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RiSPICE (Rice SNP Prioritization Integrating Chromatin Effects) is a computational framework for prioritizing non-coding rice variants by integrating predicted chromatin effects from a fine-tuned DNA language model.

Whole-slide pathology foundation model trained on 1.3 billion image tiles from 171K slides using a LongNet-based architecture to encode gigapixel-scale WSIs for cancer subtyping and biomarker prediction (Microsoft Research & Providence, 601+ stars)

Vision foundation model for the tree of life, pretrained on diverse biological imagery across taxa for zero-shot species identification, trait extraction, and biodiversity research (Ohio State University Imageomics Institute)

Rapid & standardized annotation of bacterial genomes, MAGs & plasmids

ECMWF's unified framework and command-line tool to run AI-based weather forecasting models (GraphCast, Aurora, Pangu, NeuralGCM, FourCastNet) with operational ECMWF data infrastructure, enabling standardized inference and benchmarking across state-of-the-art meteorological AI systems (ECMWF, 576+ stars)

Learning operators in Fourier space

Tools for adding mutations to existing `.bam` files, used for testing mutation callers.

Fast, differentiable, JIT-free finite element library for PyTorch enabling GPU-native PDE solving with native autograd, tensorized assembly, and sparse linear algebra; part of the TensorGalerkin framework (218+ stars, Apache 2.0)

Python computational framework for analysis of single-molecule FRET data

Plain-text, git-tracked electronic lab notebook (ELN) for reproducible bioinformatics — threads your R & Python figures into living lab notes with full provenance. Built for single-cell / CyTOF / flow cytometry; works with Obsidian, Quarto & Jupyter.

Neural network-based cryo-EM heterogeneous reconstruction, modeling continuous 3D structure distributions from single-particle images, with CryoDRGN-ET extending to in-cell cryo-electron tomography (MIT CSAIL, Nature Methods 2021/2024)

Utilities for working with CSV/Tab-delimited files.

Documentation Rectangle is an open-source Python package for single-cell-informed cell-type deconvolution of bulk and spatial transcriptomic data. Rectangle presents a novel approach to second-generation deconvolution, characterized by hierarchical signature building for fine-grained cell-type deconvolution, estimation and correction of unknown cellular content, and efficient handling of large-scale single-cell data during signature matrix computation. Rectangle was developed to overcome the current challenges in cell-type deconvolution, providing a robust and accurate methodology while ensuring a low computational profile.

Computational toolbox for large scale Calcium Imaging Analysis, including movie handling, motion correction, source extraction, spike deconvolution and result visualization, using machine learning for automated neuron detection and activity inference in two-photon and one-photon calcium imaging data (723+ stars, actively maintained)

Simulation of large-scale brain models

Interaction Fingerprints for protein-ligand complexes and more.

The Zebrafish Activity Prediction Benchmark for forecasting cellular-resolution neural activity throughout an entire vertebrate brain, combining light-sheet microscopy calcium-imaging data, forecasting tasks, and evaluation tools to advance whole-brain neural dynamics modeling (77+ stars, Apache 2.0)

Next-generation benchmark for data-driven global weather models with standardized evaluation framework and curated datasets for ML forecasting (Google Research, 2024)

Trainable PyTorch reproduction of AlphaFold 3

Simulations of spiking neural networks.

Medical large vision-language model unifying comprehension and generation via heterogeneous knowledge adaptation, enabling holistic medical image understanding, visual question answering, and clinical report generation across diverse modalities (ZJU4HealthCare, 1.6K+ stars)

Transformer that translates fragment ion peaks into peptide sequences for database-free de novo sequencing in large-scale proteomics, with InstaNovo+ extending it as a multinomial diffusion model that iteratively refines predicted sequences, plus InstaNovo-P for phosphoproteomics and Winnow for calibrated confidence with FDR control (130+ stars, Apache 2.0, actively maintained)

Predicts the pKa values of ionizable groups in proteins and protein-ligand complexes based in the 3D structure.

PyTorch-based embedding instance segmentation algorithm optimized for accurate, efficient, and portable cell and nucleus segmentation across fluorescence and brightfield microscopy images, achieving state-of-the-art speed and accuracy with lightweight model sizes suitable for edge deployment (224+ stars, Apache 2.0)

Toolbox for comparative genomics of MAGs

A Python script that converts positional information from a SAM dataset into interval format with 0-based start and 1-based end. CIGAR string of SAM format is used to compute the end coordinate.

