LabClaw

Retrieves gene expression and omics datasets from ArrayExpress and BioStudies with gene disambiguation, experiment quality assessment, and structured reports. Creates comprehensive dataset profiles with metadata, sample information, and download links. Use when users need expression data, omics datasets, or mention ArrayExpress (E-MTAB, E-GEOD) or BioStudies (S-BSST) accessions.

Production-ready genomics and epigenomics data processing for BixBench questions. Handles methylation array analysis (CpG filtering, differential methylation, age-related CpG detection, chromosome-level density), ChIP-seq peak analysis (peak calling, motif enrichment, coverage stats), ATAC-seq chromatin accessibility, multi-omics integration (expression + methylation correlation), and genome-wide statistics. Pure Python computation (pandas, scipy, numpy, pysam, statsmodels) plus ToolUniverse annotation tools (Ensembl, ENCODE, SCREEN, JASPAR, ReMap, RegulomeDB, ChIPAtlas). Supports BED, BigWig, methylation beta-value matrices, Illumina manifest files, and multi-sample clinical data. Use when processing methylation data, ChIP-seq peaks, ATAC-seq signals, or answering questions about CpG sites, differential methylation, chromatin accessibility, histone marks, or epigenomic statistics.

Comprehensive CRISPR screen analysis for functional genomics. Analyze pooled or arrayed CRISPR screens (knockout, activation, interference) to identify essential genes, synthetic lethal interactions, and drug targets. Perform sgRNA count processing, gene-level scoring (MAGeCK, BAGEL), quality control, pathway enrichment, and drug target prioritization. Use for CRISPR screen analysis, gene essentiality studies, synthetic lethality detection, functional genomics, drug target validation, or identifying genetic vulnerabilities.

Query STRING API for protein-protein interactions (59M proteins, 20B interactions). Network analysis, GO/KEGG enrichment, interaction discovery, 5000+ species, for systems biology.

Deep generative models for single-cell omics. Use when you need probabilistic batch correction (scVI), transfer learning, differential expression with uncertainty, or multi-modal integration (TOTALVI, MultiVI). Best for advanced modeling, batch effects, multimodal data. For standard analysis pipelines use scanpy.

Comprehensive toolkit for survival analysis and time-to-event modeling in Python using scikit-survival. Use this skill when working with censored survival data, performing time-to-event analysis, fitting Cox models, Random Survival Forests, Gradient Boosting models, or Survival SVMs, evaluating survival predictions with concordance index or Brier score, handling competing risks, or implementing any survival analysis workflow with the scikit-survival library.

Biological data toolkit. Sequence analysis, alignments, phylogenetic trees, diversity metrics (alpha/beta, UniFrac), ordination (PCoA), PERMANOVA, FASTA/Newick I/O, for microbiome analysis.

Standard single-cell RNA-seq analysis pipeline. Use for QC, normalization, dimensionality reduction (PCA/UMAP/t-SNE), clustering, differential expression, and visualization. Best for exploratory scRNA-seq analysis with established workflows. For deep learning models use scvi-tools; for data format questions use anndata.

Converts natural language or PDF protocol text into executable step sequences for Opentrons or PyLabRobot. Parses protocol descriptions to extract pipette volumes, well positions, temperatures, incubation times, and transfer patterns; outputs Python code snippets or JSON instruction lists ready for robot execution or simulation.

Generates short, imperative guidance prompts for the next experimental step from current video frame and protocol context. Output is optimized for voice broadcast (TTS) or AR overlay — concise, actionable, command-style — to guide researchers in real time, correct deviations, or resume experiments without breaking flow.

Query Reactome REST API for pathway analysis, enrichment, gene-pathway mapping, disease pathways, molecular interactions, expression analysis, for systems biology studies.

Genomic file toolkit. Read/write SAM/BAM/CRAM alignments, VCF/BCF variants, FASTA/FASTQ sequences, extract regions, calculate coverage, for NGS data processing pipelines.

Complete mass spectrometry analysis platform. Use for proteomics workflows feature detection, peptide identification, protein quantification, and complex LC-MS/MS pipelines. Supports extensive file formats and algorithms. Best for proteomics, comprehensive MS data processing. For simple spectral comparison and metabolite ID use matchms.

Vendor-agnostic lab automation framework. Use when controlling multiple equipment types (Hamilton, Tecan, Opentrons, plate readers, pumps) or needing unified programming across different vendors. Best for complex workflows, multi-vendor setups, simulation. For Opentrons-only protocols with official API, opentrons-integration may be simpler.

Differential gene expression analysis (Python DESeq2). Identify DE genes from bulk RNA-seq counts, Wald tests, FDR correction, volcano/MA plots, for RNA-seq analysis.

Integration with protocols.io API for managing scientific protocols. This skill should be used when working with protocols.io to search, create, update, or publish protocols; manage protocol steps and materials; handle discussions and comments; organize workspaces; upload and manage files; or integrate protocols.io functionality into workflows. Applicable for protocol discovery, collaborative protocol development, experiment tracking, lab protocol management, and scientific documentation.

Real-time XR video vs. protocol text matching and deviation detection. Aligns first-person XR headset video streams frame-by-frame against structured protocol steps, flags procedural deviations, scores compliance, and delivers corrective audio/visual overlays — enabling one-person lab operation with zero-missed-step guarantees.

Access RCSB PDB for 3D protein/nucleic acid structures. Search by text/sequence/structure, download coordinates (PDB/mmCIF), retrieve metadata, for structural biology and drug discovery.

Full-featured computational pathology toolkit. Use for advanced WSI analysis including multiplexed immunofluorescence (CODEX, Vectra), nucleus segmentation, tissue graph construction, and ML model training on pathology data. Supports 160+ slide formats. For simple tile extraction from H&E slides, histolab may be simpler.

Official Opentrons Protocol API for OT-2 and Flex robots. Use when writing protocols specifically for Opentrons hardware with full access to Protocol API v2 features. Best for production Opentrons protocols, official API compatibility. For multi-vendor automation or broader equipment control use pylabrobot.

Microscopy data management platform. Access images via Python, retrieve datasets, analyze pixels, manage ROIs/annotations, batch processing, for high-content screening and microscopy workflows.

Access NIH Metabolomics Workbench via REST API (4,200+ studies). Query metabolites, RefMet nomenclature, MS/NMR data, m/z searches, study metadata, for metabolomics and biomarker discovery.

Spectral similarity and compound identification for metabolomics. Use for comparing mass spectra, computing similarity scores (cosine, modified cosine), and identifying unknown compounds from spectral libraries. Best for metabolite identification, spectral matching, library searching. For full LC-MS/MS proteomics pipelines use pyopenms.

Latch platform for bioinformatics workflows. Build pipelines with Latch SDK, @workflow/@task decorators, deploy serverless workflows, LatchFile/LatchDir, Nextflow/Snakemake integration.

This skill should be used when working with LaminDB, an open-source data framework for biology that makes data queryable, traceable, reproducible, and FAIR. Use when managing biological datasets (scRNA-seq, spatial, flow cytometry, etc.), tracking computational workflows, curating and validating data with biological ontologies, building data lakehouses, or ensuring data lineage and reproducibility in biological research. Covers data management, annotation, ontologies (genes, cell types, diseases, tissues), schema validation, integrations with workflow managers (Nextflow, Snakemake) and MLOps platforms (W&B, MLflow), and deployment strategies.