Our approach

Narrowed by physics, confirmed at the bench

Our discovery engine is not a single algorithm. It is structural modelling, machine learning and bench validation kept on the same clock.

Platform

Six capabilities, one loop

DNA-encoded library

We have synthesised and encoded a library of 343 million compounds. A single affinity selection puts all of them in front of a target at once, and the binders are read out by sequencing — chemical space that plate-based screening could not sample in years.

AI hit identification

Selection data from a library this size is dominated by noise. Machine learning and deep learning models trained on our own data separate genuine binders from artefacts, so chemistry effort goes only into compounds worth making.

Protein structure modelling

Our physical chemists build and refine structural models of the target, giving every downstream decision a physical basis rather than a purely statistical one.

Molecular docking

Docking predictions explain how a hit binds — which contacts matter, which parts of the molecule are free to change, and where affinity or selectivity can be won.

Lead optimisation

Hits are modified round by round against that structural picture. Each round is designed in silico and confirmed at the bench before the next begins.

PDC and TPD chemistry

Optimised binders are developed as peptide-drug conjugates or as PROTAC and degrader molecules, depending on what the target allows.

What a docking result actually gives us Not a score, but a geometry: which contacts hold the binder in place, and which positions on the molecule are free to change without losing them. Every round of lead optimisation starts here.
Workflow

How a hit becomes a lead

Selection, modelling and synthesis are not handed between departments. They are one cycle, run by one team.

  • Select Affinity selection against the library

    343 million encoded compounds meet the target in a single experiment; sequencing reports what stuck.

  • Identify AI separates signal from noise

    Models trained on our own selection data rank candidate binders and discard the artefacts a library this size inevitably produces.

  • Explain Structure and docking

    Physical chemists model the target and dock the hit to work out which contacts drive binding and which positions are free to change.

  • Modify Lead optimisation

    The hit is redesigned against that structural picture, synthesised, and measured — then the cycle runs again.

Want the technical detail?

We are happy to walk partners through the platform under CDA, including benchmark data and cycle-time metrics.