Overview
Anthropic’s Bay Area life sciences research laboratory, launched spring 2026, bridges computational genomic discovery with bench biology. Human scientists perform all wet-lab work at BSL-1/2 without human pathogens.
Recent Developments
- 2026-09-23: First major result — Claude agents autonomously discovered array-associated-reverse-transcriptases (ART) system in bacteriophage DNA; preprint released (2026-09-23-anthropic-claude-enzyme-discovery)
- Workflow: Claude agents survey DNA/protein families → generate candidate reports → human review → lab validation
- ~950 agents, 21 hours, 210M tokens in ART discovery campaign
- Part of Anthropic life sciences org alongside drug discovery and Claude biology/chemistry training teams
- 2026-09-18: Lab formation announced; head Eric Kauderer-Abrams (2026-09-18-anthropic-wet-biology-lab)