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Such a study would illuminate the role of infections in increasing disease risk and progression.\n\nThis effort could serve as a sequel to the Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) that have been performed since the completion of the Human Genome Project. Many diseases failed to show obvious genetic etiologies from those GWAS efforts, suggesting a role for the environment in disease causation. Large-scale infection profiling could therefore unearth etiologies that were not possible to detect by GWAS.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1c0cb37e-2a00-8036-900b-dc05bc9fa785", "1c0cb37e-2a00-8009-bdc1-c145dea4560e", "1c0cb37e-2a00-8015-98cf-d61116a06a31", "1c0cb37e-2a00-800e-8518-c6faa7d74ae1" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-8013-ab45-d8eab2f7a3fb", "name": "Repertoire- and Cellular Subset-Level Adaptive Immune Tools", "slug": "repertoire-and-cellular-subset-level-adaptive-immune-tools", "description": "Adapt and build experimental and computational methods to read out distributed and sparse immune memory signatures from adaptive immune cells. Beyond individual antibody-antigen binding, this approach focuses on signatures distributed across cellular subpopulations and the repertoire. 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One approach involves using ultrasound to transiently open the\n blood–brain barrier, releasing engineered protein markers into the\n bloodstream for detection.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-800a-b24f-f451b0b6b4f8", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8063-862d-d35bfbc2680c", "1d1cb37e-2a00-80ac-8d25-e5893241cd85" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-8034-ba73-cefc0f554570", "name": "Longitudinal Multi-Omic Immune Profiling\n Across Populations", "slug": "longitudinal-multi-omic-immune-profiling-across-populations", "description": "Generate longitudinal, multi-omic immunological data from a diverse\n cohort of individuals. 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This map will facilitate antibody–antigen binding prediction, allowing the identification of target antigens based solely on immune cell DNA sequences.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-806b-9d9a-d803bb609e94", "1b6cb37e-2a00-805c-ba8b-d9f170beb87e", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80cc-a833-da4ffb92866c", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80f4-a093-c95e9f2fce1c", "1f0cb37e-2a00-803d-8883-c2082433f224" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-803c-9ae5-f521d7801fbc", "name": "Freezing and Unfreezing Time for Living\n Cells", "slug": "freezing-and-unfreezing-time-for-living-cells", "description": "Develop methods to “freeze” and subsequently “unfreeze” living cells,\n effectively capturing dynamic states for later analysis and then resuming\n cellular function.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-807e-9dcb-e0fd33b31e8d" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-803f-a319-d774aea566fd", "name": "Datasets that Quantitatively Capture the Full Space of Behavior", "slug": "datasets-that-quantitatively-capture-the-full-space-of-behavior", "description": "Use rich data collection and machine learning to correlate natural behavior with neural activity in animals and humans and decipher the “grammar” and subcomponents of bodily movement.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-807a-8c53-dfeb91b8505c", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8097-863e-d02dc4289e4c", "1b6cb37e-2a00-804d-81da-d575763b81cc" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-8040-b9d2-f221d4502f91", "name": "Mapping the Hypothalamus and Brainstem", "slug": "mapping-the-hypothalamus-and-brainstem", "description": "Systematically map how specific brain regions like the hypothalamus and brainstem (arguably the “steering subsystem” of the brain) drive innate behaviors and learning signals, and understand their role in obesity, chronic pain, fertility, inflammation, and other disorders.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-80cb-8e78-f57629a7c36f", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8086-949c-fa2b0818bee8", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80a5-af1f-d21b921b3a54", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80a9-9289-ed51f405dd88", "216cb37e-2a00-803d-9997-e92d9239d5ce", "216cb37e-2a00-80a3-90f6-e168fee39eee", "216cb37e-2a00-80b0-90ca-cc30dfbc43dd" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-8043-a6ad-e037b8aad421", "name": "Novel Fast-Scanning Microscopy of Brain Cortex", "slug": "novel-fast-scanning-microscopy-of-brain-cortex", "description": "Develop innovative microscopy techniques that enable rapid, high-resolution imaging of neuronal networks in vivo at single–neuron resolution (e.g., Light Beads Microscopy)", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-809e-bf08-e018143dd8f2" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-8048-9641-e10b875bb35b", "name": "Metabolomics", "slug": "metabolomics", "description": "Establish foundational datasets and machine learning models for inverse\n mass spectrometry of small molecules, enabling interpretation of metabolomic\n data at the single-cell level.