A good morning for playing “the stupidest, most obnoxious sport known to humanity” according to @theguardian.com (after having committed a “heavy act of high-street aggression,” that is, buying a coffee at Gail’s, ibid)
Michael Bronstein
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DeepMind Professor of AI @Oxford Scientific Director @Aithyra Chief Scientist @ProximaBio ML Lead @ProjectCETI geometric deep learning, graph neural networks, generative models, molecular design, proteins, bio AI, 🐎 🎶
Oxford researchers Yarin Gal, Mark van der Wilk, Michael Bronstein & Michael Wooldridge are part of SOFAIR, a new UK initiative developing next-generation open-source AI through fundamental research. www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2535-fu... @yaringal.bsky.social @mvdw.bsky.social @mmbronstein.bsky.social
Oxford researchers join landmark UK Initiative to build next-generation open-source AI
Yarin Gal, Mark van der Wilk, Michael Bronstein and Michael Wooldridge are among the leading academic partners behind a major new UK AI research initiative, the Science of Fundamental AI Research (SOF...
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We are pleased to announce that STUDIO DUMBAR/DEPT® our Aithyra design partner, has won 2 prestigious ADC Awards for creating the corporate identity of Aithyra. Congratulations! We are happy with our logo, motion & sound design. www.oneclub.org/awards/adcaw... #adcawards #StudioDumbar #Aithyra
The #AITHYRA Scientific Recess 2026 brought together researchers and trainees across disciplines and scientific support staff for a 2-day retreat dedicated to strengthening collaboration at the intersection of AI and LS. Thank you to all participants for lively & fruitful discussions. #SciRecess2026
Recruiting: We're hiring Researcher Associates in Geometric ML to develop their own research programmes relevant to the activity of research group, reporting to Prof Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social. Details & applications: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... #Recruiting @aithyra.bsky.social
DPhil student Emily Jin has co-authored OXtal, a generative model that predicts molecular crystal structures in seconds from a 2D graph - a major advance on brute-force methods. The team will present at ICLR 2026 in Brazil on 24 April. Read more: www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2519-fu...
What if AI could invent enzymes that nature hasn’t seen? 👩🔬🧑🔬 Introducing 🪩 DISCO: Diffusion for Sequence-structure CO-design 📝 Blog: disco-design.github.io 📄 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2604.05181 💻 Code: github.com/DISCO-design...
Such an incredible journey building DISCO 🪩. Love working with this team. DISCO is a co-design model with functional, de novo, new-to-nature enzymes. Huge shoutout to my co-authors for making this a reality! 🚀👇
Marta Skreta@martaowesyou.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhat if AI could invent enzymes that nature hasn’t seen? 👩🔬🧑🔬 Introducing 🪩 DISCO: Diffusion for Sequence-structure CO-design 📝 Blog: disco-design.github.io 📄 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2604.05181 💻 Code: github.com/DISCO-design...
We are honored to announce that the following distinguished and renowned scientists have accepted to serve on the Scientific Advisory Board of #AITHYRA. The presence, attention, strategic advice of the SAB will provide additional motivation to set & reach ambitious goals! aithyra.at/research/ait...
AITHYRA is recruiting a LIFE SCIENCE PI We are interested in research questions related to one of our four core disease areas: cancer research, immunological disorders, infectious diseases, neurodevelopment disorders. Job Ad: aithyra.at/fileadmin/do... Apply by 30.4.2026 #StartingPI #LS #AITHYRA
AITHYRA is recruiting an AI/ML STARTING PI Generative Models, Large Language Models, Agentic AI, Active & Reinforcement Learning, AI-driven Scientific Discovery & Lab Automation, ML-driven molecular simulations... Job Ad: aithyra.at/fileadmin/do... Apply by 30.4.2026 #StartingPI #AI/ML #AITHYRA
6 Papers (2 Oral 4 poster) at #ICLR from my group amoung the many more from #AITHYRA. See you in Rio!
AITHYRA Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences@aithyra.bsky.social · 5mo agoAITHYRA at #ICLR: 20 Papers, Including 3 Orals (top 1.2%) #AITHYRA has a strong presence at the upcoming International Conf on Learning Representations (ICLR) taking place in Apr in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Congrats to all our team members and collaborators! More info: aithyra.at/news/detail/...
AITHYRA at #ICLR: 20 Papers, Including 3 Orals (top 1.2%) #AITHYRA has a strong presence at the upcoming International Conf on Learning Representations (ICLR) taking place in Apr in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Congrats to all our team members and collaborators! More info: aithyra.at/news/detail/...
📢 We’re launching Proteina-Complexa — and after the Jensen keynote mention, we definitely had to post this thread now ;) Atomistic binder design with generative pretraining + test-time compute, plus large-scale wet-lab validation. Project page: research.nvidia.com/labs/genair/... 🧵 1/n
Children’s author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler are this year’s recipients of the Bodley Medal, the highest honour awarded by the Bodleian Libraries. Previous winners of the Bodley Medal include Hilary Mantel, Kazuo Ishiguro and Zadie Smith.
You asked, we listened. Millions of AI-predicted protein complex structures are now available in the #AlphaFold Database. This spans homodimers from 20 of the most studied species, including humans, as well as the World Health Organization’s priority pathogens list. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
Magnolia season has arrived in Oxford 🌸 📷 Instagram | LinaFromOxford, UmairAtOxford & Yannan645
We are seeking a GRANTS MANAGER (mainly 'Pre Award') to identify funding opportunities and support our AI and LS researchers in preparing and submitting competitive grant applications. Info about tasks & what we offer: aithyra.onlyfy.jobs/job/5epm35x9 Deadline 10.4.2026 #AITHYRA #GrantsManager
We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled LAB AUTOMATION ENGINEER to join the AITHYRA lab robotics team, with expertise in robotic systems, automation programming, and AI-driven workflows. Tasks & Offer: aithyra.onlyfy.jobs/job/emm2nsqp Deadline: 28.3.2026 #AITHYRA #LabAutomationEngineer
Flagging a cool funding opportunity closing soon: AITHYRA Global Collaborator! $150k/year to tackle AI × biomedicine grand challenges. Shame there’s no plant science angle—but we’ll forgive them for now 😉! @georgwinter.bsky.social @mmbronstein.bsky.social @aithyra.bsky.social
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AITHYRA is a new dynamic research institute for biomedical AI in Vienna. AITHYRA seeks to build Europe’s premier institute for AI-driven biological and medical research, uniting computer scientists, e...
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AITHYRA Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences@aithyra.bsky.social · 8mo agoAITHYRA Global Adjunct Principal Investigator Program: Advancing AI-Driven Life Science Through Global Collaborations Learn more about the Program: aithyra.at/fileadmin/do... Application Deadline, 30 January 2026: application@aithyra.at #AITHYRA #GlobalAdjunctPI
Otherworldly misty morning in Chisapani forest on a Marwari stallion in a dreamy photo that looks unreal. If equestrian paradise exists, it should look something like this.
Entering the Year of the Horse on a Marwari stallion
2025 was an exciting year for AITHYRA, time to THANK our employees, stakeholders and the scientific community, who helped #AITHYRA, the new Research Institute for Biomedical Artificial Intelligence of the Austrian Academy of Sciences to thrive and become visible. aithyra.at/news/
AITHYRA Global Adjunct Principal Investigator Program: Advancing AI-Driven Life Science Through Global Collaborations Learn more about the Program: aithyra.at/fileadmin/do... Application Deadline, 30 January 2026: application@aithyra.at #AITHYRA #GlobalAdjunctPI
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene — what here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
