Armin Töpfer

Husband. Parent. Dr sc @ETH. Bioinformagician. Father of @PacBio HiFi. C++ Purist. Geek. Digital Artist. Electronic music. Speaks in memes. Opinions are my own!

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

@mitsuhiko @ens_pyrz Maybe to the wrong Armin.

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

@ClaudeDevs Thanks for not doing it for teams @ClaudeDevs .....

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

We at @PacBio are proud to be at the bleeding edge, where applied AI matters. Delivering more for less. With every @nvidia breakthrough, we can balance between reducing time to result and improving analysis quality.

[NVIDIA AI Infrastructure @NVIDIAAIInfra]

Genomic analysis that once took hours now takes minutes — and the compute enabling that shift just got significantly more powerful.

Explore how the NVIDIA BioNeMo Platform, including NVIDIA Parabricks, on the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition is transforming precision medicine.

Compared to NVIDIA L4, RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell delivers:
⚡ ~2x faster genomic analysis (fq2bam, Minimap2, Deepvariant)
⚡ 9.6x faster sequence alignment (Smith-Waterman)
⚡ 2.3x faster protein structure prediction (OpenFold3)

Read the full breakdown ➡️ https://t.co/23zm6pI5VU

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

The best ICs are the ones who used to be great managers. They know how the system works, how to prioritize and align with leadership, and understand business decisions and what moves the needle. My next goal is not VP but IC.

[Harshit Jain @jain_harshit]

🚨 Meta is forcing managers to convert to IC role.

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

@s04 Eurem Schalke Damen Basketball Team hat niemand zum Meistertitel und Aufstieg gratuliert. Die hätten genau so letzte Woche auf dem Rasen stehen sollen. Schämt euch @s04

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

@ClaudeDevs @bcherny I wish you'd do one in Germany ;)

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

@sama We have an internal agent that checks the health of the whole fleet of DNA sequencing instruments and cross correlates / actively triages issues across instruments, trying to fix issues before people notice them. Ping me for more info.

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

Schnell nach Hause zum Aufstiegsspiel #S04 @s04 #SFO

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

@ens_pyrz Then shine

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

@ens_pyrz You can dream while being homeless and sleeping under a bridge.

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

@ens_pyrz Then move overseas and use AI :D

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

@ens_pyrz @kanyewest Ye has impact...

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

24 hours ago, I was on vacation.
In less than 24 hours, I'll land in SFO.
See you soon @PacBio

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

@Hesamation @ens_pyrz this is the future, old man

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

Painting with the kids.

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

@trq212 Not really fair on the Europeans folks.

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

This but with Dune.

[Kyle Mann @The_Kyle_Mann]

My wife just said to me the 10 words every man desperately wants to hear:

"Let's watch the extended editions of Lord of the Rings."

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

UNLIMITED POWER!

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

Building agents to ease people's lives. Once we have enough support agents, an orchestrator will connect the pieces to accelerate development cycles.

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

@ens_pyrz I'm a senior director. I direct with seniority. Or something like that.

[Armin Töpfer @XLR]

Sitting in the train – thinking with high effort