Ariel Ben-sasson
Founder & CEO at molCore
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAriel Ben-sasson is a founder, scientist, and engineer with a decade of experience translating de novo protein design and generative ML into programmable biologics and bio-interfaces. He pioneered macro-scale protein materials as an HFSP Cross-Disciplinary Fellow in the Baker Lab and earlier developed self-assembling vertical organic transistors during a PhD in Organic Electronics. As Co-Founder/CTO of ZipBio and now CEO of molCore, he combines hands-on ML-driven protein generation, experimental biophysics, and device-level thinking to accelerate next-generation therapeutics. He advises multiple startups on platform architecture and ML for protein design, and uniquely bridges conductive soft materials, living systems engineering, and practical drug discovery pipelines. Based in Seattle, he pairs academic rigor with entrepreneurial execution and a knack for simplifying complex assembly pathways into robust, programmable components.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
PhD student, Organic Electronics - Nano Science and Nano Technology, PhD student, Organic Electronics - Nano Science and Nano Technology at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Hebrew, English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
pytorch-geometric7
computational-biology7
bioinformatics6
docking6
winapi6
structural-biology6
console6
dgl5
foundation-models5
protein-data-bank5
protein-design5
docker4
python4
protein-structure4
deep-learning3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Arielbs/pymolVideoPrep
Feb 2021 - Feb 2021
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
Arielbs/rlProtGen
May 2020 - Jul 2021
Generation of backbones conditioned on theozyme geometry
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
conditionedgeometry
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