5. Future directions
Current advances in a number of fields now converge to enhance the
function and potential of viral biotemplates. These activities are
greatly accelerated by the innovations of synthetic biology that enable
more rapid building and testing of engineered VLPs. These constructs are
thoroughly characterized with spectroscopic techniques with the rich
datasets fed to machine learning algorithms to guide iterative design
and improvements (Figure 3). Several emerging opportunities are as
follows.