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01 / Human skin histology

Hematoxylin-and-eosin photograph of epidermis and dermis with a benign intradermal nevus, 10×. By Kilbad, released into the public domain. Original image on Wikimedia Commons; also identified in the scikit-image skin dataset. The Wikimedia source version underwent a colour and brightness adjustment in December 2015. Ontosma displays a CSS-only editorial crop and applies no additional colour or contrast adjustments.

02 / Intestinal organoids

Published composite fluorescence image of mouse small-intestine organoids from ApcMin/+ animals. AKT is shown in red, E-cadherin in green and nuclei in blue. By Abhimanu Pandey (2019), licensed CC BY 4.0. The displayed PNG is sourced from the published TIFF. These colours identify fluorescence channels, not the natural colours of the tissue. A byte-level comparison of the local copy with the source remains outstanding.

03 / Retinal fundus photograph

A wide editorial crop of a published fundus photograph of a normal left eye, taken by Mikael Häggström in 2012 and released under CC0 1.0. The 2014 date sometimes cited refers to the author's later medical-gallery publication. The website uses a previously prepared 1185 × 445 wide crop; its exact crop coordinates and source-file equivalence have not yet been independently verified.

These are reference photographs from independent sources. They are not experimental results produced by Ontosma.

Ontosma's homepage describes open questions being studied across the wider scientific community. These sources provide scientific context; they do not document discoveries, validated predictions or virtual-cell models produced by Ontosma.

Cell identity and reprogramming

Samantha A. Morris, Redefining cellular reprogramming with advanced genomic technologies, Nature Reviews Genetics (2026). Reviews molecular and functional challenges in producing new cellular identities and interpreting reprogramming outcomes.

AI-guided antimicrobial discovery

Artificial intelligence using a latent diffusion model enables the generation of diverse and potent antimicrobial peptides, Science Advances (2025). Reports computationally generated peptide candidates and experimental testing. These are the independent authors' results, not Ontosma's.

Zebrafish heart regeneration

An organ-wide spatiotemporal transcriptomic and cellular atlas of the regenerating zebrafish heart, Nature Communications (2025). Examines cellular states during regeneration in zebrafish; it does not imply that comparable regeneration is currently possible in adult humans.

Virtual-cell research

How to build the virtual cell with artificial intelligence: Priorities and opportunities, Cell (2024). A published perspective discussing the scientific ambition, opportunities and challenges of AI-based virtual-cell models. The article describes work by the wider research community, not a demonstrated Ontosma system.

Ontosma is an independent, research-stage initiative building scientific-investigation software. The full scientific-brain and virtual-cell ambitions described on the site remain research directions, not independently validated public capabilities. No public product access or dataset upload is available.

Who is responsible. Ontosma is an independent research initiative. Swarnadeep Saha is the data controller for enquiries sent to [email protected].

What we use. If you email us, we use your email address, message and any name, research area or affiliation you choose to share to reply and, if you request it, discuss future alpha testing. The lawful basis is legitimate interests: responding to people who contact the initiative and organising limited, relevant follow-up. Enquiring does not add you to any automatic mailing list. We do not ask for confidential datasets, patient information, unpublished results or credentials.

Storage and retention. Messages are handled through Microsoft Outlook. Limited enquiry details may also be stored in a private Notion workspace for follow-up. Enquiries are reviewed periodically and normally deleted within 12 months of the last meaningful contact, unless an ongoing request or legal obligation requires longer retention.

Service providers and transfers. Microsoft and Notion may process information outside the UK. Their published policies describe their services and international transfer safeguards: Microsoft privacy statement and Notion privacy information. Contact us if you need more information about the relevant safeguards.

Your rights. You may ask to access, correct or delete personal information, or request restriction where applicable. You also have a right to object to processing based on legitimate interests. Email [email protected] with your request. You can raise a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office.

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