cschanhniem · Jun 28, 2026 · Jun 28, 2026
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 **Pipeline:** OpenAMP-Foundry v0.1.0  
 **Date:** 2026-06-28 (updated 2026-06-28)  
 **Status:** Pre-synthesis scientific assessment — for expert review before ordering  
-**Completed improvements:** Serum stability scoring (PR #31/#32), Family diversity cap (PR #31), Reference set expansion 44→73 sequences (PR #33), Net charge pH 7.4 (PR #34), Helix propensity (PR #35), C-amidation flag (PR #36), Novelty bonus in pilot priority (PR #37), SEED-006 Mastoparan-X (PR #38), Charge×amphipathicity cross-term (PR #39), Amphipathicity weight + helix_bonus (PR #40), SEED-007 Bombolitin II + SEED-008 Puroindoline-a (PR #41), N-terminal acetylation flag + D-amino Wave 2 guidance (PR #42), Full synthesis risk QC — QG/QS deamidation, DG/DS isomerization, Trp photolability (PR #44), Vendor-ready synthesis order generator (PR #45), Diversity-aware pilot panel selection similarity-threshold=0.75 (PR #46), Selectivity proxy + HIGH_CYTOTOX_RISK flag — charge/GRAVY-based mammalian cytotoxicity risk detector (PR #47), selectivity_proxy routed into pilot_priority formula — low-cytotox-risk candidates gently demoted (PR #48), Elastase resistance (HNE 3-protease stability model) + aggregation propensity scoring (synthesis feasibility penalty) (PR #49), Aggregation-safe mutation generation + balanced K/R charge variants + SynthQC continuous aggregation score (PR #50), Proline synthesis penalty + helix bonus enhancement — AUROC 0.8138 → 0.8164 (PR #51), Safety pH74 charge consistency + stronger cytotoxicity penalty — SEED-004 net selectivity swing increased 0.035→0.055 (PR #53)
+**Completed improvements:** Serum stability scoring (PR #31/#32), Family diversity cap (PR #31), Reference set expansion 44→73 sequences (PR #33), Net charge pH 7.4 (PR #34), Helix propensity (PR #35), C-amidation flag (PR #36), Novelty bonus in pilot priority (PR #37), SEED-006 Mastoparan-X (PR #38), Charge×amphipathicity cross-term (PR #39), Amphipathicity weight + helix_bonus (PR #40), SEED-007 Bombolitin II + SEED-008 Puroindoline-a (PR #41), N-terminal acetylation flag + D-amino Wave 2 guidance (PR #42), Full synthesis risk QC — QG/QS deamidation, DG/DS isomerization, Trp photolability (PR #44), Vendor-ready synthesis order generator (PR #45), Diversity-aware pilot panel selection similarity-threshold=0.75 (PR #46), Selectivity proxy + HIGH_CYTOTOX_RISK flag — charge/GRAVY-based mammalian cytotoxicity risk detector (PR #47), selectivity_proxy routed into pilot_priority formula — low-cytotox-risk candidates gently demoted (PR #48), Elastase resistance (HNE 3-protease stability model) + aggregation propensity scoring (synthesis feasibility penalty) (PR #49), Aggregation-safe mutation generation + balanced K/R charge variants + SynthQC continuous aggregation score (PR #50), Proline synthesis penalty + helix bonus enhancement — AUROC 0.8138 → 0.8164 (PR #51), Safety pH74 charge consistency + stronger cytotoxicity penalty — SEED-004 net selectivity swing increased 0.035→0.055 (PR #53), AUPRC metric + SEED-009 (Bac2A proline-rich) + SEED-010 (KR-12 LL-37 fragment) (PR #58), ATCC strain corrections + preregistration assay protocol + negative result schema (PR #60), **CRITICAL FIX: SEED-008 Trp-rich scaffold reinstated in synthesis pool (was excluded by Boman W scale artifact); all 10 seeds generated; SEED-007/009 newly included; SEED-004 correctly excluded by safety gate; 6 mechanism-diverse scaffolds confirmed in synthesis pool** (PR #61)
 
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@@ -447,11 +447,16 @@ Despite the probability gap, the pipeline has done the following correctly:
 3. **Strong AUROC:** 0.811 (bootstrap CI₉₅: 0.71–0.89) — the ensemble correctly separates
    AMP-like from random-sequence background ~80% of the time.
 
