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Podcast: The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)
Episode: Using AI to Map the Human Immune System w/ Jabran Zahid
Description: Today we’re joined by Jabran Zahid, a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research.In our conversation with Jabran, we explore their recent endeavor into the complete mapping of which T-cells bind to which antigens through the Antigen Map Project. We discuss how Jabran’s background in astrophysics and cosmology has translated to his current work in immunology and biology, the origins of the antigen map, the biological and how the focus was changed by the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic.We talk through the biological advancements, and the challenges of using machine learning in this sett...