When a researcher improves a protocol, they propose the change with the supporting papers already pulled for you. You review and merge, the credit stays with them, and your lab's expertise compounds instead of walking out the door.
Describe a protocol. AI writes the draft. Free to start.
Sarah proposes changes to your lab template. You review the diff and decide.
Summary Substitutes BSA with non-fat milk for improved blocking. Extends incubation and wash cycles. 3 literature sources.
Why linked: BSA-to-milk swap requires adjusted incubation for optimal blocking.
Key finding: 40% lower background signal with non-fat milk vs BSA across 6 antibody-antigen pairs.
Researchers propose improvements to lab templates. PIs review the diff. The best ideas get merged, credited to whoever proposed them. Like version control, but for science.
Every proposal analyzed in three phases: structural diff, AI-generated insights, and literature citations that validate the change.
Every protocol run deducts reagents automatically. Running low triggers a reorder. You never write a purchase request again.
Every optimization tracked. Every version recoverable. Complete audit trail of who changed what, when, and why.
BSA, TBS-T, non-fat milk. Every material listed in the protocol is deducted the moment the run completes. Drop below threshold? The reorder goes out before anyone notices.
-250ml BSABSA, TBS-T, non-fat milk. Every material listed in the protocol is deducted the moment the run completes. Drop below threshold? The reorder goes out before anyone notices.
-250ml BSAThe protocol needs 2 hours on the plate reader tomorrow. The system checks availability and holds the slot. Your grad student just confirms.
2h reservedThe protocol needs 2 hours on the plate reader tomorrow. The system checks availability and holds the slot. Your grad student just confirms.
2h reservedEquipment hours, human hours, sample prep time. All captured per-project as the protocol runs. Not reconstructed from memory at billing time.
3.5h trackedEquipment hours, human hours, sample prep time. All captured per-project as the protocol runs. Not reconstructed from memory at billing time.
3.5h trackedEvery protocol run tracked every resource. Generating the invoice is not a research project of its own. One button. Accurate to the reagent.
Invoice readyEvery protocol run tracked every resource. Generating the invoice is not a research project of its own. One button. Accurate to the reagent.
Invoice readyThis is what happens when the protocol is the operating system.
The invisible cost of disconnected tools
How many hours does your lab spend reconciling inventory after protocol runs?
How many equipment slots go unbooked because nobody checked the schedule?
How many invoices are estimates instead of records?
How much institutional knowledge left with your last graduating class?
Protocol Cortex answers all of these. By making the protocol the source of truth.
The labs already on this never rebuild from scratch again.
Describe a protocol. AI writes the draft. Free to start.