Podcast: How to find the T cells that matterTune in What if your next routine blood draw could provide a complete “immune passport”—revealing every vaccine you’ve ever had, every disease you’re currently fighting, and exactly how your body will respond to a new threat?In this episode of Simon’s Bench Talk, host Samantha sits down with Sander Wuyts, Co-founder and CEO of ImmuneWatch. Moving from a background in microbiome sequencing over to advanced immunology , Sander and his team are closing the functional gap in T-cell sequencing. By applying machine learning algorithms, ImmuneWatch is putting a precise name, function, and meaning onto billions of unique immune cells. We dive deep into how single-cell resolution is transforming phase 1 oncology clinical trials, optimizing personalized cancer vaccines in real time , and shaping the future of pathogen-agnostic pandemic preparedness.Key Takeaways from This EpisodeThe Functional Gap: While the scientific community could previously sequence T-cell receptors (TCRs), they often had no idea what they were actually reacting to. ImmuneWatch provides that missing functional layer.Real-Time Actions: Unlike the microbiome, the immune system reacts instantly. Measuring immune responses from simple blood draws offers highly direct and actionable clinical insights.The General AI Limit: While LLMs are excellent for scripting and pipeline automation , specialized tasks like predicting TCR-epitope binding require deep niche data and specialized structural AI models.Listen on Youtube More infoCheck out our latest webinars Learn more B2B-RARE Bench to Bedside: Understanding and Personalizing Treatment for Rare Neuromuscular Diseases In the European Union alone, around 36 million people live with a rare disease. And that number sounds almost contradictory. How can something rare affect… Read more Podcast: Why everyone needs bioinformatics skills now Why are bioinformatics skills becoming essential for every life scientist? And how is AI changing the way researchers analyze biological data? In the third episode… Read more Beyond Standard Single Cell Sequencing: Adding a New Dimension to Biological Discovery Standard single cell RNA sequencing is a powerful starting point in life science research, but it only tells part of the story. In this webinar,… Read more
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