On October 7th we presented xyna.bio at the iGEM MiniJamboree to talented young scientists from Benelux and Germany. For us, this is the dress rehearsal for the worldwide iGEM competition from October 23 to 26 in Paris.
We are eagerly awaiting the worldwide IGEM competition from October 23 to 26 in Paris. We will have a stand there and will present xyna.bio in the conference program to around 4,000 talented young scientists from the field of synthetic biology. There are 400 participating teams from 60 countries. We offer participants the opportunity to take part in our xyna beta test so that we can incorporate their feedback into the further development of xyna.bio
After the young scientists in Paris, we will conclude our events in 2024 by presenting xyna.bio at the scientific conference Sigtrans for Signal Transduction in Weimar. This will be Workshop B “Hot Topics in Signal Transduction” (Monday, 4.11.24, 19:30 - 21:00) where we will give the following talk: Computational pipelines based on Artificial Intelligence – a versatile low-threshold tool for biomedicine J. Borbeck1, K. Friedrich2, B. Reifenhäuser2 University of Tübingen, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Tübingen, Germany GIP AG Gesellschaft für Industriephysik, Mainz, Germany Bioinformatics and, more recently, Artificial Intelligence (AI) have immensely advanced biomedical research and development. While analysis of sequence information is widely used for quite some time now, the prediction of protein structures using AlphaFold and similar software lately came as a revolutionary novelty. Hence, analyses and simulations in the “DryLab” in today’s time can very efficiently complement “WetLab” work. However, fully exploiting the potential of underlying tools often still requires IT and programming skills. The Xyna.bio platform provides a low-threshold access for all biomedical scientists to the assembly and employment of AI-driven tool chains. This approach can largely facilitate the pursuit of most diverse projects without the need for particular IT expertise, conveniently connecting the researcher to the rapidly expanding universe of AI in biomedicine. We will demonstrate the potential of Xyna.bio on the following examples generation of biological sensors and closedloop-hyperautomated computer aided drug design.
Last Friday, xyna.bio hosted a highly successful hackathon, bringing together motivated students and industry experts to work on cutting-edge biotech solutions using our first beta version. We are thrilled to share the highlights and achievements from this inspiring event. Participants tackled ambitious projects, including optimizing a protein involved in plastic degradation and designing a synthetic serotonin-like molecule for Alzheimer's disease treatment. With our initial pipeline, teams were able to design workflows from scratch and present initial results within just a few hours, showcasing the powerful capabilities of xyna.bio. One of the standout achievements was the integration of a ChatGPT node by the students, demonstrating the innovative potential of combining AI with biotech. We are excited to announce that we will be pursuing the addition of this ChatGPT node into the first official version of xyna.bio, set to launch later this year. Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting development!
We had the incredible opportunity to participate in the BFH European iGEM Meetup and lead a workshop on leveraging AI in bioscientific research, showcasing our solution xyna.bio. We were overrun by motivation and eagerness, with our workshop being among the most signed up for among the 150 participants! Our mission to empower bioscientists with xyna.bio struck a nerve with everyone around, showcasing the need for an innovative way to integrate wet and dry lab processes and automate complex bioinformatical analysis for the scientists that need it. Read the full story here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/xollx-futurelab_we-had-the-incredible-opportunity-to-participate-activity-7203402023600275457-Rz5P?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Our new series Future on Site jumpstarted with an inspiring mixture of young scientists coming together to create future synthetic biology solutions. The eagerness to develop new algorithmic tools and solve modern problems of our local iGEM Teams is fascinating, gaining them each a XOLLX iGEM Grant prize to develop their projects. A highlight was the firsthand insight, invaluable for the development of our Saturn project derived xyna.bio. The idea of an AI-aided bioinformatical analysis hyperautomation platform was greeted by all with enthusiastic discussions and ideas. The shared vision among all at the Future on Site: Next GenAI goes Bio once again showed the great innovative potential that we are eager to harness in these interdisciplinary events. Thank you again to everyone from the iGEM Tübingen, iGEM Aachen, iGEM Frankfurt and CompuGene Student Lab for the amazing first Future On Site Event. We will persist in gathering innovative minds to further work on creating our future.
Future On Site: Next GenAI goes Bio We're thrilled to unveil our vision for xyna.bio - a pioneering GenAI-aided, graph-based platform tailored for bioinformatic analytics. Our platform design is set to empower scientists to streamline their analyses and pipelines without the need for coding expertise or the hassle of deployment all powered by our innovative xyna.ai Saturn program. Join us on the 12. April at the GIP headquarters in Mainz where we'll demonstrate xyna.bio in action, discuss the future of bioinformatical hyperautomation and share visions with local iGEM Teams, students and professionals. For updates and registration: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/xollx-futurelab/