TU Delft and Royal DSM join forces in new laboratory for AI and biotechnology

TU Delft and Royal DSM join forces in new laboratory for AI and biotechnology

TU Delft and Royal DSM are joining forces in a new laboratory for artificial intelligence and biotechnology, the Artificial Intelligence Lab for Biosciences (the AI4B.io Lab). Biotechnology is a branch of science that advances primarily through processes of trial and error. This will be different in the new lab. Relevant microorganisms will be brought to life in a digital environment with the aid of digital twins, a virtual and a lifelike version, TU Delft and DSM state in a press release. Machine learning will generate insight into how to tweak the microorganisms and biotech processes. Although AI is already widely applied in engineering research – for instance, to replace physical wind turbines or tunnels with digital twins – the AI4B.io Lab will be one of the first of its kind to explore AI’s potential in biosciences and biotechnology.