AI4b.io
AI solutions for the next step in BioScience

The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory for Bioscience (AI4b.io) is a collaboration between dsm-firmenich and Delft University of Technology. AI4b.io is aiming at long-term innovation in the fields of Artificial and Bioscience to develop biobased products and to optimize biobased production technologies.
The mission of the collaboration is to develop a deep understanding of how novel AI technology (methods, techniques, theories, and algorithms) can strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of relevant research and/or business processes in the biotech industry.
For five years, five PhD researchers will work in the lab. Research topics will include, among other things, Digital twin and smart plant scheduling, Digital twin for large-scale fermentation, Digital twin of lab automation processes and self-learning platforms and Machine learning for iterative metabolic engineering.
The AI4B.io Lab collaborates with Planet B.io, the open-innovation ecosystem at the Biotech Campus Delft – for instance, by providing research insights and consultancy to biotechnology startups on the campus.
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Meet the newest Planet B.io residents
Over the past few months, the Planet B.io community on the Biotech Campus Delft welcomed several new members who each bring unique expertise to our ecosystem - ranging from high-containment bioprocessing technologies to circular biomaterials and plastic-free disposables. Meet Roylinx, Hecht Technology and Plastilose
Food Innovation Center renovation: ready for the next generation of food & biotech scale-ups
A major renovation is underway at the Biotech Campus Delft to prepare the Food Innovation Center for its next chapter. In collaboration with a.s.r. real estate, Planet B.io is transforming the building into a future-proof, multi-tenant hub designed specifically for the needs of growing food and biotech scale-ups.
From Sound to Scale | Hypesound innovates in Planet B.io’s Flexible Bio Lab
How can sound waves make microorganisms grow faster? In this interview, Hypesound CSO Ilia Vialshin, he explains how optimized sound stimulation can accelerate algae, yeast, and bacterial growth, without chemicals or major energy input, and why Planet B.io’s Flexible Bio Lab was the crucial missing link to move from theory to proof of concept.