Services

Research as a Service: the science done, end to end.

We work on problems where the method matters — molecular design, conformational sampling, simulation, clinical modelling and cryptographic infrastructure — and we run them as research engagements, not software projects.

Every service below is delivered by the same research group. That means the person who designs the method also runs the computation, interrogates the result, and writes it up — and every engagement ends with something you can reproduce, not a black box.

Capabilities

Seven areas, one scientific approach.

Each area is described in plain language first, with the methods named alongside it.

Generative AI · structure-guided design

Generative design of proteins, peptides and small molecules

We train conditional generative models — variational autoencoders paired with U-Net samplers and structure-guided decoders — on the sequence–structure–function relationships of a family of known actives, then sample new candidates under explicit design constraints: target geometry, binding-site chemistry, stability and tractability for synthesis.

Candidates are ranked by predicted affinity and filtered in silico, so bench time is spent on a short, defensible list rather than on a screen.

In plain terms: we teach a model what a good answer looks like, then ask it to propose new ones — hundreds at a time, ranked — before anyone commits to the lab.

  • Methods — VAE and U-Net generative sampling; structure-guided conditioning; predicted-affinity ranking and in-silico filtering
  • Deliverables — Ranked candidate sets with scoring rationale, design-space analysis, and a reproducible generation pipeline
  • Validated against — known actives, held-out structural families, and experimental data supplied by the partner

See the enzyme and peptide design work →

Enhanced sampling · structural ensembles

Enhanced conformational sampling for flexible peptides and disordered regions

Flexible peptides and intrinsically disordered regions do not have a single native structure, so random sampling wastes effort revisiting similar shapes while missing whole regions of conformational space. Our Digital Nets Conformational Sampling (DNCS) method represents a peptide by its backbone dihedral angles and draws well-spread, low-discrepancy samples of them using digital nets, then scores every conformation with standard force fields (AMBER99SB, AMBER-FB15) and ranks by Boltzmann weighting.

DNCS is published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, released as open source (DNCS 1.0, Rust, OpenMM-compatible), and can be applied to your sequences or adapted to your system.

In plain terms: instead of wandering a huge building hoping to find every room, we walk a planned route that is built to cover every wing.

  • Methods — digital-nets sampling in dihedral space; force-field evaluation; Boltzmann-weighted ranking; adaptive sampling for longer peptides
  • Deliverables — Conformational ensembles, low-energy cluster analysis, secondary-structure propensities, and run-ready configuration
  • Validated against — crystal structures and NMR ensembles; benchmarked against metadynamics

Read about DNCS →

Molecular dynamics · biomolecular simulation

Molecular dynamics and biomolecular simulation

We set up, run and analyse all-atom molecular dynamics of proteins, peptides and ligand–biomolecule systems, and — more importantly — we connect the trajectories to a question: which interactions persist, which conformations dominate, how does a mutation, a binder or a biomarker change the picture.

This is the work behind our collaboration with Balaji Dental College, where measurable biomarkers are linked to the molecular behaviour underlying dental disease.

In plain terms: we film how the molecules actually move, then analyse the footage to explain why a system behaves the way it does.

  • Methods — classical all-atom MD; trajectory analysis (stability, flexibility, contacts, hydrogen bonding, clustering); ensemble and free-energy-surface projection
  • Deliverables — Simulation protocols, analysed trajectories, interpretive report tying molecular behaviour to the experimental question
  • Validated against — experimental observables where available, and convergence and replicate checks where not

See the dental-disease collaboration →

Predictive modelling · clinical and institutional data

Predictive modelling for clinical and institutional data

We build supervised models on imaging and structured data with the evaluation discipline clinical use demands: leakage-free splits, calibrated probabilities, quantified uncertainty, and external validation before any claim of performance. The aim is a consistent second read alongside a clinician’s own judgement, never a replacement for it.

This is the approach we apply in our research collaboration with RELA Hospitals on AI-based liver tumour prediction from medical imaging.

In plain terms: a carefully tested second opinion that tells you how sure it is, and when it is not.

