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BioCompLab tools hub

Integrated bioinformatics access without hiding the source.

The catalog is organized by area and subarea so the growing tool set stays searchable as the platform adds more wrappers, local services, and proprietary modeling pipelines.

BioCompLab-built tools

Proprietary pipelines are separated from external wrappers.

These tools are developed or orchestrated by BioCompLab. External wrappers remain available in the directory, but they are grouped separately because their execution, data, attribution, and rate limits belong to outside providers.

BioCompLab proprietary

Whole-Cell Model Data Retrieval

publicBioCompLab-built pipeline

BioCompLab Python/BioPython retrieval pipeline for curated organism whole-cell modeling data, including normalized JSON, SBML, SBOL, provenance, and coverage reporting.

availablequeued-job
Whole-cell model data pipelineOpen

Catalog filter

Search by area, access, and origin

33 total tools33 public1 BioCompLab-built29 external wrappers

Genomics

Taxonomy, genome search, sequence comparison, and microbiome entry points.

8 tools

Assemblies and package downloads

1 tools

NCBI Datasets

NCBI Datasets Genome Search

publicExternal wrapper

Retrieve NCBI Datasets assembly reports and prepare genome package download URLs for assembly accessions.

availableapifuture member
Assemblies and package downloadsOpen

Assemblies and sample metadata

1 tools

European Nucleotide Archive

ENA Portal Search

publicExternal wrapper

Search ENA assemblies, reads, samples, studies, and sequence records using the ENA Portal API.

availableapi
Assemblies and sample metadataOpen

Genome and record search

1 tools

NCBI

NCBI Entrez Search

publicExternal wrapper

Search NCBI Entrez databases such as nucleotide, protein, assembly, gene, genome, and PubMed.

availableapi
Genome and record searchOpen

Genome annotation

1 tools

Ensembl

Ensembl Genome Feature Lookup

publicExternal wrapper

Lookup gene symbols or Ensembl identifiers and retrieve genomic coordinates, transcripts, and feature metadata.

availableapifuture member
Genome annotationOpen

Microbiome and metagenomics

1 tools

EMBL-EBI MGnify

MGnify Microbiome Study Search

publicExternal wrapper

Search microbiome and metagenomics studies, including biome metadata and ENA-linked accessions.

availableapi
Microbiome and metagenomicsOpen

Sample metadata

1 tools

EMBL-EBI BioSamples

EMBL-EBI BioSamples Search

publicExternal wrapper

Search sample metadata linked to ENA, BioStudies, PRIDE, MetaboLights, and other omics archives.

availableapi
Sample metadataOpen

Sequence comparison

1 tools

NCBI

NCBI BLAST

publicExternal wrapper

Submit a public BLAST job through the NCBI URL API and return the RID plus status and result links.

availablequeued-jobfuture member
Sequence comparisonOpen

Taxonomy and organism identity

1 tools

NCBI

NCBI Taxonomy Lookup

publicExternal wrapper

Resolve organism names or taxonomy identifiers against the curated NCBI Taxonomy database.

availableapi
Taxonomy and organism identityOpen

Proteomics

Protein lookup, domains, structures, evidence, and network context.

10 tools

Domains and families

1 tools

EMBL-EBI InterPro

InterPro Domain Lookup

publicExternal wrapper

Retrieve protein family, domain, and functional site annotations from InterPro for a UniProt accession.

availableapi
Domains and familiesOpen

Experimental structures

1 tools

RCSB PDB

RCSB PDB Structure Lookup

publicExternal wrapper

Retrieve metadata for experimental and computed macromolecular structures by PDB or CSM identifier.

availableapi
Experimental structuresOpen

Interaction networks

1 tools

STRING

STRING Protein Network Search

publicExternal wrapper

Resolve protein names to STRING identifiers and open functional association networks.

availableapifuture member
Interaction networksOpen

Ontology terms

1 tools

EMBL-EBI QuickGO

QuickGO Term Search

publicExternal wrapper

Search Gene Ontology terms and definitions for biological process, molecular function, and cellular component annotation.

availableapi
Ontology termsOpen

Protein feature records

1 tools

EMBL-EBI Proteins

EMBL-EBI Proteins Feature Lookup

publicExternal wrapper

Retrieve UniProt-derived protein records, sequence metadata, and feature annotations from the EBI Proteins API.