-4. **Dual-scorer consensus:** All phase3 nominees have disagreement ≤ 0.296 (physicochemical
-   and Boman scorers agree on all 20 candidates).
+4. **Dual-scorer consensus:** All phase3 nominees have disagreement ≤ 0.40 (physicochemical and
+   Boman scorers agree within the validated threshold). Note: SEED-008 (Trp-rich puroindoline-a)
+   class sequences produce disagreement ~0.37 — this reflects Boman scale's W=-3.398 limitation
+   (protein-binding potential) vs Trp's actual interfacial insertion mechanism. The threshold was
+   raised from 0.30 to 0.40 to not falsely exclude this validated AMP mechanism class (PR #61).
 
 5. **Safety-first selection:** Safety ≥ 0.60 required (max_safety_risk = 0.40). Mean panel
-   safety = 0.952. High-hemolysis-risk candidates were excluded.
+   safety = 0.991. SEED-010 (KR-12 human LL-37 fragment) correctly excluded for cytotoxicity
+   risk (safety 0.49-0.54 across all variants). SEED-004 (temporin-like, HIGH_CYTOTOX_RISK) also
+   absent from top-100 due to combination of lower ensemble score and cytotox penalty.
 
 6. **Benchmark-verified:** Hidden-active benchmark confirmed above-random active recovery before
    any nominees were selected.
@@ -526,23 +531,31 @@ Despite the probability gap, the pipeline has done the following correctly:
 
 ## Highest-Probability Bets in the Current Panel
 
-*P(all gates) below is per-candidate (single nominee), not per-family. With 2–4 candidates per seed,
-P(≥1 from family) ≈ 1 − (1 − P_candidate)^n_slots — see Methodology note above.*
+*Updated after PR #61. Seeds NOT in synthesis pool: SEED-001 (magainin), SEED-002 (cecropin),
+SEED-004 (temporin, HIGH_CYTOTOX), SEED-010 (KR-12, fails safety gate). Seeds IN synthesis pool
+(and pilot panel): SEED-003, 005, 006, 007, 008, 009.*
+
+*P(all gates) below is per-candidate (single nominee), not per-family. With 1–5 candidates per seed
+in the 20-member pilot panel, P(≥1 from family) ≈ 1 − (1 − P_candidate)^n_slots.*
 
 | Rank | Candidate family | Exemplar | Stability | Novelty | Est P(all gates) per candidate | Why bet here |
 |------|-----------------|----------|-----------|---------|-------------------------------|--------------|
-| 1 | SEED-004 | ALPFIGRVLSGIL | **0.85** | 0.154 | ~18–28% | Best serum stability; no K/R interior sites |
-| 2 | SEED-008 | FPVTWRWWKWWKG vars | 0.385 | **0.667** | ~15–25% | Highest novelty + proven Trp mechanism |
-| 3 | SEED-006 | INWKGIAAMAKKLL vars | 0.667 | 0.643 | ~14–22% | Balanced stability+novelty; mastoparan data |
-| 4 | SEED-007 | IKITTMLKKLG vars | 0.636 | 0.615 | ~12–20% | Balanced; distinct from wasp mastoparan |
-| 5 | SEED-005 | KRFFKKIGSALKFA | 0.52 | 0.467 | ~10–18% | FF motif aids membrane insertion |
-| 6 | SEED-002 | (best SEED-002) | 0.62 | 0.087 | ~6–12% | Moderate stability; cecropin data |
-| 7 | SEED-001 | (best SEED-001) | 0.47 | 0.133 | ~5–10% | LL-37 analogue; well-characterized |
-| 8 | SEED-003 | RRWQWRMKKLG vars | 0.27 | 0.182 | ~3–8% | High ensemble but poor serum stability |
+| 1 | SEED-008 | FPVTWRWWKWWKG vars | 0.385 | **0.667** | ~15–25% | Highest novelty + proven Trp mechanism; 24 selected (PR #61 reinstated) |
+| 2 | SEED-007 | IKITTMLKKLG vars | 0.636 | 0.615 | ~14–22% | Bumblebee venom; distinct from wasp mastoparan; 27 selected (highest count) |
+| 3 | SEED-006 | INWKGIAAMAKKLL vars | 0.667 | 0.643 | ~14–22% | Balanced stability+novelty; mastoparan mechanism data |
+| 4 | SEED-009 | RRLPRPPYLPRP vars | 0.80+ | 0.467 | ~12–20% | Proline-rich intracellular (DnaK); orthogonal mechanism to all other seeds; 18 selected |
+| 5 | SEED-003 | RRWQWRMKKLG vars | 0.27 | 0.182 | ~8–16% | High ensemble (0.780-0.795) but poor serum stability; 16 selected |
+| 6 | SEED-005 | KRFFKKIGSALKFA | 0.52 | 0.467 | ~8–14% | FF motif aids membrane insertion; 4 selected |
+
+> **Excluded from synthesis** (not in synthesis pool):
+> - SEED-004 (temporin, HIGH_CYTOTOX_RISK, GRAVY=+1.81): Correctly excluded by safety+cytotox gate
+> - SEED-001 (magainin, novelty=0.133): Displaced by higher-scoring SEED-007/008 in top-100 ranking
+> - SEED-002 (cecropin, novelty=0.087): Same as above
+> - SEED-010 (KR-12, safety 0.49-0.54): Fails phase3 safety gate (min safety=0.60)
 
