/ en /news/alex-rives-joins-faculty-broad-institute-and-mit <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"><h1>Alex Rives joins faculty of ӳ����ý and MIT</h1> </span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <span>By Leah Eisenstadt</span> </span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-02-18T09:08:54-05:00" class="datetime">February 18, 2025</time> </span> <div class="hero-section container"> <div class="hero-section__row row"> <div class="hero-section__content hero-section__content_left col-6"> <div class="hero-section__breadcrumbs"> <div class="block block-system block-system-breadcrumb-block"> <nav class="breadcrumb" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="system-breadcrumb"> <h2 id="system-breadcrumb" class="visually-hidden">Breadcrumb</h2> <ol> <li> <a href="/">Home</a> </li> <li> <a href="/news">News</a> </li> </ol> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__title"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storytitle"> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"><h1>Alex Rives joins faculty of ӳ����ý and MIT</h1> </span> </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__description"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storybody"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A computer scientist, Rives will develop AI models to support scientific research.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__author"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-extra-field-blocknodelong-storyextra-field-author-custom"> By ӳ����ý Communications </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__date"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storycreated"> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-02-18T09:08:54-05:00" title="Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - 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Rives will also serve as an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Rives is a co-founder and chief scientist at EvolutionaryScale, a public-benefit startup dedicated to developing AI to accelerate scientific discovery.</p> <p>“Alex is one of the most imaginative and inventive thinkers in artificial intelligence and biology,” said Todd Golub, director of the ӳ����ý. “His bold vision, deep interest in the intersection of biology and AI, and collaborative spirit make him a perfect new member of our scientific community.”</p> <p>Rives earned his B.S. in philosophy and biology from Yale University and his Ph.D. in computer science from New York University. He founded and led the Evolutionary Scale Modeling (ESM) project at Meta’s fundamental AI research lab that developed the first large transformer language models for proteins.</p> <p>The ESM language models are widely recognized as a breakthrough achievement in the development of artificial intelligence for the life sciences and have been widely adopted by the scientific community. The models have enabled applications that include designing therapeutic proteins such as antibodies, predicting the clinical effect of mutations in the human genome, illuminating evolutionary history, and creating models of the cell.</p> <p>At the ӳ����ý, Rives will continue his work developing novel, transformative AI systems and applications for the benefit of the global scientific community.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content-section container"> <div class="content-section__main"> <div class="block-node-broad-tags block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storyfield-broad-tags"> <div class="block-node-broad-tags__row"> <div class="block-node-broad-tags__title">Tags:</div> <div class="field field--name-field-broad-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/broad-tags/artificial-intelligence" hreflang="en">Artificial intelligence</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:08:54 +0000 leah@broadinstitute.org 5558226 at /news/whyiscience-qa-software-engineer-develops-computational-tools-psychiatric-and-brain-research <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"><h1>Alex Rives joins faculty of ӳ����ý and MIT</h1> </span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <span>By Leah Eisenstadt</span> </span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-02-18T09:08:54-05:00" class="datetime">February 18, 2025</time> </span> <div class="hero-section container"> <div class="hero-section__row row"> <div class="hero-section__content hero-section__content_left col-6"> <div class="hero-section__breadcrumbs"> <div class="block block-system block-system-breadcrumb-block"> <nav class="breadcrumb" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="system-breadcrumb"> <h2 id="system-breadcrumb" class="visually-hidden">Breadcrumb</h2> <ol> <li> <a href="/">Home</a> </li> <li> <a href="/news">News</a> </li> </ol> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__title"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storytitle"> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"><h1>Alex Rives joins faculty of ӳ����ý and MIT</h1> </span> </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__description"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storybody"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A computer scientist, Rives will develop AI models to support scientific research.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__author"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-extra-field-blocknodelong-storyextra-field-author-custom"> By ӳ����ý Communications </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__date"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storycreated"> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-02-18T09:08:54-05:00" title="Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - 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Rives will also serve as an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Rives is a co-founder and chief scientist at EvolutionaryScale, a public-benefit startup dedicated to developing AI to accelerate scientific discovery.</p> <p>“Alex is one of the most imaginative and inventive thinkers in artificial intelligence and biology,” said Todd Golub, director of the ӳ����ý. “His bold vision, deep interest in the intersection of biology and AI, and collaborative spirit make him a perfect new member of our scientific community.”</p> <p>Rives earned his B.S. in philosophy and biology from Yale University and his Ph.D. in computer science from New York University. He founded and led the Evolutionary Scale Modeling (ESM) project at Meta’s fundamental AI research lab that developed the first large transformer language models for proteins.</p> <p>The ESM language models are widely recognized as a breakthrough achievement in the development of artificial intelligence for the life sciences and have been widely adopted by the scientific community. The models have enabled applications that include designing therapeutic proteins such as antibodies, predicting the clinical effect of mutations in the human genome, illuminating evolutionary history, and creating models of the cell.</p> <p>At the ӳ����ý, Rives will continue his work developing novel, transformative AI systems and applications for the benefit of the global scientific community.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content-section container"> <div class="content-section__main"> <div class="block-node-broad-tags block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storyfield-broad-tags"> <div class="block-node-broad-tags__row"> <div class="block-node-broad-tags__title">Tags:</div> <div class="field field--name-field-broad-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/broad-tags/artificial-intelligence" hreflang="en">Artificial intelligence</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000 chenders@broadinstitute.org 5556501 at /news/researchers-use-ai-identify-new-class-antibiotic-candidates <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"><h1>Alex Rives joins faculty of ӳ����ý and MIT</h1> </span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <span>By Leah Eisenstadt</span> </span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-02-18T09:08:54-05:00" class="datetime">February 18, 2025</time> </span> <div class="hero-section container"> <div class="hero-section__row row"> <div class="hero-section__content hero-section__content_left col-6"> <div class="hero-section__breadcrumbs"> <div class="block block-system block-system-breadcrumb-block"> <nav class="breadcrumb" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="system-breadcrumb"> <h2 id="system-breadcrumb" class="visually-hidden">Breadcrumb</h2> <ol> <li> <a href="/">Home</a> </li> <li> <a href="/news">News</a> </li> </ol> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__title"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storytitle"> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"><h1>Alex Rives joins faculty of ӳ����ý and MIT</h1> </span> </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__description"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storybody"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A computer scientist, Rives will develop AI models to support scientific research.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__author"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-extra-field-blocknodelong-storyextra-field-author-custom"> By ӳ����ý Communications </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__date"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storycreated"> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-02-18T09:08:54-05:00" title="Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - 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Rives will also serve as an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Rives is a co-founder and chief scientist at EvolutionaryScale, a public-benefit startup dedicated to developing AI to accelerate scientific discovery.</p> <p>“Alex is one of the most imaginative and inventive thinkers in artificial intelligence and biology,” said Todd Golub, director of the ӳ����ý. “His bold vision, deep interest in the intersection of biology and AI, and collaborative spirit make him a perfect new member of our scientific community.”</p> <p>Rives earned his B.S. in philosophy and biology from Yale University and his Ph.D. in computer science from New York University. He founded and led the Evolutionary Scale Modeling (ESM) project at Meta’s fundamental AI research lab that developed the first large transformer language models for proteins.</p> <p>The ESM language models are widely recognized as a breakthrough achievement in the development of artificial intelligence for the life sciences and have been widely adopted by the scientific community. The models have enabled applications that include designing therapeutic proteins such as antibodies, predicting the clinical effect of mutations in the human genome, illuminating evolutionary history, and creating models of the cell.</p> <p>At the ӳ����ý, Rives will continue his work developing novel, transformative AI systems and applications for the benefit of the global scientific community.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content-section container"> <div class="content-section__main"> <div class="block-node-broad-tags block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storyfield-broad-tags"> <div class="block-node-broad-tags__row"> <div class="block-node-broad-tags__title">Tags:</div> <div class="field field--name-field-broad-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/broad-tags/artificial-intelligence" hreflang="en">Artificial intelligence</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:30:46 +0000 tulrich@broadinstitute.org 5556221 at /news/qa-how-generative-ai-could-help-accelerate-biomedical-research <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"><h1>Alex Rives joins faculty of ӳ����ý and MIT</h1> </span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <span>By Leah Eisenstadt</span> </span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-02-18T09:08:54-05:00" class="datetime">February 18, 2025</time> </span> <div class="hero-section container"> <div class="hero-section__row row"> <div class="hero-section__content hero-section__content_left col-6"> <div class="hero-section__breadcrumbs"> <div class="block block-system block-system-breadcrumb-block"> <nav class="breadcrumb" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="system-breadcrumb"> <h2 id="system-breadcrumb" class="visually-hidden">Breadcrumb</h2> <ol> <li> <a href="/">Home</a> </li> <li> <a href="/news">News</a> </li> </ol> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__title"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storytitle"> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"><h1>Alex Rives joins faculty of ӳ����ý and MIT</h1> </span> </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__description"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storybody"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A computer scientist, Rives will develop AI models to support scientific research.