National Honam Biological Resources Center establishes research support AI system... Support for selection of candidate substances and genes

The National Honam Biological Resources Center announced on the 6th that it has established a research support AI system that selects candidate materials and related genes worth researching.

Researcher Kim Tae-soo of the Bio Convergence Research Department of the Resource Center, who received the Ministry of Public Administration and Security's 'AI Champion Blue' certification, established a research support AI system that selects candidate substances and related genes to be studied first by linking data held by the institution with public biotechnology databases.

AI Champion is a system that certifies practical capabilities to solve problems in the field of national and public institutions with artificial intelligence and data.

The related system supports decision-making in the process of selecting materials with high industrialization potential and identifying genes likely to be involved in the production of those materials.

In an empirical study that applied the constructed system to the Jodo dumpling tree, 303 candidate substances and 37,625 genes were analyzed to derive priorities for candidate substances and related genes for eight use purposes, including hair growth and whitening.

To verify the reliability of the system, 23 reference substances with known efficacy were checked, and 22 of them (95.7%) were included in the top 20.

The Resource Center plans to use this system to discover candidate materials derived from island and coastal organisms with high potential for industrialization and link them with mass production research based on synthetic biology.

An official at the Honam Biological Resources Center said, “This is an example of an employee’s AI capabilities leading to solving problems at the research site and strengthening the organization’s capabilities.”