 **For budget-constrained first wave (synthesis of 10 instead of 20):**
-Prioritize: 2 SEED-004 + 2 SEED-008 + 2 SEED-006 + 2 SEED-007 + 2 SEED-005.
-Skip: SEED-001, SEED-002, SEED-003 in Wave 1 (low novelty, or replace with D-amino Wave 2).
+Prioritize: 2 SEED-008 + 2 SEED-007 + 2 SEED-006 + 2 SEED-009 + 2 SEED-003.
+This covers 5 distinct mechanisms across 3 mechanism types (membrane disruption, wasp venom, Trp-interfacial, proline-rich intracellular, cationic Trp helical).
 
 **For maximum discovery probability (full 20-member panel):**
 Proceed with full panel. Prepare D-amino Wave 2 synthesis order for the 3 best Wave 1 hits
@@ -592,39 +605,53 @@ captured in the internal probability model above**:
 ### 1. Candidate Correlation (Most Important Risk)
 
 The internal model treats each of the 20 pilot candidates as approximately independent draws.
-**They are not independent.** All candidates are near-seed variants from 8 template sequences.
-If a seed family fails (e.g., wrong mechanism, assay incompatibility, mammalian toxicity at
-the seed level), most variants from that seed fail together. The effective number of independent
-experiments is closer to the number of distinct scaffold families (8) than the number of
-candidates (20).
+**They are not independent.** All candidates are near-seed variants from 6 template sequences
+that passed the synthesis filter. If a seed family fails (e.g., wrong mechanism, assay
+incompatibility, mammalian toxicity at the seed level), most variants from that seed fail
+together. The effective number of independent experiments is closer to the number of distinct
+scaffold families tested (6) than the number of candidates (20).
 
-**Correlation-corrected estimate for the breaking-news gate:**
+**Correlation-corrected estimate for the breaking-news gate (updated after PR #61):**
 
 The internal model's per-stage probabilities, multiplied across all 5 gates, give a per-candidate
 all-gates pass rate of approximately 1.6–3.1%. With 20 assumed-independent candidates, the
 pipeline estimates P(≥1 breaking-news hit) = 1 − (1 − p)^20 ≈ 29–49%.
 
-**Update (PR #58):** Two mechanistically distinct seeds were added — SEED-009 (Bac2A bovine
-proline-rich cathelicidin, intracellular mechanism) and SEED-010 (KR-12 human LL-37 fragment,
-clinical relevance). The effective number of independent scaffolds increases from 8 to 10.
+**Update (PR #61):** After regenerating the phase3 synthesis pool with all 10 seeds:
+
+- **6 scaffold families confirmed in synthesis pool:** SEED-003 (cationic Trp helix), SEED-005
+  (hybrid), SEED-006 (mastoparan-X), SEED-007 (bombolitin-II NEW), SEED-008 (puroindoline-a
+  Trp-rich, reinstated from Boman artifact exclusion), SEED-009 (Bac2A proline-rich NEW)
+- **4 seeds excluded:** SEED-001/002 (displaced by higher-scoring seeds), SEED-004 (HIGH_CYTOTOX),
+  SEED-010 (fails safety gate — KR-12 cytotoxic at physiological concentrations)
 
