Quo vadis?
COVID-19 has had a huge impact on various industries including manufacturing, travel & tourism as well as life sciences and healthcare. When we talk about ‘industries’, inevitably we talk about human lives. Let’s look beyond
Tag: blockchain
Blue Steens in Aug-Sep 2020
Check out my latest monthly review! It showcases Blue Steens’ latest posts, some news from biopharma & medtech as well as interesting events I have attended or noticed. At a glance In terms of COVID-19,
It’s not an immunity passport
I have had discussions lately about the perception that an immunity passport is the same as a vaccination passport. This is not so. The choice of words matters! Let’s explore this from a basic immunological
Convalescent plasma chained
Last month I wrote about being a mentor for one of the teams at the Stop COVID-19 hackathon by ConsenSys Health. My team was called dPlasma and amazingly won the first prize in the competition!
Stop COVID-19 hackathon
I am taking part as a mentor at ConsenSys Health‘s Stop COVID-19 hackathon. Oh, what was that? – Ah, yes. Why am I participating in a hackathon?
Federated learning in healthcare
What is federated learning? Federated learning (FL) is a machine learning paradigm that allows to train algorithms collaboratively without the need for source data exchange between the parties. This means that different institutions or companies
Blue Steens in Nov-Dec 2019
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Will bonding curves be researchers’ best friends?
Continuous token bonding curves, formerly referred to as curation markets, describe a blockchain framework that is different from the concept underlying the now widely known cryptocurrency Bitcoin.