EP 256: Cutting through the AI hype in drug discovery with Dave Hallett of Recursion
This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Dr. David Hallett, Chief Scientific Officer at Recursion. They discuss the biggest shifts in drug discovery over Dave's three-decade career, where AI is genuinely transforming the field today versus where the hype outruns the reality, and how Recursion's perturbational maps have uncovered and validated a novel neurodegeneration target. Show Notes 0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 00:57 Welcome to Dave 01:59 The biggest shifts in drug discovery over three decades 07:27 Where AI is delivering real wins across drug discovery today 13:5…