Results of the Protein Engineering Tournament: An Open Science Benchmark for Protein Modeling and Design.

The grand challenge of protein engineering is the development of computational models to characterize and generate protein sequences for arbitrary functions. Progress is limited by lack of (1) benchmarking opportunities, (2) large protein function datasets, and (3) access to experimental protein characterization. We introduce the Protein Engineering Tournament-a fully-remote competition designed to foster the development and evaluation of computational approaches in protein engineering.

Support academic access to automated cloud labs to improve reproducibility.

Cloud labs, where experiments are executed remotely in robotic facilities, can improve the reproducibility, accessibility, and scalability of experimental biology. Funding and training programs will enable academics to overcome barriers to adopting such technology.