Sebastian Burgstaller-muehlbacher
Senior Scientist AI ML at Boehringer Ingelheim
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSebastian Burgstaller-muehlbacher is a Senior Scientist in AI/ML with 12 years bridging computational biology and industry-grade machine learning, currently advancing biomedical foundation models at Boehringer Ingelheim. He specializes in single-cell foundation models, gene regulatory networks, spatial transcriptomics and making transcriptomics data FAIR, regularly translating complex biological questions into deployable ML solutions. His background includes postdoctoral work at Scripps and Vienna Biocenter, and a PhD in Oncology from the Medical University of Vienna, reflecting deep domain expertise in molecular biology. Sebastian pairs hands-on model development (including perturbation and cell–cell communication models) with knowledge graph and LLM-driven workflows to turn data into actionable knowledge. Based in the UK, he blends academic rigor with enterprise engineering practices and a persistent drive to see whether foundation models can beat baseline performance. Less obvious: he actively focuses on AI-ready data curation and infrastructure—often the unsung bottleneck that determines whether advanced models actually deliver in biomedicine.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Molecular Biology, Master's degree, Molecular Biology at University of ViennaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Oncology and Cancer Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Oncology and Cancer Biology at Medical University of Vienna
Github Skills (49)
mediawiki10
mediawiki-api10
api10
endpoint10
sparql10
nextflow9
python9
drug-discovery9
portal9
chemistry9
wikidata9
nf-core8
spatial-transcriptomics8
ontologies7
gene-expression7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sebotic/cdk_pywrapper
Aug 2016 - Jun 2019
Contributions:81 commits, 74 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
sebotic/SPARQL
Apr 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:163 commits, 161 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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