  • Methods — deep-learning and classical models on imaging and tabular data; calibration; uncertainty estimation; explainability
  • Deliverables — Trained and documented models, evaluation report, and an audit trail of data handling and splits
  • Validated against — held-out and external cohorts, and clinician-adjudicated ground truth

See the liver-tumour prediction collaboration →

Cheminformatics · bioinformatics

Cheminformatics and bioinformatics

We work in the representations that make chemical and biological data computable — molecular fingerprints and graphs, sequence and structure descriptors — and use them for similarity search, property prediction, library triage and annotation. This is the groundwork that lets generative design and simulation start from a well-posed problem.

Where a partner has a large compound or sequence collection, we reduce it to a shortlist that is worth the cost of making and testing.

In plain terms: turning a warehouse of molecules or sequences into a short list worth opening.

  • Methods — fingerprint and graph representations; similarity and property models; virtual-screening triage; sequence and structure analysis
  • Deliverables — Curated and annotated datasets, ranked shortlists, and documented analysis workflows
  • Validated against — known actives and decoys, and prospective follow-up where the partner can test
Post-quantum cryptography · infrastructure

Post-quantum secure infrastructure

Encryption that is safe today can be recorded now and broken later. We assess where a platform’s long-lived data is exposed, design a staged migration to NIST-standardised post-quantum algorithms with hybrid key exchange, and build in crypto-agility so the next change is a configuration update, not a rewrite.

Our deeper note on the threat model and migration path is on the Quantum Security page and in our Insights.

In plain terms: protect the data so it stays protected even when computers get much more powerful.

  • Methods — cryptographic inventory; data-lifetime and exposure analysis; hybrid ML-KEM key establishment; crypto-agile architecture
  • Deliverables — Exposure report, migration roadmap, reference implementation for the highest-risk paths
  • Validated against — published test vectors, interoperability tests, and performance measurement on your workloads

Read the quantum security approach →

Scientific software · data · HPC

Scientific software, data and compute engineering

Research that cannot be rerun is not research. We package methods as reproducible, documented pipelines — containerised environments, version-controlled workflows, and databases for experimental and clinical data — on Unix and HPC systems, and we release tools openly where the partner agrees, as we did with DNCS.

This is what turns a successful pilot into something your own team can operate.

In plain terms: so the result is something you can run again tomorrow, and hand to the next person.

  • Methods — pipeline and workflow engineering; scientific databases; HPC job orchestration; open-source release practice
  • Deliverables — Source, documentation, reproducible environment, and a handover session for your team
  • Validated against — fresh-environment rebuilds and independent reruns of reference results
How we engage

Three ways to work with the research group.

Most partners begin small and let the evidence decide what comes next.

01 · Feasibility study

Is this tractable, and what would success look like?

A short, bounded assessment: we audit your data and the prior art, define the quantitative success criteria, run a baseline, and give you a written go / no-go recommendation with the evidence behind it.

  • Problem framing and success metrics
  • Data and prior-art audit
  • Baseline results and a written assessment
03 · Research partnership

A sustained, joint programme.

For problems that need several iterations of method, computation and experiment: a shared roadmap, regular scientific review, co-authored publications and open-source releases where appropriate, formalised through an MoU as with RELA Hospitals and Balaji Dental College.

  • Multi-stage programme and shared roadmap
  • Joint publications and releases
  • Formal MoU and governance

How an engagement runs

  1. FrameDefine the question, the target and the quantitative criterion for success.
  2. AuditExamine your data, prior art and constraints before choosing a method.
  3. DesignSelect or develop the method, and agree the validation plan in advance.
  4. ComputeRun the models and simulations with versioned code and fixed seeds.
  5. ValidateTest against experimental, structural or clinical reality — not only internal benchmarks.
  6. Hand overDeliver the report, code and environment, so the work can be rerun and extended.

Method disclosure, intellectual property and publication terms are agreed at the start of an engagement, and your data stays under your governance throughout.

Bring us a hard scientific problem.

Tell us what you are trying to design, model or secure, and we will propose the smallest engagement that can answer it.

Start a feasibility study