A two-step desktop GUI application for RNA-seq differential gene expression (DEG) analysis. Step 1 reads raw GDC/TCGA STAR gene-count files together with a GDC sample sheet, matches samples to a Tumor/Normal design, and runs PyDESeq2 to produce normalized counts and DEG statistics. Step 2 generates publication-style volcano plots, MA plots, summary bar charts, and expression heatmaps (with optional gene labeling) from the results, exportable as PNG, PDF, SVG, or TIFF. Requires no coding from the user.

Closed-loop multi-agent system from hypothesis to verification across 12 scientific tasks, #1 on MLE-Bench (36.44%)

Local-first, conversational AI research partner for multi-omics analysis with CLI, desktop app, and 95+ reproducible skills; keeps raw data local while routing natural-language requests to Python/R/CLI tools with persistent memory, autonomous analysis paths, and multi-method consensus workflows (TianGzlab, 155+ stars, Apache 2.0, 2026)

A genomic surveillance framework for Staphylococcus aureus

Agent skills (SKILL.md + deterministic tools) for the AI4S workflow — topic exploration, literature survey, runnable experiments, publication-grade papers, and integrity audit, with every citation and number traceable to its source (by ai4s-research, maintainers of this list; MIT, 2026)

This tool estimates the completeness of KEGG pathway modules from the presence or absence of KEGG orthologues (KOs)

Biological vision foundation model trained on TreeOfLife-200M, yielding extraordinary accuracy on diverse biological visual tasks including habitat classification and trait prediction despite a narrow training objective (Ohio State University Imageomics Institute)

A local command-line tool for ancestral sequence reconstruction with gap-state inference using IQ-TREE. It supports nucleotide, amino acid, and codon sequence alignments and reports site-wise posterior probabilities of ancestral states.

REFUTE is an open benchmark for scientific critique honesty and epistemic calibration on recent life-science and biomedical literature. It tests whether models keep claims inside what the evidence allows (overclaim / planted-flaw / falsifier selection) and whether stated confidence is calibrated, with judge-free MCQ axes plus open-ended critique scoring.

LLM agents for working with the SRA (Sequence Read Archive) and associated bioinformatics databases, enabling natural language querying of high-throughput sequencing data and metadata across genomic repositories (Arc Institute, 169+ stars, 2024-2026)

PMGen (Peptide MHC Generator) is a comprehensive pipeline for predicting peptide-MHC (pMHC) complex structures and designing optimized peptide sequences.

Machine learning model predicting cellular perturbation response across diverse contexts with State Transition (ST) and State Embedding (SE) variants, featuring CLI tooling, PyPI distribution, and Virtual Cell Challenge integration (575+ stars)

First open-source agentic AI physicist turning research questions into structured workflows with rigorous verification and multi-step analytical work for long-horizon physics projects; integrates with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and OpenCode (804+ stars, Apache 2.0, 2026)

Advanced OCR with PP-StructureV3 document parsing, 13% accuracy improvement, supports 80+ languages

SDK & library for AI-driven scientific computing applications

Open-source biomedical AI platform integrating multimodal foundation models (BioMedGPT, PharmolixFM, LangCell) with agentic workflows and 45+ Claude Code skills for drug discovery, protein engineering, and single-cell omics analysis (PharMolix & Tsinghua AIR, 1K+ stars, 2023-2026)

Graph neural network interatomic potential package supporting efficient multi-GPU parallel molecular dynamics simulations, enabling large-scale atomistic modeling with machine learning potentials (MDIL-SNU, MIT License)

SMBGC Annotation using Neural Networks Trained on Interpro Signatures

Curated, multilingual library of 182 installable AI agent skills for end-to-end academic research spanning literature discovery, scientific writing, grant development, bioinformatics, drug discovery, clinical research, machine learning, and data analysis (779+ stars, MIT License, 2026)

Open-source implementation of AlphaEvolve's evolutionary coding agent paradigm, enabling LLMs to autonomously discover and optimize algorithms through iterative evolution, matching the approach behind DeepMind's breakthrough matrix multiplication discovery (6.2K+ stars, 2025)

102 executable tasks from 44 peer-reviewed papers across 4 disciplines with containerized evaluation

A python-based workflow manager.

Reinforcement-learning-trained AI agent for treatment reasoning over a universe of 212 biomedical tools, performing multi-step evidence gathering and spawning parallel reasoning branches to reach evidence-grounded clinical decisions (55+ stars, MIT License, 2026)

Differentiable PDE solving framework for machine learning with built-in fluid simulation, supporting PyTorch/JAX/TensorFlow backends and enabling neural network training within physical simulations (TUM, MIT License)