12 weeks · 5 modules · 12 portfolio projects

From Bench to Bytes

A practical AI/ML course for molecular biology scientists who want to lead at the intersection — not just spectate from the bench.

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Your Learning Path

Complete each module to unlock the next. Each builds on what you learned before. Every module has projects you'll push to GitHub.

01

Claude Code & AI Tools Mastery

Master Claude Code CLI, prompt engineering, agents, MCP servers, automation, and the vibe coding workflow that powers the rest of this course.

Weeks 1-2 2 projects
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02

Data Science Foundations

Upgrade your Python from lab scripts to structured data science. EDA, statistics for ML, classification, regression — all with biological data.

Weeks 3-5 3 projects
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03

Bio-Specific ML

Embeddings, foundation models (ESM-2, Nucleotide Transformer), transcriptomics ML, deep learning concepts, and cell image analysis.

Weeks 6-8 3 projects
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04

Building Data Products

Streamlit dashboards, LLM-powered tools, data apps, API integration — build things other scientists can actually use.

Weeks 9-10 2 projects
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05

Leadership & Portfolio Launch

Data strategy for ML, capstone pipeline, portfolio polish, blog post, and positioning yourself at the intersection.

Weeks 11-12 2 projects
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Who Is This For?

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You have wet-lab expertise

You run assays, analyze sequences, culture cells. You have deep domain knowledge in molecular biology, immunology, or therapeutics.

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You can script in Python

You've written analysis scripts, maybe automated some data processing. You're not a software engineer, but you're not afraid of code.

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You want to lead, not just use

You want to work at the intersection of biology and AI — leading projects, making data strategy decisions, and eventually building companies.

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You code with AI assistants

You use Claude, Cursor, or Copilot to write code. This course leans into that — every project is designed to be vibe coded with AI tools.

The Translation Layer

ML concepts mapped to lab language you already think in.

Feature
A measurable property used as model input
Like a biomarker you measure in an assay
Training Data
Examples the model learns patterns from
Like your positive and negative controls
Overfitting
Model memorizes noise, fails on new data
Like an assay that only works with one cell lot
Embedding
Dense numerical representation of complex data
Like reducing flow cytometry to tSNE coordinates
Fine-tuning
Adapting a pre-trained model to your specific task
Like optimizing a commercial kit for your cell type
Cross-validation
Testing model robustness across data splits
Like validating your assay across multiple donors
Precision / Recall
Purity of hits vs. catching all true positives
Specificity vs. sensitivity of your antibody
Transfer Learning
Using knowledge from one domain in another
Like adapting a mouse assay protocol for human cells
Pipeline
Automated sequence of data processing steps
Like your automated Tecan liquid-handling workflow
Hallucination
LLM generating plausible but wrong output
Like non-specific antibody binding giving false signal
Batch Normalization
Correcting for systematic variation in training
Like normalizing plate-to-plate variation
RAG
Grounding LLM output with retrieved data
Like checking your result against a reference database