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__author"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-extra-field-blocknodelong-storyextra-field-author-custom"> By ӳ����ý Communications </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__date"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storycreated"> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-02-18T09:08:54-05:00" title="Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - 09:08" class="datetime">February 18, 2025</time> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="hero-section__right col-6"> <div class="hero-section__image"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storyfield-image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-multiple-content-types-header"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <picture> <source srcset="/files/styles/multiple_ct_header_desktop_xl/public/longstory/RivesAlex_News_021425.jpg?h=9423a5c0&amp;itok=zBFxEWi3 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1921px)" type="image/jpeg" width="754" height="503"> <source srcset="/files/styles/multiple_ct_header_desktop_xl/public/longstory/RivesAlex_News_021425.jpg?h=9423a5c0&amp;itok=zBFxEWi3 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1601px) and (max-width: 1920px)" type="image/jpeg" width="754" height="503"> <source srcset="/files/styles/multiple_ct_header_desktop/public/longstory/RivesAlex_News_021425.jpg?h=9423a5c0&amp;itok=OGwDlBRa 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1340px) and (max-width: 1600px)" type="image/jpeg" width="736" height="520"> <source srcset="/files/styles/multiple_ct_header_laptop/public/longstory/RivesAlex_News_021425.jpg?h=9423a5c0&amp;itok=E8fS8LIZ 1x" media="all and (min-width: 800px) and (max-width: 1339px)" type="image/jpeg" width="641" height="451"> <source srcset="/files/styles/multiple_ct_header_tablet/public/longstory/RivesAlex_News_021425.jpg?h=9423a5c0&amp;itok=w2-s_8Ht 1x" media="all and (min-width: 540px) and (max-width: 799px)" type="image/jpeg" width="706" height="417"> <source srcset="/files/styles/multiple_ct_header_phone/public/longstory/RivesAlex_News_021425.jpg?h=9423a5c0&amp;itok=pUMhyD9K 1x" media="all and (max-width: 539px)" type="image/jpeg" width="499" height="294"> <img loading="eager" width="499" height="294" src="/files/styles/multiple_ct_header_phone/public/longstory/RivesAlex_News_021425.jpg?h=9423a5c0&amp;itok=pUMhyD9K" alt="Headshot of Alex Rives" title="Headshot of Alex Rives" typeof="foaf:Image"> </picture> </div> <div class="media-caption"> <div class="media-caption__description"> Alex Rives is the newest core institute member at ӳ����ý. </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content-section container"> <div class="content-section__main"> <div class="block block-better-social-sharing-buttons block-social-sharing-buttons-block"> <div style="display: none"><link rel="preload" href="/modules/contrib/better_social_sharing_buttons/assets/dist/sprites/social-icons--no-color.svg" as="image" type="image/svg+xml" crossorigin="anonymous"></div> <div class="social-sharing-buttons"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=/taxonomy/term/2931/feed&amp;title=" target="_blank" title="Share to Facebook" aria-label="Share to Facebook" class="social-sharing-buttons-button share-facebook" rel="noopener"> <svg aria-hidden="true" width="32px" height="32px" style="border-radius:100%;"> <use href="/modules/contrib/better_social_sharing_buttons/assets/dist/sprites/social-icons--no-color.svg#facebook" /> </svg> </a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=+/taxonomy/term/2931/feed" target="_blank" title="Share to X" aria-label="Share to X" class="social-sharing-buttons-button share-x" rel="noopener"> <svg aria-hidden="true" width="32px" height="32px" style="border-radius:100%;"> <use href="/modules/contrib/better_social_sharing_buttons/assets/dist/sprites/social-icons--no-color.svg#x" /> </svg> </a> <a href="mailto:?subject=&amp;body=/taxonomy/term/2931/feed" title="Share to Email" aria-label="Share to Email" class="social-sharing-buttons-button share-email" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <svg aria-hidden="true" width="32px" height="32px" style="border-radius:100%;"> <use href="/modules/contrib/better_social_sharing_buttons/assets/dist/sprites/social-icons--no-color.svg#email" /> </svg> </a> </div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storyfield-content-paragraphs"> <div class="field field--name-field-content-paragraphs field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-narrow paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>ӳ����ý of MIT and Harvard has appointed <a href="/bios/alex-rives">Alex Rives</a>, a leading computer scientist and pioneering artificial intelligence researcher, as a core institute member. Rives will also serve as an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Rives is a co-founder and chief scientist at EvolutionaryScale, a public-benefit startup dedicated to developing AI to accelerate scientific discovery.</p> <p>“Alex is one of the most imaginative and inventive thinkers in artificial intelligence and biology,” said Todd Golub, director of the ӳ����ý. “His bold vision, deep interest in the intersection of biology and AI, and collaborative spirit make him a perfect new member of our scientific community.”</p> <p>Rives earned his B.S. in philosophy and biology from Yale University and his Ph.D. in computer science from New York University. He founded and led the Evolutionary Scale Modeling (ESM) project at Meta’s fundamental AI research lab that developed the first large transformer language models for proteins.</p> <p>The ESM language models are widely recognized as a breakthrough achievement in the development of artificial intelligence for the life sciences and have been widely adopted by the scientific community. The models have enabled applications that include designing therapeutic proteins such as antibodies, predicting the clinical effect of mutations in the human genome, illuminating evolutionary history, and creating models of the cell.</p> <p>At the ӳ����ý, Rives will continue his work developing novel, transformative AI systems and applications for the benefit of the global scientific community.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content-section container"> <div class="content-section__main"> <div class="block-node-broad-tags block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodelong-storyfield-broad-tags"> <div class="block-node-broad-tags__row"> <div class="block-node-broad-tags__title">Tags:</div> <div class="field field--name-field-broad-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/broad-tags/artificial-intelligence" hreflang="en">Artificial intelligence</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:30:22 +0000 Corie Lok 5555971 at