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Biocoder: A programming language for standardizing and automating biology protocols.

Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan¹, William Thies

¹Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany. ananthan@mpi-cbg.de.

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BioCoder is a new programming system that standardizes biology protocols for improved reproducibility and automation. This approach allows for precise execution and communication of experimental methods, moving beyond traditional written descriptions.

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Area of Science:

Molecular Biology
Bioinformatics
Laboratory Automation

Background:

Published biology protocols often lack the precision required for replication and automation.
Advancements in laboratory automation necessitate more formal and unambiguous protocol descriptions.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a programming system for expressing biology protocols with precision.
To enhance the reproducibility and automation of biological experiments.

Main Methods:

Developed BioCoder, a C++ library for encoding biological protocols.
BioCoder translates code into human-readable English descriptions.
Implemented and tested over 65 protocols using BioCoder.

Main Results:

BioCoder enables precise protocol execution, suitable for laboratory automation.
The system successfully converted complex protocols into executable code.
A biologist used BioCoder as the sole reference to execute a complex protocol.

Conclusions:

BioCoder is the first practical programming system for standardizing and automating biology protocols.
This system addresses ambiguities in current protocol descriptions.
BioCoder offers a foundation for future automation platforms and a new paradigm for communicating experimental methods.