Research skills

Retrieves ClinGen gene-disease validity assertions for a public gene or disease, and reviews source-linked public evidence and literature for one supported GRCh38 germline nuclear...

Web deep research producing a cited report from fetched sources, adversarially reviewed and gate-checked, with conclusions ingested into the knowledge graph. Auto-invoke when user...

Use when generating an NIH or NSF Biographical Sketch in SciENcv (current format): personal statement, contribution statements (new 2025 NIH format), positions and honors,...

Creative research ideation and exploration. Use for open-ended brainstorming, interdisciplinary connections, challenging assumptions, or identifying research gaps in early-stage...

Evaluate scientific claims and evidence quality. Use for assessing experimental design validity, identifying biases and confounders, applying evidence grading frameworks (GRADE,...

Use when responding to a DARPA Broad Agency Announcement: white paper vs full proposal, Heilmeier Catechism framing, program manager engagement, BAA-specific formatting, cost...

Use when drafting or revising an ERC proposal: B1 Extended Synopsis (2 pp), B2 Full Proposal (≈7–8 pp), CV, Track Record, resources, ethics issues table, and host institution...

Handle negative results, failed experiments, preregistration violations, and replication failures. Use for reporting null findings, deciding when to revise vs. discard hypotheses,...

Use when applying for private foundation grants: Templeton, HHMI (Investigator, Freeman Hrabowski, Hanna Gray), Damon Runyon, Searle, Pew Scholars, McKnight, Packard, Keck....

Review a research grant proposal (NIH/NSF/ERC/private foundation): section-by-section criteria, panel process, criterion scoring, overall impact, reviewer etiquette, and a...

Generate testable hypotheses from literature and observation. Use for converting research gaps, contradictory findings, cross-domain analogies, or clinical observations into...

Conduct a formal peer review of a scientific manuscript for a journal: section-by-section evaluation, reporting-checklist compliance, major/minor comments, recommendation to...

Use when planning or drafting an NIH mentored career-development award (K01, K08, K23, K99/R00, K25, K22, K07): Candidate Section, Mentorship Plan, Training Plan,...

Use when planning, drafting, or revising an NIH R01 (Research Project Grant) application: Specific Aims, Significance/Innovation/Approach, Authentication, Budget Justification,...

Use when planning, drafting, or revising an NSF Standard Research Proposal: Project Description (15 pp), Data Management Plan, Postdoc Mentoring Plan, Broader Impacts,...

Multi-perspective exploration of a research question using 5-7 expert lenses. Use for grant specific aims, manuscript framing, project scoping, or when a question benefits from...

Write a respectful, point-by-point response to peer-reviewer comments (rebuttal): tone, structure, line-numbered references, conflict handling, partial-response strategy, and...

Evaluate a researcher's portfolio (CV, publications, citations, funding, mentorship, service, software, talks) for tenure, awards, recruitment, or promotion: field-normalized...

Use when drafting or revising the NIH Specific Aims page (1 page) for an R01, R21, R03, F-series, or K-series: concrete structure, opening-paragraph formula, Aim-construction...

Use CellProfiler 5.x to build reproducible pipelines for cell/nuclei segmentation, illumination correction, feature extraction, and high-content screening assays including...

Set up and use reference managers (Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote) with citation styles, group libraries, PDF annotation, DOI/PMID workflows, and BibTeX export for reproducible...

Use when releasing research code: Zenodo-GitHub integration for a citable DOI, Citation File Format (CFF), containerization with Docker/Apptainer, conda lockfiles, and...

Chemotion open electronic lab notebook for chemists via REST API. Molecule editor, reactions, samples, spectra (NMR/IR/MS), inventory. Open-source alternative to ChemAxon/Accelrys...

eLabFTW open-source electronic lab notebook via REST API. Self-hosted ELN/LIMS alternative to Benchling and LabArchives: experiments, database entries, inventory, equipment...