European Union proclaimed its 1+ Million Genomes initiative in April 2018, with 26 Member States committing to create federated genomic infrastructure. Six years later, we can’t even determine how many genomes Europe has actually sequenced. ๐ช๐บ EU 27 Countries: ??? genomes completed – No consolidated reporting after 6 years Try finding the actual genome…
By Josรฉ Pereira Leal To the memory of Gordon Hisashi Sato (1927โ2017), Scientist extraordinaire who inspired me, and many others, to imagine new rivers through the desert. Like many of his generation who witnessed the horrors of World War II, he dedicated his science and life to the service of humanity Image created with ChatGPT…
this was published as an article on Linkedin and copied here. As an entrepreneur in precision medicine, I keep worrying about where can my AI-powered, precision liver medicine agenda truly find a home? Itโs not just a strategic exercise-though the availability of investment, the spirit of innovation in medical communities, regulatory frameworks, the appetite for…
Iโve followed Abu Dhabi Health Week from afar, and I find myself still thinking about the energy and optimism that surrounded the conversations on precision medicine and longevity. Thereโs something exhilarating about seeing the future of healthcare come to beโAI, genomics, new therapeutics, all promising to help us live longer, healthier lives. Itโs hard not…
The virtual space is now flooded with people labeling themselves with the hashtag #speaksabout and #keynotespeaker. Everybody is an expert seeking to share views, experience, expertise, even if these donโt amount to much. There are a plethora of books out there teaching you the secrets to becoming a โHighly Paid Expertโ (actual title of one…
I have had this conversation over and over again, so I decided to lay out some arguments here. I am convinced that we are on the brink of a major change in the way medicine is practiced for two reasons. The first, which I will leave for another occasion is the empowerment of the individual…
health schools need to get their act together quickly and focus on training for the PRESENT of nutrition science, and not for its past.