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-8047-a32b-faa41805ec49", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80d8-af2e-d681516144f8", "1b6cb37e-2a00-806d-9826-d6242982bb9a", "1b6cb37e-2a00-807d-8de5-c65e5b2dd881", "1b6cb37e-2a00-804c-9860-d2a300489557" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-804d-8639-eaa7b5153815", "name": "Minimally Invasive Ultrasound–Based Whole\n Brain Computer Interface", "slug": "minimally-invasive-ultrasound-based-whole-brain-computer-interface", "description": "Develop a minimally invasive ultrasound-based platform that can interface\n programmably with the whole human brain. This approach leverages ultrasound’s\n ability to penetrate deep tissues, offering scalable imaging and modulation\n with minimal invasiveness.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-80dc-a5d9-f625304e41de", "1cccb37e-2a00-80a7-b44d-d01cdcfe05b2" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-8058-8429-cfd3c79b7f53", "name": "Universal Immune-Computer Interface (ICI)", "slug": "universal-immune-computer-interface-ici", "description": "Develop a universal immune-computer interface to enhance the immune\n system’s targeting of pathogens and cancers, while reducing issues such as\n autoimmunity and transplant rejection. The ICI would involve two-way\n coupling—where the immune system and computer mutually optimize their\n matching processes—and real-time feedback loops. An example could be a\n wearable device that integrates mRNA manufacturing with single-cell\n sequencing.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1c0cb37e-2a00-80b8-a40c-efbfd8c59d19" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-805b-bbfb-e4702bbbb27c", "name": "High-Throughput Single-Cell Proteomics", "slug": "high-throughput-single-cell-proteomics", "description": "Develop new technologies to improve the cost-performance of single-cell\n proteomics (>100x), enabling proteome-wide analysis at scale. This would\n allow proteins—the functional output of genetics—to be analyzed\n comprehensively across complex biological systems. Some of these technologies\n are single-molecule, some are not. ", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-80d5-947c-c46c5c06918a", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8028-9353-d88b2b9194bf", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8060-97e6-e2d3f0e147ba", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80fe-b715-ef7ba49f7437" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-806f-8585-e74b56bf89f4", "name": "In-Vivo Connectomics", "slug": "in-vivo-connectomics", "description": "Create methods to map neuronal connectivity in living brains, capturing the dynamic interactions between neurons at a single-cell level.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-80e5-aae3-d5a60058cfd1" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-8082-a289-e7c4d1fe7f6e", "name": "Low Energy Multiphoton Brain Imaging", "slug": "low-energy-multiphoton-brain-imaging", "description": "Develop a novel physical pathway for multiphoton fluorescence generation that enables optical sectioning and excitation at red wavelengths with simple systems like continuous wave lasers.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-8087-b7d1-fae76e27cd6b" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-808e-8f5e-f2f13b51343d", "name": "In-Vivo Optical Transparency of Brain Tissue", "slug": "in-vivo-optical-transparency-of-brain-tissue", "description": "Develop techniques that render brain tissue optically transparent in vivo, allowing deeper and higher-resolution imaging of neural networks without invasive sectioning.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-80a3-aa20-efdf1d400364" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-808f-8016-ed0e34bb66e3", "name": "Universal Latent Variable Model of\n Cellular State", "slug": "universal-latent-variable-model-of-cellular-state", "description": "Train predictive models that can probabilistically infer any missing\n omics data from any available measurements by learning a broadly useful\n latent space. Such a universal representation of cellular state could become\n the foundation for many predictive and diagnostic applications.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-8089-95ec-d135489606d2", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80eb-8e5e-d75312d5f8f8", "1f0cb37e-2a00-808f-a150-d36088efe3c9" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-8096-a2ca-c60028df9030", "name": "Real-Time Dynamics of Patient Molecular Biology", "slug": "real-time-dynamics-of-patient-molecular-biology", "description": "The ability to study the real-time dynamics of molecular pathways in living humans remains extremely limited in time-resolution (frequency and duration) and scalability (beyond lab testing). Continuous, minimally invasive technologies are needed to improve our understanding of human physiology, accurately diagnose patients, and assess the impact of clinical interventions. Molecular engineering, particularly protein engineering, and integrated circuit design can be combined to develop new, miniaturized devices.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1c0cb37e-2a00-80d5-ae3d-f1c488cc8f7d", "1c8cb37e-2a00-8019-9dd9-d4eee61109b6", "1c8cb37e-2a00-805c-9c14-c8ef7382fc09", "1c8cb37e-2a00-802e-8be7-c5373f943f2b", "1c8cb37e-2a00-8017-ae6d-e36837d2b17f" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-809f-99e9-f255d62e2815", "name": "Mapping Other Key Biomolecules", "slug": "mapping-other-key-biomolecules", "description": "Develop technology suites for single-cell glycomics and lipidomics using\n methods such as in-situ multi-cycle imaging or spatially resolved\n nanopore/mass spectrometry. This would scale up the mapping of key molecules\n beyond proteins and metabolites.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-8023-93fd-f94a5930e46f", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8004-93d7-ccb8f759429f", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8003-b6b9-e57479d2329a", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80bf-b242-d621bce32e5a" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-80ae-bb31-f2cc484cbf8f", "name": "Scalable, Anatomically and Molecularly Dense Brain Mapping Technology", "slug": "scalable-anatomically-and-molecularly-dense-brain-mapping-technology", "description": "Develop a scalable technology that can map the brain’s wiring at the single–cell level and link molecular and circuit properties.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-8094-9836-fb5c2abe0623", "1c0cb37e-2a00-8000-99b2-d79e53ace7d0", "1c0cb37e-2a00-80bb-ab4e-e7ca61c83028", "1d6cb37e-2a00-80ea-b0ca-f5455b973854" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-80af-8c60-cca83e5a230c", "name": "Less Invasive Access to the Brain Through Very Tiny Skull Holes", "slug": "less-invasive-access-to-the-brain-through-very-tiny-skull-holes", "description": "Access brain fluids through much tinier holes than currently possible to facilitate less invasive delivery of drugs or devices to intracranial or intraventricular spaces.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-8054-9bf3-dfb7ddb37bc2" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-80b0-8054-d56e1fa698d0", "name": "Automated Mechanistic Interpretability of Generative AI Models Trained on Biological Data", "slug": "automated-mechanistic-interpretability-of-generative-ai-models-trained-on-biological-data", "description": "Develop automated approaches for mechanistic interpretability of virtual\n neural network models trained on biological state data. This would enable the\n extraction of mechanistic insights from predictive models, potentially\n informing both basic science and therapeutic design.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-808f-9769-dfdff829866d" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-80bd-bee4-fd98fc7e54d8", "name": "Fully Noninvasive Neural Read–Write Technologies", "slug": "fully-noninvasive-neural-read-write-technologies", "description": "Use noninvasive modalities—such as ambient field magnetoencephalography\n (MEG) with quantum gradiometers, sono–magnetic tomography, optical\n interference methods, and ultrasound modulated optical tomography—to record\n and modulate brain activity without surgery.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-800a-84af-e7a7f48e271f", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80a3-9f83-c96b9506e607", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80a5-a6bb-c8cc1c3655e1", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80ef-a406-f0b632676cc1", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8070-b40b-cc4841034fe4", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8092-aadd-c061e1e17047", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80e4-98e3-e7ee4417c7dc", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8010-bca7-ca850e36318a", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8077-8780-d05947469e0f", "22fcb37e-2a00-8080-a04d-c07f26830903" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-80be-946e-c837881d5ef5", "name": "Molecular 3D Scanning", "slug": "molecular-3d-scanning", "description": "Create whole-cell, nanometer-resolved, in-situ multi-omic imaging\n approaches that can map hundreds to thousands of molecules (e.g., proteins,\n RNAs) within intact specimens at nanoscale resolution. The core chemistries\n and imaging technologies for this exist, but they need to be integrated and\n brought to scale. We could, for example, comprehensively measure the many\n aspects of the “Hallmarks of Aging” within a single tissue sample.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-80e3-bfbe-dd65dbee1104", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80e7-a1e5-db56a49845ef" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-80c8-8277-dc36cd05a858", "name": "Data–Driven AI Models of Brain Systems", "slug": "data-driven-ai-models-of-brain-systems", "description": "Use machine learning to construct functional digital emulations of human\n and primate brain systems. These models, built at varying levels of fidelity,\n support automated interpretability and data-driven discovery.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-8038-9fe8-d296e9aa99bf", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80bc-8d6d-d8ce9d0b918c", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80ac-a51b-ec928e69860e", "1b6cb37e-2a00-806d-b2ca-f083b8e3894f", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8048-b3e3-fb8fec96d83b", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80be-975e-f6f4019975ae", "1c0cb37e-2a00-80cf-a06b-f8744fdcdbf0" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-80ca-b324-cdcdac9a2f59", "name": "Live Cell Subcellular Imaging &\n Foundation Models", "slug": "live-cell-subcellular-imaging-foundation-models", "description": "Develop live cell subcellular imaging techniques in tissues combined with\n computational foundation models to interpret the resulting data, enabling\n detailed mapping of subcellular structures and their dynamics  in native environments.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-8000-9313-e16a28b29a0f", "1d7cb37e-2a00-80a5-9e1f-c6013d108bc4", "216cb37e-2a00-803d-b246-c2545ab04545" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-80cc-8e5f-f4dc2d15c252", "name": "Rapid High–Resolution Neural Circuit Visualization", "slug": "rapid-high-resolution-neural-circuit-visualization", "description": "Combine advanced imaging\n methods—such as synchrotron X–ray microscopy and expansion microscopy—to\n rapidly and scalably image neural circuits in both small and large brain\n regions. This method promises high spatial resolution with faster throughput.\n \n ", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-80df-8773-e9c686230917", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8067-b786-db8c81ba9da6" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-80dd-bd1d-c9863e9b5fae", "name": "Embodied Testbeds for Neuro–Cognitive Models", "slug": "embodied-testbeds-for-neuro-cognitive-models", "description": "Develop virtual models (e.g., a virtual fly, rodent) to simulate neuro–cognitive processes in a controlled, embodied environment.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-80ab-b962-f62bbb4b842a", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8058-98cf-f77fbf429135", "1c0cb37e-2a00-8081-9ce1-c0915107e144" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-80e3-a775-ffb918e3064c", "name": "Binders for Every Epitope", "slug": "binders-for-every-epitope", "description": "Highly specific mAb/nanobody type binders for every target epitope,\n including for specific post-translational modifications", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-8093-a068-ef1915b8f8ac" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-80f0-965d-e326c333b76e", "name": "Micro- to Nano-Scale Minimally Invasive\n BCI Transducers", "slug": "micro-to-nano-scale-minimally-invasive-bci-transducers", "description": "Harmless nanoscale transducers to record or modulate brain activity that\n can be delivered minimally invasively.", "gaps": [], "resources": [ "1b6cb37e-2a00-80b2-892a-caa74ee9c8e6", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8085-ba94-d1578f1ea4ed", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80eb-b5fa-da10d6195b8d", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80c4-a319-f4ce76e8f0ff", "1b6cb37e-2a00-8094-b261-d9d1cc331ad0", "1b6cb37e-2a00-80c0-b425-d9c35c58948b" ], "tags": [] }, { "id": "1b4cb37e-2a00-80f3-9824-e12d0bfe0f19", "name": "Immune Tolerance Induction to Enable In-Human Synthetic Biology with Foreign Proteins", "slug": "immune-tolerance-induction-to-enable-in-human-synthetic-biology-with-foreign-proteins", "description": "We need a way to programmably induce immune tolerance to a user-defined foreign protein, in order to enable many new forms of gene and cell therapy (not to mention help with autoimmune diseases). 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