Spring Discovery, Inc.


Spring Discovery, now rebranded as Spring Science, is a leader in applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to biological research and drug discovery. The company develops advanced computational tools, including high-content image analysis, phenotypic profiling, and cellular analysis, to accelerate scientific breakthroughs and support the broader scientific community. Their platform, the Spring Engine, enables complex data analysis, phenotypic screening, and discovery of novel therapeutic targets across various biological pathways. Spring Science is committed to fostering innovation in immunology, aging, inflammasome biology, cellular profiling, and vaccine development, leveraging AI to uncover new insights and facilitate the development of life-changing therapies.

Industries

biotechnology
software
test-and-measurement

Nr. of Employees

small (1-50)


Products

Annotated phenotypic benchmark datasets

Curated phenotypic datasets and benchmarking plates for algorithm validation and compound-similarity benchmarking, generated from multi-plate profiling experiments.


Services

A cloud-deployable software platform that provides supervised and unsupervised modeling, single-cell clustering, embeddings, and a GUI enabling non-experts to train and apply ML models to microscopy datasets.

Design and execution of high-throughput, image-based screens (including PBMC-based immune assays, inflammasome activation assays and Cell Painting) with downstream ML analysis and hit prioritization.

Generation of benchmark datasets and application of phenotypic-similarity algorithms to validate compound signals, assess reproducibility across donors/plates, and create similarity classes for mechanism inference.

Preclinical animal model experiments to validate in vitro/ML-derived hypotheses and therapeutic effects prior to advancement into development programs.

Expertise Areas

  • High-content phenotypic screening
  • Machine learning for biological image analysis
  • Single-cell analysis and clustering
  • Phenotypic drug discovery and hit triage
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Key Technologies

  • High-content microscopy
  • Cell Painting morphological staining
  • Live-cell fluorescent and label-free brightfield imaging
  • Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and transfer learning
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News & Updates

Spring’s platform has been acquired by a leading biotech company in the Bay Area, enhancing its capabilities in AI-driven biological research.

Spring Science announced its partnership with NVIDIA Inception to accelerate AI development for scientific research.

Spring Discovery rebrands to better reflect its broader scientific scope and commitment to innovation.

Using AI to characterize vaccine adjuvants and accelerate vaccine development.

Spring Science leverages AI for high-content image analysis, outperforming industry standards and enabling faster drug discovery.

An overview of machine learning classification techniques for biological image analysis, emphasizing CNNs and automation.

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