Research

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Measuring Mid-2025 LLM-Assistance on Novice Performance in Biology

We conducted the largest and longest in-person randomized controlled trial in AIxBio to assess whether frontier AI enhances novices in molecular biology

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Inverted Kaplan-Meier curve of cumulative cell-culture success over time. Novices in the AI-access arm successfully cultured HEK293T cells six days earlier than the internet-access arm.
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ABC-Bench: Testing AI Capabilities in Lab Automation

We collaborated on a SecureBio-led project: Agentic Bio-Capabilities Benchmark (ABC-Bench) to measure the extent to which AI agents can perform end-to-end tasks in biology.

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AI agent and robotic automated liquid handler performing an end-to-end biology task.
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Investigating Countermeasures for Mirror Bacteria

We conducted three experiments to provide data on whether society could defend against hypothetical mirror bacteria.

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Scanning electron microscope image of rod-shaped E. coli bacteria.
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