Proto: A programming language for generative biology

The Laboratory of Evolutionary Design is releasing Proto, a framework that integrates AI tools for biological design, aiming to accelerate the process of assembling natural components in biological research.

Biological research has relied on assembling natural components through trial-and-error or screening candidates.

AI models for protein design, RNA engineering, and gene regulation have the potential to accelerate this process.

These AI tools remain isolated in computational silos, out of reach for many experimental biologists.