Speaker Profile
Ph.D., Product Lead, Genomics, Google
Biography
Andrew leads product development for the genomics team in Google Health. The genomics team develops methods that improve real-world applications in clinical genomics, population-level sequencing, drug discovery, and the combination of genomic and clinical data. Prior to Google, Andrew was Chief Scientific Officer at DNAnexus, where he supported many of the first large-scale genomics projects, such as the CHARGE Consortium, Regeneron-Gesinger and Regeneron-UKBiobank cohorts, the 3000 Rice Genomes Project, PrecisionFDA, and the St. Jude Pediatric Cancer Cloud. Andrew holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from Stanford University and a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Virginia.
Talk
DeepConsensus: Sequence Transformers for Sequence Correction
DeepConsensus improves accuracy for Pacific Biosciences sequencing output using a ML method called a transformer. This talk details how we optimized the training of the transformer for biological sequence data. By designing the model architecture with domain-specific insights in mind, we walk through how we achieve substantial improvements to accuracy and analysis speed.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2022 Silicon Valley
- Hope or Hype? The Role of ML in Drug Discovery and Development (PANEL)
Session Chair: Ansuman Satpathy, Stanford University
- Marcel Hop, Genentech
- Mark Jacobstein, Immunai
- Stacie Calad-Thomson, BioSymetrics
- Andrea deSouza, Eli Lilly and Company - Advancing Research and Drug Discovery with UK Biobank
Session Chair: Asha Collins, DNAnexus
- Lucy Burkitt-Gray, UK Biobank
- Lisa McFerrin, AWS - Machine Learning for Novel Target Discovery: Unique Techniques Meet Unique Data
Session Chair: Alex Morgan, Khosla Ventures
- Lindsay Edwards, Relation Therapeutics
- Kristen Fortney, BioAge
- Quin Wills, Ochre Bio
- Joseph Rodgers, Fountain Therapeutics
- Calum MacRae, Atman Health - AI/ML in Clinical Trial Design, Patient Selection and Prediction of Outcomes (PANEL)
Session Chair: Peter Lipsky, Ampel Bio
- Nasim Eftekhari, City of Hope
- Mika Newton, xCures, Inc.
- William Oh, Sema4
- Treating Genetics as Data: Computable, Structured Results for Precision Medicine
- Peter DeVault, Epic - DeepConsensus: Sequence Transformers for Sequence Correction
- Andrew Carroll, Google - AI in Small Molecule Design and Screening (PANEL)
Session Chair: Petrina Kamya, Insilico Medicine
- Jim Edwards, Janssen
- Tommaso Mansi, Johnson & Johnson
- Martin Emanuel Bittner, Arctoris - PMWC 2022 Showcase
- Kevin Cho, Envisagenics, Inc.
- Poojitha Ojamies, Novartis
- Steve Harrison, Engine Biosciences
