Hi, I'm Eduardo.
I'm a scientist and Assistant Professor of Computational Biology in Abu Dhabi at MBZUAI - the Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence.

Research

I work with artificial intelligence in biology, primarily with methods and tools for single cell RNA sequencing and other single cell omics data applied to human health and precision medicine. I was a grad student in bioengineering at Caltech, where I did my PhD (here is my thesis PDF, and my defense).
Here are my CV, GitHub, LinkedIn and Google Scholar page.

My research website is https://beltrame.mbzuai.ac.ae.
If you'd like to come to Abu Dhabi to study at MBZUAI as a master's or PhD student (we offer housing and generous scholarships for students coming from anywhere in the world), see the Admissions Process Page.
If you'd like to be a visiting student at MBZUAI for 3 months, see the MBZUAI Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
If you'd like to be an undergraduate student at the new MBZUAI Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence, please apply. Applications are free and open until May 31, and promising students are eligible to receive full scholarships including housing, meals, and extensive support. Please note that English proficiency is required: TOEFL iBT > 90, IELTS Academic > 6.5, EmSAT English > 1550.

Background

I was born and raised in Florianópolis , a beautiful tropical island Brazil. You should visit. Here are some beautiful pictures taken by my sister, Bea. Here's my life story.

Before joining MBZUAI in 2024, I was at ImYoo, a biotechnology startup created by Caltech friends to execute decentralized immune studies using single cell omics. Before ImYoo, I was founding scientist at Retro Biosciences, a biotechnology startup developing ageing-related therapeutics. I am also a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley School of Education, working on a research partnership with innovative STEM education programs in Brazil with the Vilson Groh Institute in Florianópolis. Here is an article I wrote about them in 2021. Here is our research page about Pode Crer education program on the experiment.com platform.

3D Printing

Using UCSF Chimera to 3D print proteins.
Note: ChimeraX is out and offers a much better experience.

Some 3D printing pictures

poseidon system - 3D printed syringe pumps and microscope

My 3D printing recommendations (last updated May 2020)

My Thingiverse page (mostly proteins)
And if you like proteins, check out my Pop Molecules on Redbubble.

Things and Stuff

Sovereignty Club - like futurism, for politics
The Caltech international politics club, which I started, and continues to meet weekly meetings Wednesdays, 6pm California time.

Creating the society we want (2022)
A reflection on empathy and compassion.
Portuguese version (original): Criando a sociedade que queremos.

Thoughts (and Actions) on Philanthropy (2021)
An article describing what I have been doing with the Vilson Groh Institute was published in October 2021 in the Harvard Review of Latin America.

On Science (2021)

One Page Pitches - Great ideas in one page (2015 - )

Interoperability Rant (2020)
Read this if you care about a freer internet.

Walkthrough for setting up a matrix server (2019)

On the RepRap project (2018)

Philosophy of Science (2016)

Reinventing Scientific Publishing (2016)

Stuff I think can talk about for at least 5 minutes (2016)

A gene transcription simulator in Python (2016)

Non Reproducing Males and NRM Dynamics (2014)

Java Script Molecular Dynamics (2013)

Short story: The Last Move (2013)

Old Ramblings

Website menagerie

I like making websites on a whim.
Here's a selection of the best ones, which will live forever on Netlify

To the extent possible under law, Eduardo da Veiga Beltrame has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to the content on www.munfred.com
This work is published from the Brazil, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates.