The DeSci movement is popping off! 9️⃣projects in DeSci I think are cool 👇 1. VitaDAO is a community-owned collective that funds and supports longevity science. Holders of the VITA token choose which research projects to support and contribute to in the fight against age-related diseases 2. LabDAO is an online life science research collective offering open tools and infrastructure for computational projects. Researchers can access BioML models, such as those for protein binder design and protein folding, without setting up models locally. This enables immediate experimentation with clearly defined input fields, access to all parameters, and the ability to run multiple jobs in parallel. 3. HairDAO is an open-source R&D network where patients and researchers collaborate to develop new treatments for hair loss. Users can anonymously log their treatment experiences in the HairDAO app, contribute to hair loss research, and earn HAIR tokens as a reward. 4. ValleyDAO addresses critical climate and food challenges by funding and incubating academic research and building a community in synthetic biology and industrial biotechnology. 5. Cerebrum DAO is an open global community dedicated to advancing brain health and preventing neurodegeneration, with a primary focus on Alzheimer's. This community funds "moonshots" in brain health—high-risk, high-reward projects with revolutionary potential. The key focus areas include neuroinflammation, metabolic alterations, reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial dysfunction, and the blood-brain barrier. 6. Bio dot xyz, a biotech DAO accelerator, and DeSci meta-governance layer provide funding and support to innovators in decentralized science. 7. AthenaDAO is a decentralized community of researchers, funders, and advocates dedicated to advancing women's health research, education, and funding. The organization sources, funds, and incubates translational research, supporting projects from discovery through licensing IP assets and creating spin-out companies 8. CryoDAO aims to advance cryopreservation research with high potential to improve the field's quality and capabilities. Cryopreservation has numerous applications, including organ and human preservation. C 9. PsyDAO aims to build a user-owned and operated psychedelic future, ensuring that psychedelic intellectual property is freely traded, collectively owned, and responsibly managed for the benefit of all humankind.

Awesome tools to design novel proteins Just a bit more than 10 days to go until the submission deadline of our first protein design competition at @adaptyvbio! We’ve been getting lots of interest from people curious about learning how to design proteins so we created a resource to highlight some of the tools available. Check them out here: design.adaptyvbio.com/tools and submit your designs to the competition till August 18!