MODEL THE SUBSTRATE
Established
Seeing the shape of life
Protein structure prediction
AI turns amino-acid sequences into structural hypotheses, helping researchers decide what to investigate next.
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THE UNFINISHED SPECIES / AN OPEN EXPLORATION
Life is still being written.
Let’s understand what’s next.
A field guide to the meeting of biology and artificial intelligence. Explore what we can do today, what comes next, and where the evidence ends.
10 frontier topics11 book chapters3 evidence registers1 shared question: what becomes possible?
Curiosity, with an evidence compass.● Established · demonstrated● Inferred · argued from evidence● Speculative · a future possibility
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10 topics · Follow your curiosity
DESIGN THE SUBSTRATE
Established
Proteins we can imagine
Generative protein design
Generative models propose new protein structures. Experiments determine which designs actually work.
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DESIGN THE SUBSTRATE
Inferred
Small machines, big possibilities
AI and industrial enzymes
A practical research direction: use AI to propose enzymes, then measure their performance against a baseline.
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DESIGN THE SUBSTRATE
Established
Editing with a purpose
Somatic gene editing
Gene editing has reached approved treatment in specific settings. That is a precise milestone, not universal editability.
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READ THE SUBSTRATE
Established
The genome has a context
Epigenetics and gene regulation
Chemical marks and cellular context influence gene activity without changing the underlying DNA sequence.
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READ THE SUBSTRATE
Established
A new partner at the bench
AI for scientific hypotheses
AI systems can help scientists synthesize literature and propose hypotheses. Expert judgment and experiments remain central.
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MODEL THE SUBSTRATE
Speculative
A cell before the experiment
Virtual cells
The ambition is to model how cells respond to changes, so researchers can test more ideas before going to the laboratory.
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DESIGN THE SUBSTRATE
Inferred
From a candidate to a cure
AI-assisted drug discovery
AI can contribute to finding and prioritizing candidates. The route to a useful medicine still runs through experiments and clinical evidence.
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MODEL THE SUBSTRATE
Speculative
Meeting molecules on their terms
Quantum chemistry
Quantum computers offer a research direction for molecular simulation. Useful advantage must be demonstrated for each task.
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READ THE SUBSTRATE
Inferred
Who gets to hold the pen?
Consent and biological agency
The book asks how biological capabilities can expand individual agency while respecting consent and human dignity.
Next 2–5 yearsExplore ↗
Editorial source check: 2026-10-04. Briefs are curated snapshots, not a live news feed. Forecasts are editorial scenarios, not promised delivery dates. Read each brief’s limits and original sources.
From understanding to investigation
THE RESEARCH STUDIO · PROPOSED PROGRAM
What if we could test the possibility?
Our first proposed project compares AI-assisted enzyme selection with a conventional baseline. Follow the question, the planned evaluation, and the milestones needed before any result can be claimed.
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