What is an LLM? A primer for life science teams
A jargon-free explainer for scientists and operators: what large language models actually do, where they help, where they fail, and how to think about them.
Step-by-step guides on prompting, workflows, and integrations — written by us or contributed by the community. Click any tutorial to read the full walkthrough. You can also submit your own or a link to a useful one.
A jargon-free explainer for scientists and operators: what large language models actually do, where they help, where they fail, and how to think about them.
A no-hype comparison of the four AI assistants most bio teams end up using — with a simple decision tree for picking the right one for each job.
A copy-paste starter prompt template that works for scientists, ops, and program managers — plus the small tweaks that make it dramatically better.
Speed up Python and R scripts for sequence handling, file parsing, and API calls without sacrificing review.
A biopharma-flavored workflow for using Claude to build competitor pipeline briefs from public sources — and to fact-check claims your team already wrote.
Combine classic ImageJ pipelines with modern segmentation models for reproducible microscopy quantification.
A repeatable workflow for turning 20+ PDFs into a well-sourced literature review using ChatGPT (Team/Enterprise), with prompts, guardrails, and citation checks.
A practical walkthrough for using Microsoft 365 Copilot inside Excel to organize plate-reader exports, flag outliers, and generate a data-check summary — no Python required.
Map a count matrix to interpretable results using DESeq2, clusterProfiler, and LLM-powered annotation helpers.
A code-free alternative to SciSpaCy for teams that need to pull genes, drugs, doses, and adverse events out of a stack of PDFs — using Claude with a strict schema.
Build a lightweight bioactivity classifier from public ChEMBL data and interpret the results — an educational example, not a drug-likeness or ADMET prediction.
A pattern for extracting reliable, structured summaries of research articles using role, format, and grounding constraints.
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