{"id":22744,"date":"2024-03-14T12:10:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leibniz-inm.de\/?page_id=22744"},"modified":"2026-04-10T08:38:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:38:04","slug":"accelerated-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leibniz-inm.de\/en\/research\/core-facilities\/accelerated-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Accelerated Research Foundry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Using automation to build new materials at the interface of Synthetic Biology, Material and Computer Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Leibniz-INM accelerated research foundry (ARF)<\/strong> core facility is a specialized research and service laboratory focused on developing automation methods and workflows at the interface of the material sciences, synthetic biology, and artificial intelligence. Our goal is to accelerate the development of cutting-edge function, performance, and sustainability in new materials. For this, we use rational and combinatorial engineering of biological and chemical building blocks to compose hybrid materials. With the help of machine-learning and other computational methods, DBTL (design-build-test-learn) iterative cycles are performed to reach desired functionalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 1:<\/strong> The accelerated research foundry (ARF) aims at catalyzing the discovery process of new materials. Automated laboratory methods allow the high-throughput formulation and analysis of materials, whereas computational methods allow the prediction of their properties from the information in their chemical and biological building blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Leibniz-INM Accelerated Research Foundry (ARF):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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  • Interfaces with the wider academic, startup and company ecologies in its international surroundings<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Has strong collaboration with Chemical Analytics, Electron and Fluorescence Microscopy Core INM Facilities and research groups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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