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Machine Learning-Assisted Directed Evolution with Bruce Wittmann

Lever • 19 implied HN points • 16 Oct 24
🔬 Science Biotechnology Machine Learning Research Methods Protein engineering
  1. Bruce Wittmann's journey in science started from pre-med and led him to research at notable institutes like Caltech.
  2. He worked on machine learning to improve protein engineering, building tools that can help many people in the field.
  3. His collaboration with renowned scientists and contributions to published research highlight the exciting potential in protein design and computational biology.

Product Digest: Latch Plots, Protein Engineering and GPU-enabled Bioinformatics

LatchBio • 12 implied HN points • 13 Nov 24
🕹 Technology Bioinformatics Machine Learning Data Visualization Software Development Protein engineering
  1. Latch Bio offers a new Protein Engineering Toolkit with over 16 tools that help create and analyze proteins. This means scientists can now design better drugs and enzymes more easily.
  2. The new software called Latch Plots makes it easier for scientists to visualize biological data. It allows them to create dynamic graphs and analyze data from various sources without much hassle.
  3. Using GPU technology in bioinformatics speeds up data processing significantly. This upgrade allows researchers to analyze large datasets quickly, which is essential for drug discovery and many research projects.

Unlocking Precision Fermentation Via Protein Engineering

Splitting Infinity • 39 implied HN points • 30 Oct 23
🔬 Science Biochemistry Biotechnology Genetics Protein engineering Synthetic Biology
  1. Yeast, especially in precision fermentation, can be genetically modified to produce a wide range of chemicals, biologics, and medicines by augmenting their genes.
  2. The main challenge in precision fermentation is reducing costs, particularly in the purification process where proteins are separated from complex solutions.
  3. Novel techniques like self-cleaving tags and self-aggregating proteins offer promising solutions for purifying proteins in a cost-effective and efficient manner, potentially eliminating the need for expensive purification methods like column chromatography.

Hot Topics #23 (May 2, 2023)

The Merge • 0 implied HN points • 02 May 23
🕹 Technology ML Protein engineering
  1. Boosted Prompt Ensembles can enhance large language models' performance for reasoning
  2. Large language models like ChatGPT can excel in relevance ranking for Information Retrieval tasks
  3. Autonomous driving systems can be trained efficiently using deep RL without simulation or expert demonstrations

AI has unblocked progress toward advanced nanotechnologies

AI Prospects: Toward Global Goal Convergence • 0 implied HN points • 31 Mar 24
🔬 Science Deep Learning Protein engineering Artificial Intelligence
  1. AI, particularly deep learning, has enabled breakthroughs in protein engineering, paving the way for advanced nanotechnologies.
  2. Transformative nanotechnologies will bring about atomically-precise fabrication, scalable products, high-throughput processing, and wide-ranging applications in various fields like medicine, spaceflight, carbon capture, and computation.
  3. AI is key in driving progress towards transformative nanotechnologies, with physically manifested digital revolutions that will revolutionize how we create things in the material world.
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