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Get the (S)hell Back Here!
**Proposition #10:** The benefits of Shell’s residency in the Netherlands far outweighed its environmental controversies._
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The Historical and Economic Argument for Immigration
**Proposition #9**: European countries must position themselves as attractive destinations for international immigration.
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Making Academia Better, Part 4 – Pursue More Need-Driven Research
**Proposition #8:** Need-driven research is a better investment of taxpayers money than research driven by curiosity.
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Making Academia Better, Part 3 - Foster Foundations of Policymaking
**Proposition #7:** The foundations and practical experience of policy making must be included in graduate education.
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Making Academia Better, Part 2 – Create New Interfaces for the Interaction with Industry
**Proposition #6:** Universities should establish fellowships that fund stays of industry professionals in academic labs.
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Making Academia Better, Part 1 - Actively Adopt Modern Tools and Project Management Practices
**Proposition #5**: The culture of academic research is not keeping pace with advancements in the for-profit sector.
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Accelerating Drug Discovery - The Role of AI in Uncovering New Targets
In this article, we highlight the role of AI in a critical task in the early drug discovery process-target identification. We first introduce the technical background. Next, we review the state-of-the-art using industry examples. Finally, we highlight challenges and directions for future developm...
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RNA Interference - Field Recap
In this field recap, I focus on RNA interference as therapeutic modality. First, I provide background on its mechanisms. This is followed up with an overview of the siRNA field. I highlight approved drugs, as well major ongoing trials.
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Fifteen Insights from the Nucleate Alumni 2024 Summit
A summary of fifteen of my favorite insights from the Nucleate Alumni 2024 Summit, spanning the areas of career planning, culture building, partnerships, leadership and startup strategy …
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Keynes vs. Hayek - The Economics (Rap)Battle
The Keynes vs. Hayek debate centers on contrasting economic theories about how to manage economies ... Sounds boring? Maybe, but it is also important. Luckily, there is a rap video that simplifes it! Read on.
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The Basics of Biotech Board Management
Company board meetings are exclusive and the experience of being in one will be foreign to most. Consequently, founders may find themselves in a situation where they have to assemble a board, and organize a board meeting, without having any meaningful experience with how to do it! If that sounds ...
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Bridging Dutch Biotech Excellence with Global Entrepreneurial Opportunities - Panel Discussion
This is a summary and a transcript from panel discussion “Strengthening and Connecting the Dutch Entrepreneurial Landscape”, that we hosted at the Nucleate Netherlands Launch Event, on 11th of June in Utrecht.
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Strengthening and Connecting the Dutch Entrepreneurial Landscape - Panel Discussion
This is a summary and a transcript from panel discussion “Strengthening and Connecting the Dutch Entrepreneurial Landscape”, that we hosted at the Nucleate Netherlands Launch Event, on 11th of June in Utrecht.
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Solutions for the Dutch Tech
In the previous post we looked at the main challenges highlighted in the State of Dutch Tech report issued by teachleap.nl earlier this year. In this post we look at a number of solutions that could help address these problems …
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State of Dutch Tech 2024, Three Problems
Are you thinking about starting a company in the Netherlands? Or maybe you are dreaming of working for one that grows rapidly? Or perhaps you are a founder with the dream to upend industries? In all these cases, and a number of more, you should check the State of Dutch Tech report by teachleap.nl...
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From Flattery to Fit - Why You May Have to Rewrite Your Cover Letter
Writing a cover letter is like cooking for a date who is also a reviewer on the Michelin-star guide. You want to impress them but have no idea how … So how do you write a good cover letter?
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Three Common Methods for Pre-Revenue Startup Valuation
Pre-revenue start-up valuation needn't be a mystery! 🚀 💲 Here are the three most common start-up pre-money valuation methods:
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Don’t Write a To-Do List Unless You Write This List First
To-do lists are probably one of the simplest productivity hacks out there. You should absolutely write them. But you should NOT write them unless you write a different list first. It’s what I call to-be list.
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What Makes a Great Startup Founder?
Marc Andreessen’s advice for first-time founders and young people with my extensive footnotes ...
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We Lived During a War
Several things happened over the course of this Christmas holiday. A bombing, a shooting and a poem. This post is about what ties them together, and you are not going to like it.
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26 Lessons on How to Run a Business from the Book ‘The Personal MBA’
Many of us out there in the tech and business world will consider pursuing an MBA at one point. While this can be a rewarding experience, it comes with a hefty price tag and equally significant opportunity cost. There are plenty of reasons for pursuing a full-fledged program (social capital and p...
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Letter to 10 Years Younger Self
A letter I would give 10 year younger self. Lot of patronizing and some love - totally useful …
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Five Essays That Challenged My Thinking This Year
I read some twenty to thirty essays wide range of topics. Bellow I present the five that either felt the most relatable or challenged my exiting mental models the most ...
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Five Movies to Watch to Understand the Czech Humor
Lately, I have been asked about some Czech moive recommendations which made me think what to recommend to people interested in the Czech history, culture and mentality. Here are five movies that I thought of ...
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Five Books to Read to Better Understand Czech People
Lately, I have been asked about some Czech book recommendations which made me think what to recommend to people interested in the Czech history, culture and mentality. Here are five books that I would recommend …
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Prioritizing Rest Might Be the Best Biohack. Here Is Why.
‘How are you’ is a standard question we get, but how about the following ones: Do you like being busy? Does ‘busyness’ work for you? Are you getting enough rest and in the right form? These are quite simple questions but strangely enough, we rarely raise them with our friends, or ourselves.
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The Clean Indoor Air Manifesto
Humans spend 90% or more of their time indoors. 90%, that’s more than some species of whale spend underwater. Spending most time indoors means breathing mainly indoor air, and it thus goes that its quality has important impact on our health.
