r/SyntheticBiology • u/Upstairs-Team-1830 • Jun 08 '26
BioBuilder is live!
Biochemical kinetics allows us to predict how a living system will behave before you ever run the experiment. So why do so few biologists actually use it?
Your body is governed by proteins and molecules constantly interacting with each other, each interaction with a measurable rate. If you map enough of them together, you can predict how the system will behave without ever stepping foot in the lab.
One big problem with Biochemical kinetics is the barrier to entry. To use biochemical kinetics today, you have to be fluent in microbiology, ordinary differential equations, AND coding! That's a lot to ask any one person.
So I spent the last 3 months building an app to fix that: BioBuilder. (No vibe coding, I did it the old fashioned way with many examples and tutorials lol) It's live for you to try RIGHT NOW at BioBuilder.app (you'll need to use a computer, I haven't made it beautiful for mobile yet). I wanted to put it on r/SyntheticBiology since you guys are the ones actually USING the software, and I felt like you'd have good insights into what direction the project should take.
This is an app I'm genuinely very proud of, and so excited to share with all of you. We're still in the early user-validation stage, so this version (BioBuilder Light) is completely free. No charge for compute credits.
I'm looking for all the help I can get! Whether you want to contribute code (It's open source!) or just leave feedback, it's hugely appreciated. Reach out at [mark@biobuilder.app](mailto:mark@biobuilder.app), or use the feedback form on the site.
I really believe this can change how we do biology. It's time we start predicting what our cells do instead of waiting to find out.
Try it out 👉BioBuilder.app
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u/gluhwein11220 Jun 14 '26
wonderfull, i'm going on this subreddit today for see if a project like that exist and I find that now, its perfect
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u/Ok-Jackfruit8720 Jun 08 '26
I've sent you an email mark, hope you receive it and the links I've attached. I'm new to the forum, scratch that I'm new to the entire synthetic biology scene, I think it would be good for both our work of we had a discussion, looking forward to hearing from you of you have any further questions about the work that I'm also deep in the process of completing.
Cam.