Accelerating the Development and Commercialization of a Robot Scientist/Self-Driving Biological Laboratory

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John Wikswo
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UNIVERSITY DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY & BIOPHYSICS, AND PHYSICS

This project seeks to develop scalable, 1,000-channel CAPCAS microbioreactor systems to accelerate AI/ML-driven advancements in cell-culture control for biologically produced pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals. The outcome will enable more efficient cell-line identification, media optimization, and bioreactor control, ultimately transforming the BioPharma industry by improving automation and scaling of cell-culture studies.

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