Uniting top talents at the frontier of AI and Biology.

A selective fellowship for researchers, builders, and experimental minds shaping the next generation of genomics, drug discovery, and computational biology.

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The Unaite Fellowship for AI in Biology is a highly selective, international research community operating under the Unaite umbrella, dedicated exclusively to the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Biology.

Founded in Paris in 2026 and designed to expand to Zurich and Stanford, the Fellowship unites the most ambitious students, future researchers, and builders at this frontier — through rigorous peer selection, structured mentorship by world-class scientists, and a permanent alumni network spanning three continents.

Discover the program

Mentored by the best.

Jean-Baptiste Masson

Principal Investigator, Institut Pasteur & Inria

CSO, AVATAR MEDICAL

Jean-Baptiste Masson is a theoretical physicist and Principal Investigator at Institut Pasteur and Inria, leading the Decision and Bayesian Computation lab. His research combines statistical physics, Bayesian machine learning and biology to study biomolecule dynamics and biological decision-making. He is also the Chief Scientific Officer of AVATAR MEDICAL, a startup developing virtual reality tools for medical data visualization and surgery planning.

Chloé Geoffroy

Co-founder & CTO, Theremia

PhD, École Normale Supérieure

Chloe Geoffroy is a pharmacist and a Chimie Paris Tech engineer. She conducted her PhD in neuropharmacology at ENS Ulm. Then, she co-founded Theremia with Iris Maréchal in 2024. As the CTO of this precision medicine startup in neurology and psychiatry, she aims to reduce inequalities in treatment response across patient populations.

Cécile Badoual

Head of Pathology, Gustave Roussy

Member, French Academy of Medicine

Professor Cécile Badoual is head of the Department of Medical Biology and Pathology at Gustave Roussy and member of the French Academy of Medicine. A specialist in HPV-related cancers, she combines clinical practice, research and medical education. In 2026, she founded the French Association for Computational Pathology to promote AI-driven innovation in medicine and foster collaborations between engineers, clinicians and researchers.

Quentin Garrido

Research Scientist, FAIR at Meta

PhD co-advised by Yann LeCun

Quentin Garrido is a Research Scientist at FAIR at Meta, specializing in self-supervised learning and world models. After studying computer science at ESIEE Paris and the MVA master's program, he completed a PhD jointly at FAIR and Université Gustave Eiffel under the supervision of Yann LeCun and Laurent Najman. His research focuses on computer vision, video understanding and learning predictive models from natural data.

Jérémie Kalfon

Researcher & Co-founder, PiPle

PhD Candidate, ENS × Institut Pasteur

Jérémie Kalfon is a researcher, engineer and entrepreneur in computational biology. He co-founded PiPle, a startup developing a more visual and dynamic messaging platform. Currently completing his PhD at ENS and the Pasteur Institute, he works on deep learning approaches to model cellular regulatory networks, with the ambition of developing new AI-driven methods for drug discovery.

Nadav Rosenberg

Founder, Saras Capital

Venture Partner, Entrepreneur First

Nadav Rosenberg is an early-stage techbio investor and founder of Saras Capital, a European venture firm supporting AI-driven biotech and healthcare startups from pre-seed stage. His investment focus includes AI discovery platforms, next-generation biotech founders and vertical AI applications for biopharma. As a Venture Partner at Entrepreneur First, he has supported numerous founders across the UK, France and Europe.

How it works.

A structured year of mentorship, projects and gatherings. Selection happens once per cohort; once you're in, you're in for life.

Spring

Apply

A short written application followed by a peer-led interview round.

Summer

Cohort

Twenty selected Fellows convene in Paris — mentor pairings, lab visits, first paper club.

Year-round

Mentorship

1:1 sessions, monthly research clinics, hackathons, and a private Slack active around the clock.

For life

Alumni

Alumni stay woven into selection, mentoring, and the events calendar across all hubs.

Applications open in spring

Join the next cohort.

We are looking for exceptional researchers, builders, and experimental minds at the frontier of AI and biology — wherever you are in your career.

Eligibility

Questions.

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