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To accelerate the discovery of next-generation therapeutic antibodies.
LabGenius's protein engineering platform integrates several technologies from the fields of machine learning, synthetic biology, and robotics. It uses computational methods to explore protein fitness landscapes and improve multiple drug properties simultaneously.
The discovery of protein therapeutics has historically been highly artisanal, relying heavily on humans for both experimental design and execution. This dependence is limiting because, as a species, we’re cognitively incapable of fully grasping the complexity of biological systems. LabGenius is pushing the boundaries of protein engineering through the development of EVA - a smart robotic platform capable of designing, conducting and critically, learning from its own experiments. The learning aspect means that EVA gets continuously smarter as it unpicks the genetic design rules that underpin life.
LabGenius is deploying EVA to develop novel antibody fragments in therapeutic areas, including solid tumours, where there's a distinct advantage over traditional antibody formats. EVA engineers high-value protein drug properties that currently remain a challenge, such as efficacy, potency, selectivity, and manufacturability.
The team at LabGenius are excited by this rapid experimentation and are looking at how the same principles can be applied more widely to find treatments for human diseases.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Apr 2024
$44.6m
SERIES B
Jan 2022
$1.3m
GRANT
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James Field
(CEO)Earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Microbiology, a Master of Science degree in Systems and Synthetic Biology and a PhD in Synthetic Biology from Imperial.
Joined as Office & Operations Manager, being promoted to People Operations Manager after 7 months. As of November 2021, they're working as a Senior People Partner.
Alex joined LabGenius as a Software Engineer in November 2020. In January 2023 Alex was promoted to Associate Principal Software Engineer as the functional lead of the team.
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LabGenius has a powerful mission to revolutionise the discovery of protein therapeutics. In reality this means we are able to develop treatments for people who are suffering from debilitating and otherwise difficult to treat diseases. It's amazing to be a part of that.
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Inspiring mission
Dec 2020
The whole company contributed the creation of our values, so we're really bought in and understand why they exist. To make sure we reinforce these as we grow, we have a slot each month in our company meeting dedicated to celebrating individuals who have lived our values.
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Clear values
Dec 2020
Everyone in the company is given a generous budget to use towards books, courses and events to help them grow both professionally and personally. The books then go in to our library for everyone to share. We also have regular tech talks presented by our own team and also external guests.
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Opportunities to learn
Dec 2020