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Podcast: The AI in Business Podcast
Episode: Building AI Systems That Think Like Scientists in Life Sciences - Annabel Romero of Deloitte
Description: Today's guest is Annabel Romero, Specialist Leader focusing on AI for Drug Discovery at Deloitte and a structural biologist by training. Deloitte is a global consulting firm known for its work in digital transformation, data strategy, and AI adoption across regulated industries. Annabel joins Emerj Editorial Director Matthew DeMello to explore how AI systems are being designed to think more like scientists—particularly in protein modeling and life sciences research. She shares how tools like AlphaFold and large language models are accelerating drug targeting, predicting allergen cross-reactivity, and translating learnings from human biology to agricultural innovation. This episode is sp...