I LOVE the concept of this mod. I've been hoping for something like this for a while. I have a few suggestions already if you're interested.
1: growing alien cells and organs in a life vat
a: this could be used for things like spitter glands or biter muscle.
b: also could be used for the brain in a jar
2: wands that work as weapons. you could make it use wand foci for ammo
3: aura nodes that spawn like the rocks in the core game
a: you can only 'damage' them with wands using a specific focus to collect them. (not sure if that would work)
4: deep bore that can be used to get stone (possibly more) from anywhere
a: can use entropy to go faster, and terra to get more
b: can use vitreous to get quartz from bob's mods
c: can use aqua to get mud from angel's mods
5: turrets that use wand foci
a: maybe these turrets can be upgraded with entropy to shoot faster and ignis to do more damage
6: a config to set the aspects of other mod items
I hope that gave you plenty of inspiration if nothing else. Love the mod. Keep up the good work.