Field
Medicine
Horizon
ι Iota · 2035–2042
Lead center
Living Systems
Maturity
Research frontier — early-stage, high-uncertainty
Why it matters
It could restore lost biodiversity and ecosystem functions and advance genetic and reproductive science, though it raises ecological and ethical questions.
Where it stands
Projects target species such as the mammoth and passenger pigeon; no full de-extinction yet, and rewilding is contested.
How ASIZ approaches it
The discovery loop, applied.
Through the Living Systems center, ASIZ aims the discovery loop at de-extinction: frontier models survey the literature and simulate the possibilities, rank the experiments most likely to resolve the open questions, and partner labs run the decisive ones — with results shared openly.