Bits in Bio — Journal Club Field Guides

Plain-language field guides to the papers we discuss. Pick a month to explore the method, logic, and evidence.

Each field guide is a self-contained visual companion to the paper. New editions are added after every journal club.

September 2026
A pulse on self-driving labs
Two papers on autonomous laboratories set beside the daily reality of samples, instruments and failure recovery. Cooper et al. 2025 on the systems map, and the A-Lab closed loop from Nature 2023, plus a 2026–2031 outlook.
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August 2026
The unfinished journey from big data to patient outcomes
Precision cardiovascular medicine with big data and AI — the evidence ladder from technical validation to patient outcomes. Based on a review in npj Digital Medicine.
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June 2026
From Protein Language to Medicine
ESM-2, PepMLM & EVOLVEpro — protein language models for peptide design and directed evolution. Based on papers in Nature Biotechnology and Science.
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