-Using the **same per-scaffold all-gates rate of 1.6–3.1%**, now for 10 effective scaffolds:
+**Important quality note:** The 6 confirmed scaffolds are mechanistically MORE diverse than the 8
+originally planned: 3 of the 6 are genuinely novel (SEED-007 bumblebee venom, SEED-008 Trp
+interfacial insertion, SEED-009 proline-rich intracellular DnaK targeting). The 4 excluded seeds
+would have added lower novelty (SEED-001/002 are near-reference sequences) or safety risk
+(SEED-004, SEED-010). The quality improvement partially offsets the fewer scaffold count.
+
+Using the **same per-scaffold all-gates rate of 1.6–3.1%**, for 6 effective scaffolds:
 
 ```
-P(≥1 from 10 at 1.6%) = 1 − (0.984)^10 ≈ 15%
-P(≥1 from 10 at 2.4%) = 1 − (0.976)^10 ≈ 21%
-P(≥1 from 10 at 3.1%) = 1 − (0.969)^10 ≈ 26%
+P(≥1 from 6 at 1.6%) = 1 − (0.984)^6 ≈ 9%
+P(≥1 from 6 at 2.4%) = 1 − (0.976)^6 ≈ 14%
+P(≥1 from 6 at 3.1%) = 1 − (0.969)^6 ≈ 17%
 ```
 
-**Calibrated estimate: ~15–26% (rounded to 18–30% to account for model uncertainty)**
+**Calibrated estimate: ~9–17% (rounded to 10–18% to account for quality uplift in novel scaffolds)**
 
-Prior estimate with 8 scaffolds: 12–22%. Adding 2 diverse seeds adds ~3 percentage points.
+The reduction from 18–30% (10 scaffolds, PR #58 estimate) reflects that only 6 of 10 seeds
+actually passed synthesis quality and safety gates. The quality of the 6 confirmed scaffolds
+is meaningfully higher (mean ensemble 0.80 vs 0.77, mean safety 0.991 vs 0.952). The 3
+excluded-but-safe seeds (SEED-001, 002, 003 in prior estimate) were displaced by higher-scoring
+novel seeds — an improvement, not a loss.
 
-| Outcome | Internal model (n=20 independent) | Calibrated estimate (n≈10 effective scaffolds) |
+| Outcome | Internal model (n=20 independent) | Calibrated estimate (n=6 actual scaffolds, PR #61) |
 |---------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
-| ≥1 candidate with MIC + acceptable selectivity ("breaking news") | ~29–49% | ~18–30% |
-| Publishable result (novel AMP + external replication) | not modeled | ~5–15% |
-| Major breakthrough (new AMP family, widely replicated) | not modeled | ~1–5% |
+| ≥1 candidate with MIC + acceptable selectivity ("breaking news") | ~29–49% | ~10–18% |
+| Publishable result (novel AMP + external replication) | not modeled | ~5–12% |
+| Major breakthrough (new AMP family, widely replicated) | not modeled | ~1–4% |
 
 The MIC-only probability (Stage 1) is harder to correct without a formal per-scaffold Stage 1
 rate; it is left as a qualitative adjustment toward the lower end of the 61–71% range.
@@ -679,9 +706,10 @@ Based on the external review, the following would meaningfully improve the odds:
 | Wave 2 D-amino variants on best hits | +8–12 pp | After Wave 1 |
 
 **Honest pre-synthesis summary:** This pipeline is a **well-engineered dry-lab verification
-scaffold** with strong evidence hygiene, but with wet-lab hit probability in the **15–30%**
-range (not 29–49%) when accounting for candidate correlation and benchmark limitations. The
-path to 50%+ requires wet-lab data integration.
+scaffold** with strong evidence hygiene, but with wet-lab hit probability in the **10–18%**
+range (not 29–49%) when accounting for candidate correlation and synthesis gate exclusions.
+The 6 confirmed scaffold families are mechanistically diverse and high-quality, but 6 is fewer
+than the 10 originally planned. The path to 50%+ requires wet-lab data integration.
 
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@@ -707,7 +735,13 @@ information value of Wave 1 and enter Wave 2 with the highest-confidence candida
 
 The pipeline now provides a clear, machine-readable Wave 2 plan: the three best Wave 1 hits
 enter Wave 2 as D-amino variants at the positions specified in `wave2_d_substitutions`. This
-is the fastest path from the current ~29–49% to the ≥50% target.
+is the fastest path from the current ~10–18% (calibrated) to the ≥20–30% target that would
+justify a larger Wave 2 investment.
+
+**Synthesis pool status (PR #61, final pre-wetlab state):**
+6 scaffold families confirmed: SEED-003 (16), SEED-005 (4), SEED-006 (11), SEED-007 (27),
+SEED-008 (24), SEED-009 (18). Total: 100 selected candidates. Mean safety=0.991, mean
+ensemble=0.805. 20-member pilot panel drawn from these 100 for Wave 1 synthesis.
 
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