Manual and Laborious Nature of Chemical Synthesis
Chemical synthesis remains largely manual, limiting throughput and reproducibility. The field requires robust automation to accelerate discovery and production of new molecules.
Foundational Capabilities (7)
Advance the field of chemistry automation through additional robotics and high-throughput platforms, enabling scalable synthesis processes.
Implement a “chemputer” system to automate chemical synthesis processes, reducing human intervention and increasing reproducibility.
Develop and utilize a better set of standardized building blocks to enable modular synthesis, making the assembly of complex molecules more efficient and scalable.
Direct long DNA synthesis could still be cheaper.
Biosecurity consideration: implementation should be governed by security measures such as:
• Trustless DNA synthesis screening
• Hardware lock for DNA synthesizer
See these capabilities under the “Risks of Malicious Bioengineering” bottleneck.