Accelerating science through open exchange
Share lab samples, instruments, and expertise through a governed workflow. Researchers reuse materials instead of re-collecting them, and their shared samples with provenance-tracked metadata become high-quality datasets for trustworthy biological AI.
Why SampleX?
SampleX turns institutional sample inventories into provenance-aware resources for discovery, collaboration, and downstream AI/ML workflows.
Labs keep sensitive details internal until a listing request moves through review.
Masked previews show public-safe metadata while institution identity and direct contact remain gated.
Marketplace and project workflows preserve request status, reviewer decisions, and rejection reasons.
Search, category filters, metadata facets, and pagination keep discovery usable as inventories grow.
Better metadata for better biological AI
Biological AI depends on diverse, well-described samples. With SampleX, researchers find existing materials, spot missing metadata, and build richer sample context before generating new data.
Metadata extraction
Pull sample context from spreadsheets, publications, and lab records into structured fields for discovery.
Knowledge graph linking
Connect samples, organisms, environments, instruments, expertise, and institutions so related resources are easier to find.
Collaborative annotation
Expose metadata gaps and let authorized communities improve sample records over time.
Agentic metadata QC
Use agentic AI systems to flag incomplete records, inconsistent labels, and provenance gaps before exchange.
From lab shelf to scientific exchange
SampleX gives institutions discovery, governance, and evidence in one place. Each institution configures its own approval path.
Map assets
Researchers add samples, equipment, software, and project needs to a private lab inventory.
Mask previews
Public pages expose only safe fields, with institution and contact details withheld until sign-in.
Enrich metadata
AI-assisted extraction and community annotation turn spreadsheets, labels, and publications into structured sample context.
Route review
Configured review queues collect decisions, notes, checklist attestations, and request history.
Open collaboration
Approved users can request access, message collaborators, and track project/resource status.
Designed around controlled disclosure
Keep private data private, reveal only safe preview fields, and make sensitive changes reviewable.
Inventory for exchange or purchase
Log in to browse the full inventory with sample details, direct contact details, storage locations, and ways to find expertise and collaborators.
Biological materials with public-safe metadata.
Shared instruments and facilities ready for routing.
Reusable analysis tools and research workflows.
“I have always felt that there should be another way to communicate with scientists besides publications. I think SampleX will help.”
Jean-Marie Volland, Ph.D. - Group Leader (Marine Microbiology) - LRC & JGI