Autonomous lab accelerates discoveries

Chris Hubbuch University of Wisconsin
Sep 21, 2026
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Student researcher Nazrin Akbarova loads materials for an experiment in Proteus, a new autonomous lab platform at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

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Ginkgo Bioworks engineers Alycia Wong and Bryan Cai, facing camera, train research interns Pratham Lotia and Kat Aranguiz on using automation software to program instruments in the Proteus platform.

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Chris Hubbuch University of Wisconsin

An autonomous experimentation platform at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center is poised to accelerate discoveries that will harness the power of microbes to advance U.S. leadership in the developing bioeconomy.

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