Analyze biological samples and omics data
As of 2026-10-09, AI does this work at L2 Partial automation. 12 updates bear on it. Strongest evidence: From the publisher only.
- Level
- L2Partial automation
- Updates
- 12
- Companies
- 4Microsoft · Anthropic · Google
- Strongest evidence
- T3From the publisher only
What moved it
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- 2026-09-29MicrosoftMicrosoft Research introduces Quine, a multimodal world model of biology
Microsoft Research describes Quine, an early-stage research effort to create a multimodal world model of biology connecting insights across biological scales and modalities.
- 2026-09-23AnthropicClaude discovers unknown bacteriophage enzyme system
Anthropic reports that Claude discovered a previously unknown enzyme system in bacteriophage DNA, adjacent to a CRISPR-like repeating DNA array.
- 2026-09-17AnthropicAnthropic work on running biology open-source models more cheaply
Anthropic discusses making specialized open-source biology models cheaper to run to broaden their impact.
- 2026-09-17GoogleResearchers use AlphaGenome Atlas to identify disease-causing DNA variants
Researchers at the Broad Institute, University of Exeter, and beyond are using AlphaGenome Atlas to identify potential disease-causing DNA variants and interpret their role.
- 2026-09-11OpenAIGPT-Rosalind available in API and Codex for biological reasoning
OpenAI made GPT-Rosalind available in the API and Codex to bring stronger biological reasoning to research, helping connect findings across papers and experimental results.
- 2026-09-11GoogleGoogle Antigravity launches AlphaGenome Atlas Skills and /boost command
Google Antigravity team launched AlphaGenome Atlas Skills to accelerate genomic discovery using AI agents, and added a /boost command for complex developer tasks via multi-agent reasoning.
- 2026-09-09GoogleGoogle Research releases complete male fruit fly brain wiring diagram
Google Research's Connectomics team, with HHMI Janelia, released the complete wiring diagram of a male fruit fly's brain and central nervous system, the largest brain map by proofread neurons to date.
- 2026-09-08GoogleGoogle DeepMind launches AlphaGenome Atlas
Google DeepMind introduces AlphaGenome Atlas, an AI-powered searchable database mapping the predicted impact of all 9 billion possible single-letter DNA changes.
- 2026-09-03GoogleGoogle Research evaluates cross-population genetic risk prediction methods
Google Research published a blog evaluating ways to improve cross-population genetic risk prediction, finding that transfer learning from European cohorts helps small populations but degrades accuracy as target cohort sample sizes grow.
- 2026-09-03GoogleGoogle Research and HHMI Janelia release complete male fruit fly brain map
Google Research, in partnership with HHMI Janelia, introduced a complete map of the male fruit fly brain and central nervous system with over 166,000 neurons, described as the largest cellular brain map to date.
- 2026-08-31MicrosoftGigaPath-Flash and GigaTIME-Flash pathology foundation models
Microsoft Research presents GigaPath-Flash and GigaTIME-Flash, pathology foundation models that cut computational demands while maintaining strong performance.
- 2026-08-26GoogleGoogle Research introduces GlucoFM glucose monitoring foundation model
Google Research introduced GlucoFM, a lightweight self-supervised continuous glucose monitoring foundation model that separates metabolic baselines from transient spikes.