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This Holiday Season, I Choose To Be Grateful
The holiday season is coming, and the cultural message is that we need to host amazing dinner parties and buy expensive and intricate thought-out gifts. While that certainly won’t hurt, it takes the attention away from why we are doing this in the first place.
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The World on Scientific Canvas - Three Plots to Make You Think
This is the first post in a new series where I highlight plots that I came across in scientific literature that will be interesting for a broad audience. Today I look at why poor stay poor (economic inequality), why you should move to Italy but not Singapore (labor productivity), and why you shou...
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Deep Dive Into Plant-Based Diets
Plant-based diets have become increasingly popular in recent years, with many people choosing to adopt them for health, environmental, or ethical reasons. In this article, I will explore the origins of plant-based diets, their current state, health benefits, potential side effects, and their suit...
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2023 ADE Festival Personal Highligths
2023 ADE Festival Personal Highligths
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12 Lessons I Learnt In the Past 12 Months
I celebrated my birthday past weekend and wanted to use this moment to reflect on how the year has been. Here is a list of twelve lessons the year taught me. Admittedly, I am not the best student so I have to keep relearning them as I go, therfore writing them down. Couple of them should be usefu...
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Collaborative Platforms for Synthetic Biology
In this post I give rundown of some key points I distilled from OECD study "Collaborative platforms for emerging technology: Creating convergence spaces" that appeared last year in the series "OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers". The study aims to support policy makers and innova...
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Convention on Biological Diversity Technical Series on Synthetic Biology
It's Biodiversity Day on May 22nd and The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has published Technical Series note (No. 100) on Synthetic Biology focusing mainly on its governance and impact on different stakeholders which I summarize in this post. Read on to find out more!
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How I Became Conversational in Dutch in Less Than Six Months and Without an Instructor
"How did you learn Dutch so well and so quick?" I get this question often. I am in the few percent of expats who can hold fluent conversation and I got to this point in seemingly no time. And while my Dutch is by no means perfect, it gets the job done. ere I will describe how I become fluent in u...
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Geometric principles underlying the proliferation of a model cell system
I have joined preLights and now will be highlighting a new exciting preprint now and then! For my first article, I have chosen a Bioarxiv paper by Wu et al. where they study cell-wall compromised bacteria and show that chromosome positioning and segregation is controlled by their geometry.
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Installing LabVIEW on Debian Linux
I am no fan of LabVIEW for multiple reasons, but the truth is, it is hard to replace when it comes to instrument control. Installing it on a Debian machine (e.g. Ubuntu) is possible despite not being officially supported by National Instruments. Here is how to do it.
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CharIoTeer, Smart Last-Mile Delivery Project @MakeZurich
In this post, I will tell you about an IoT device me and my team prototyped at MakeZurich week-long Makerdays. Keep reading if you are a maker, IoT enthusiast or a person interested in using IoT principles in a real world scenario.
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Reinforcement Learning, Teaching AI to Play
In this post, I will demonstrate and explain reinforcement learning code I developed. You will learn how one can train an AI agent to master Atari games and understand the technology behind DeepMind's AlphaGo, the first computer program to defeat professional human Go player.
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Using Deep Learning Libraries to Solve Stochastic Differential Equations
Most of you have heard about many of the deep learning libraries out there including TensorFlow, Theano, Keras and PyTorch. They facilitate building of layered and potentially complex neural network models for areas as diverse as automatic image captioning, speech recognition, and drug design. In...
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Stochastic Modeling in Biology
Genetically engineered cells and organisms are being used to produce array of commonplace commercial products including drugs and materials. Biological engineering is being employed to enhance nutrition content of various foods and yield of crops. Recently, lab-grown meat represents an interestin...
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Kdo vydělá na českém penzijním připojištění?
Po dlouhé době se k vám zase vracím s článkem na blogu. Mám mnoho věcí, o které bych se s vámi chtěl podělit, ale v tuto chvíli se omezím jen na jedno téma. Téma, které mi není zrovna vlastní, ale o kterém jsem přesvědčen, že bude pro každého zajímavé a užitečné, a to sice téma spoření.
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Machine Learning - MRI Analysis Project (Part II)
Although we have discussed quite few steps so far, they were only preparatory (albeit necessary and crucial) and it is only now, in model selection phase, that we actually get our hands on machine learning algorithms. We can further divide this phase into two steps – training and validation. Let’...
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Machine Learning - MRI Analysis Project (Part I)
You’ve heard about it many times already. It is supposedly influencing how we cast our votes, putting people off their jobs and even making sure that the pineapples you buy in your supermarket are always fresh. Machine learning is a hot topic and you are increasingly likely to come across it not ...
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Projects, Cows and Apéros. What Was the Semester at ETH Like?
Hello everybody, after more than a two-months break I am getting back to you with already fourth blog post. Do you know what this means? Don’t worry it doesn’t mean that I decided to bore you with a post of several times the normal length (although, truth be told, this one is bit meatier than the...
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One Tip on How to Become More Satisfied With Your Studies
We are nearing the end of November. For most of us this means that the Christmas mood is slowly finding way into our minds. And if you are so lucky to orient yourself still mainly by academic calendar, this also means that you are well into the second half of your autumn semester. The initial ent...
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ETHWeek - Challenging Water
How did you start your day this morning? First, I hope that well. Second, I guess that you did at least one of these: made yourself a coffee, brushed your teeth or took a shower. And to assume this, I don’t have to be particularly good in guessing. This is how millions of people start their day. ...
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To accept or not to accept, that is the question
Imagine that one day someone knocks on your door. A stranger. And at his feet, there lies a package. A package so big that he had to put it down to free his hands to knock. It is wrapped to impress - in bright colors with a shiny ribbon. You immediately wonder about the contents. And the stranger...
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