Adaptyv Bio Connects Laboratory Testing to OpenAI's Rosalind Workbench

Adaptyv Bio Connects Laboratory Testing to OpenAI's Rosalind Workbench

On 29 August, Adaptyv Bio, an automated laboratory for protein experiments, announced that it had connected its laboratory testing capabilities to OpenAI's Rosalind Workbench through the Adaptyv API. Experimental data will inform the next round of protein design.

On 28 August, OpenAI launched Rosalind Workbench as a workspace for biological research. Researchers can use it to develop a research question, conduct an analysis, and prepare an experimental plan. In OpenAI's example, Workbench helped select nanobody candidates, which are small proteins that bind to a specified molecule. It then planned and estimated the cost of binding assays for five nanobodies.

The new integration adds a laboratory step to this plan. The Adaptyv API, a software interface connecting the program to the laboratory, sends a protein sequence, meaning the ordered series of amino acids, for experimental testing. The laboratory can test whether the manufactured protein binds to the target molecule and return the results through the platform or API.

Adaptyv Bio states that data from the physical experiment feed directly into the next round of design. The result of the binding assay therefore informs the selection of the next protein sequence.