PhD @ImperialCollege | Passionate about improving health outcomes, access to care and reducing health disparities.
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Here we go...! 🚀
Today we’re out of stealth, and we’ve raised a $40m seed round co-led by @creandum and @usv, to bring Instant Robot Learning to life.
For the past few months, we‘ve been busy building a new company.
Machenta.
This follows results from a new kind of robot foundation model we’ve built, which I’m so excited to share with you today!
Usually, it takes hours/days of data collection and training to teach a robot.
We’ve built a model that learns tasks instantly: one demonstration, no further training.
A model trained entirely in simulation, without a single pixel of real-world data.
A model where teaching robots is so quick and easy, it feels like physical vibe coding.
A model for robots that learn like humans do, from someone like you.
Welcome to the era of Instant Robot Learning.
Thank you @Kathi_Wilhelm, @rebeccakaden, @hkanji, @jonno_evans and all of our angels for your support!
@Machenta_
Learn more: machenta.com/blog/instant-ro…
See below for what you can do with Instant Robot Learning!
David Sunkersing retweeted
An MIT spinout is making surgical stitching more like applying tape: SanaHeal has developed a biologically compatible adhesive that sticks to wet tissues. Its product was inspired by sticky materials in nature, like barnacles and spider webs. news.mit.edu/2026/sanaheal-m…
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MIT engineers have developed a new way to program natural killer (NK) immune cells to target cancerous T cells or T cells that have become autoreactive, leading to diseases such as lymphoma and autoimmune hepatitis. news.mit.edu/2026/reprogramm…
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NEW: the secret to how penicillin is made has finally been revealed more than 80 years after the drug was developed at Oxford. Researchers have captured previously unseen stages in how nature builds its antibiotic structure.
Find out more ⬇️
bit.ly/4yBpiIV
ALT Colourful scientific illustration of molecular structures alongside a curling film strip showing molecular simulations, against a purple and pink background, overlaid with the headline “Ingenious ‘molecular movie’ finally reveals how penicillin is made” and University of Oxford branding.
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Biosecurity threats are increasing, but if we design early-detection systems based entirely on what we already know, there will be gaps that leave populations vulnerable to the next emerging pathogen.
As we prepare to lead the biosecurity conversation at UNGA, Professor Graham Cooke makes the case for a new approach to surveillance that could strengthen global biosecurity and help the world respond faster to future outbreaks.
🔗 imperial.ac.uk/Stories/the-c…
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One in six adults in England report feeling lonely "often or always", according to one of the largest loneliness studies ever conducted in a single country.
Imperial researchers say loneliness affects people of all ages and should be treated as a public health issue.
Read more ⤵️ imperial.ac.uk/news/articles…
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NEW: Researchers from @IneosOxford have identified a new class of molecule that could help protect ‘last-resort’ antibiotics from bacterial resistance, and reduce the amount of antibiotics needed to treat infections by up to 32 times.
Find out more ⬇️
ox.ac.uk/news/2026-06-01-new…
ALT Close-up photograph of an antibiotic susceptibility test in a laboratory. A white antibiotic disc labelled “CTX 30” sits at the centre of a bacterial culture plate, surrounded by a clear circular zone where bacterial growth has been inhibited. A dark blue banner at the bottom contains the text: “New type of inhibitor could help tackle resistance against ‘last-resort’ antibiotics” alongside University of Oxford branding.
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Our pilot study across 2 secondary schools found that a co-designed dance intervention was feasible & increased young people's enthusiasm for dance while strengthening social #connection & adolescent #wellbeing. A promising foundation for future research 👇journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Presented at #ASCO26:
Among patients with previously treated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the RAS(ON) inhibitor daraxonrasib led to significantly longer overall survival and progression-free survival than chemotherapy. Full phase 3 RASolute 302 trial results: nej.md/4nWaxvM
@ASCO
ALT Graph from a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on daraxonrasib versus chemotherapy for metastatic pancreatic cancer. The x-axis represents months, and the y-axis shows the percentage of patients alive. Two lines indicate survival rates: daraxonrasib (blue) and chemotherapy (gray). The bottom section lists patients at risk over time. Title and journal logo are included.
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🆕 Quantifying relative health impact across Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance's portfolio in 117 countries at the subregional level: a modelling study spkl.io/6015AhzHb
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Nearly 780 people die every day in Europe from liver disease—a largely preventable crisis.
A new report from the EASL–Lancet Commission calls for urgent policy action to tackle Europe’s rising liver disease burden: spkl.io/6019AfOo1
ALT Part of a Lancet infographic showing the mortality rate for liver cancer and cirrhosis between 2000 and 2023.
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Global cancer estimates across 185 countries show that 7.1 million new cancer cases were attributable to 30 modifiable risk factors in 2022, with smoking, infections & alcohol consumption leading contributors to cancer burden.
nature.com/articles/s41591-0…
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If the cap fits…🧠
Imperial, @GreatOrmondSt and startup Polymer Bionics have won a £1.6m grant to test an innovative EEG cap that will improve seizure detection in newborns 👇
imperial.ac.uk/news/articles…
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Imagine if a nasal spray could make you immune not only to the viruses that cause COVID-19 and influenza, but to all respiratory diseases
go.nature.com/4rNOZ5B
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Most people want end-of-life care at home. This study explores Palliate, a nurse-led intervention training family carers to give medications - seen as empowering, but only acceptable with training, support, and choice.
link.springer.com/article/10…
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⭐Research highlight: Social interactions in the nursery have a huge impact on babies’ and toddlers' #microbiome development, according to a new paper in @Nature
nature.com/articles/d41591-0…
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The uniqueness of each patient is at the heart of this year’s #WorldCancerDay.
🎧 Louise Chappell and Na’ama Carlin, both cancer survivors, discuss the importance of personalised cancer care and its effect on their bodies and their lives. spkl.io/6017AsBGH
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Qualitative research provides unique insights into the nuanced experiences of children and young people that quantitative studies often miss.
In @eClinicalMed, authors discuss the importance of qualitative research in advancing child health outcomes: tinyurl.com/82hw7mxv
ALT Panel listing the key messages of a Review published in eClinicalMedicine entitled "Advancing child health through applied qualitative research". Copyright: 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
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Most people who were unsure about #COVID19 vaccines eventually chose to get vaccinated.
@ImperialSPH-led research published in @TheLancet shows many concerns were about safety & effectiveness, & could be addressed with clear information.
#PublicHealth imperial.ac.uk/news/articles…
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This multi-center study demonstrates that dried and capillary blood as a minimally invasive, scalable approach for #Alzheimers #biomarker testing in research, with potential for widely scalable population-based research, especially in resource-limited settings. @NicholasAshton @wagnersbrum
nature.com/articles/s41591-0…
