--- title: Vibe genes? Natural(ish) language comes to protein,... description: A research collaboration based in China built a tool that takes natural language prompts and turns them into protein designs with a specified function. Success... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vibe-genes-natural-ish-language-comes-to-protein-genome-design-software-n7iyfpljm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Vibe genes? Natural(ish) language comes to protein, genome design software | daily.dev og:description: A research collaboration based in China built a tool that takes natural language prompts and turns them into protein designs with a specified function. Success... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vibe-genes-natural-ish-language-comes-to-protein-genome-design-software-n7iyfpljm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/n7iYfpLjM.png og:image:alt: Vibe genes? Natural(ish) language comes to protein, genome design software og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Vibe genes? Natural(ish) language comes to protein, genome design software **[Ars Technica](https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A research collaboration based in China built a tool that takes natural language prompts and turns them into protein designs with a specified function. Success rates may not be great, but the approach does get the job done. Hugging Face separately announced it is hosting a similar tool that works at the DNA level. Some of the best protein design tools instead require specifying constraints before generating a shape and then an amino acid sequence to match it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Can you design a protein just by describing what you want in plain language? Yes, a research collaboration based in China built a tool that takes natural language prompts and generates proteins with a specified function. The success rate is not high, producing many failed designs alongside working ones, but it does manage to produce functional proteins, unlike older tools that require specifying detailed structural constraints like amino acid positions and water molecule placement. _Developers tracking AI's expansion into scientific domains follow tools like this on daily.dev._ ### Is there a tool for designing DNA or genomes using AI similar to protein design tools? Yes, Hugging Face announced it is hosting a tool that performs similar natural-language-driven design work at the DNA level, mirroring the approach used for the natural-language protein design tool from a Chinese research collaboration. _Engineers exploring Hugging Face's model hosting ecosystem keep up with new tool announcements on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Vibe coding will bring a wonderful proliferation of software](https://daily.dev/posts/vibe-coding-will-bring-a-wonderful-proliferation-of-software-r0vb9ldnu) · The Register · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [If You’re Going to Vibe Code, Why Not Do It in C?](https://daily.dev/posts/if-you-re-going-to-vibe-code-why-not-do-it-in-c--j9qbgvhqz) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Transforming Life Sciences: AI, Vibe Coding, and Drug Development Acceleration](https://daily.dev/posts/transforming-life-sciences-ai-vibe-coding-and-drug-development-acceleration-r6svgn0h9) · InfoQ · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#genai](https://daily.dev/tags/genai), [#nlp](https://daily.dev/tags/nlp), [#biotech](https://daily.dev/tags/biotech) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/vibe-genes-natural-ish-language-comes-to-protein-genome-design-software-n7iyfpljm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Vibe genes? 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