My first blog post in a long time!
I wanted an AI assistant that knew me. Knew my research. Knew my content calendar. Knew that when I say “write a thread about batch effects,” I mean single-cell RNA-seq batch effects with Harmony and Seurat code, for an audience of computational biologists who already know what a UMAP is.
So I built Helix. An OpenClaw agent running on a Mac Mini in my home office in Boston, connected to my Google Calendar, my content docs, and a deep memory system that learns my preferences over time.
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AI is transforming every field — and bioinformatics is no exception. From designing drug molecules in minutes to writing entire pipelines, generative AI is making it faster than ever to process biological data. But here’s the truth:
AI doesn’t understand biology — you do.
That’s why, in this new era, your value isn’t replaced by AI — it’s multiplied by your ability to judge, validate, and improve what AI produces.