Juan M. Lavista Ferres

July 15, 2025

At Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab, we’ve been working with partners at the University of Washington, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, and other institutions to explore whether artificial intelligence can help bring greater clarity, accuracy, and trust to breast cancer…

July 2, 2025

Floods are among the deadliest and most costly forms of extreme weather, affecting millions of people and causing over $40 billion in damage annually. And they’re getting worse. As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation, we…

May 6, 2025

For nearly a decade, we’ve been collaborating with Dr. Monica Bond and Dr. Derek Lee from the Wild Nature Institute to apply AI models to the re-identification of giraffes. These remarkable animals are not only iconic but also profoundly social—understanding…

April 29, 2025

Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab has created Seq2Symm, an open-source AI tool that helps scientists determine the 3D shapes of certain proteins, including those found in viruses. Seq2Symm uses AI to predict a protein's 3D shape and structure from a…

April 29, 2025

This month, Microsoft is celebrating our 50th anniversary. To help commemorate fifty years of creating technology that empowers people to achieve more, our AI for Good Lab launched an open call to support innovative AI-based projects here in Washington State.

April 29, 2025

Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is an entirely preventable disease that has become one of the leading causes of childhood blindness worldwide (Blencowe et al., 2013). Remarkably, this is a condition that didn't even exist just a few decades ago, yet…

March 11, 2025

Proteins are the tiny machines that power life, from helping us fight infections to breaking down food for energy. But many proteins don’t work alone, they come together in complex structures called homo-oligomers. Understanding how they assemble is key to…

January 22, 2025

Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab is offering a total of $5 million in cloud computing credits in its home state of Washington through a new grant program in conjunction with the company’s 50th anniversary. The lab is looking to support…

January 21, 2025

Microsoft announced a groundbreaking initiative Wednesday morning to use artificial intelligence to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. The program, worth over $5 million, focuses on Washington state scientists and innovators. It is open to individuals or groups working…