Maximilian Lombardo

00 About

Productizing foundation models and AI tools for the people doing cell science.

At Biohub I turn research models into products computational biologists actually use. I came to product from a computational-biology background, pairing technical depth with creative problem-solving.

Product · 0→1 AI & Foundation Models Single-cell / Genomics Python · PyTorch React Creative Tech

01 Work

Biohub / CZI

CURRENT

Product for AI research & cell science. Defined vision for CELLxGENE; delivered foundation models to the Virtual Cells Platform; led the 0→1 automated annotation engine; authored biosafety briefings presented to the Frontier Model Forum. read more →

Kallyope

COMPUTATIONAL SCIENTIST

ML for single-cell genomics in drug discovery: gut-brain axis program, strategic partnerships, co-authored publication in Cell Metabolism. read more →

IBM · CAS

ML RESEARCH INTERN

Frameworks for multi-omics disease research. read more →

Ventures

ONGOING

BioKit Labs, an AI-native operating system for life sciences. Kambrian Technologies, a regenerative-medicine SaaS pitched to a16z & Leaps by Bayer. read more →

02 Publications & Workshops

2026Gut enteroendocrine cell activation via GPR119 and GPR40 agonists|Cell Metabolism

2025Defining and benchmarking open problems in single-cell analysis|Nature BiotechnologyWorkshop participant

2024CZ CELLxGENE Discover: a single-cell data platform|Nucleic Acids Research

2021cellxgene: a scalable exploration platform for sparse matrices|bioRxiv

2017Mechanisms of Acquired Drug Resistance to the HDAC6 Selective Inhibitor Ricolinostat|Clinical Cancer Research

2015Dual Targeting of Protein Degradation Pathways with HDAC6 Inhibitor and Bortezomib|Clinical Cancer Research

Productizing foundation models and AI tools for the people doing cell science.

Let's build something.