Gio Kim

I am a systems biologist and builder who uses computation to understand, redesign, and direct complex biological systems.

This site is a dated register. Everything I have shipped, won, or learned goes in the timeline; the deeper pieces get their own page.

Gio Kim

Selected work

Longer write-ups of the projects worth reading about.

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Aug 15, 2026 · In person

YC Expo

Spent the day at the YC Expo meeting founders and engineers from a wide range of startups, including a good conversation with the team at emergent.dev.

Jan 5, 2026

Site launched

The first post. Short updates, press mentions, and announcements live here.

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Aug 10, 2026 · project

BioGemma fine-tuning experiment

Fine-tuned LoRA adapters on Gemma 4 E2B for biology Q&A and documented an honest negative result.

Nº 015
Jul 20, 2026 · project

Shipped Atlas V3

Shipped Atlas V3 — 63 FastAPI routes and 95 offline tests covering memory, routing, permission gates, workflows, and OS safety.

Nº 014
Jun 15, 2026 · project

Released WebLLM, and started research with Prof. Sauro

Shipped the WebLLM Chrome extension, built the Protein Sequence Transformer, and began metabolic control analysis research mentored by Prof. Herbert Sauro at UW.

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May 15, 2026 · research

Modeled the RhlI/RhlR quorum sensing system

Built a Tellurium kinetic model of the RhlR/RhlI quorum sensing pathway in P. aeruginosa and published the analysis on Cells and Civics.

Nº 012
Apr 10, 2026 · award

Best Delegate at King County MUN

Won Best Delegate at King County Model United Nations.

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Mar 13, 2026 · award

ACSL All Star Finals Qualifier

Qualified for the ACSL All Star Finals, competing in Junior 3.