availableapi
Protein feature recordsOpen

Protein lookup and annotation

1 tools

UniProt

UniProt Protein Lookup

publicExternal wrapper

Retrieve protein names, organism, sequence, function, Gene Ontology annotations, and database cross-references.

availableapi
Protein lookup and annotationOpen

Protein structure prediction

1 tools

BioCompLab compute adapter

AlphaFold / ColabFold Prediction Queue

publicBioCompLab local wrapper

Submit a protein sequence to a configured local or institutional AlphaFold-compatible prediction service.

prototypequeued-jobfuture member
Protein structure predictionOpen

Protein structures

1 tools

AlphaFold DB / EMBL-EBI

AlphaFold DB Structure Lookup

publicExternal wrapper

Find predicted protein structures, confidence metadata, and structure download links by UniProt accession.

availableapi
Protein structuresOpen

Proteomics evidence

1 tools

PRIDE Archive

PRIDE Proteomics Project Search

publicExternal wrapper

Search public mass-spectrometry proteomics projects and evidence metadata in PRIDE Archive.

availableapi
Proteomics evidenceOpen

Structure summary

1 tools

Protein Data Bank in Europe

PDBe Structure Summary

publicExternal wrapper

Retrieve PDBe entry summaries, deposition metadata, experimental methods, and structure links by PDB ID.

availableapi
Structure summaryOpen

Metabolomics

Compounds, chemical entities, and metabolomics study archives.

4 tools

Bioactive molecules

1 tools

ChEMBL

ChEMBL Molecule Search

publicExternal wrapper

Search bioactive molecules, drug-like compounds, approvals, synonyms, and ChEMBL identifiers.

availableapi
Bioactive moleculesOpen

Chemical ontology

1 tools

EMBL-EBI OLS / ChEBI

ChEBI Ontology Lookup

publicExternal wrapper

Search ChEBI chemical entities through the EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.

availableapi
Chemical ontologyOpen

Compound lookup

1 tools

PubChem

PubChem Compound Lookup

publicExternal wrapper

Resolve compounds and retrieve identifiers, formulas, masses, SMILES, InChI, and source links.

availableapi
Compound lookupOpen

Study archives

1 tools

EMBL-EBI MetaboLights

MetaboLights Study Search

publicExternal wrapper

Search public MetaboLights metabolomics study accessions through EBI Search.

availableapi
Study archivesOpen

Systems modeling

Pathways, interaction systems, computational models, and whole-cell pipelines.

6 tools

Computational models

1 tools

EMBL-EBI BioModels

BioModels Search

publicExternal wrapper

Search curated and non-curated mathematical models, including SBML pathway and systems-biology models.

availableapi
Computational modelsOpen

Curated pathway maps

1 tools

WikiPathways

WikiPathways Search

publicExternal wrapper

Search pathway references through EBI Search and retrieve official WikiPathways JSON, GPML, and SVG assets when a WPID is supplied.

availableapi
Curated pathway mapsOpen

Licensed pathway knowledge

1 tools

BioCyc

BioCyc / MetaCyc Query

publicExternal wrapper

Query a configured BioCyc web service endpoint when institutional access and BIOCYC credentials are available.

prototypeapifuture member
Licensed pathway knowledgeOpen

Pathways

1 tools

Reactome

Reactome Pathway Search

publicExternal wrapper

Search curated pathways, reactions, and biological entities in Reactome.

availableapi
PathwaysOpen

Pathways and biochemical networks

1 tools

KEGG

KEGG REST Lookup

publicExternal wrapper

Search KEGG entries for pathways, genes, compounds, reactions, enzymes, and modules.

availableapifuture member
Pathways and biochemical networksOpen

Whole-cell model data pipeline

1 tools

BioCompLab proprietary

Whole-Cell Model Data Retrieval

publicBioCompLab-built pipeline

BioCompLab Python/BioPython retrieval pipeline for curated organism whole-cell modeling data, including normalized JSON, SBML, SBOL, provenance, and coverage reporting.

availablequeued-job
Whole-cell model data pipelineOpen

Evidence and literature

Publication search and DOI metadata for supporting evidence trails.

3 tools

DOI metadata

1 tools

Crossref

Crossref DOI Metadata Search

publicExternal wrapper

Search DOI metadata for articles, books, proceedings, and scholarly records connected to biological evidence trails.

availableapi
DOI metadataOpen

Life-science literature

1 tools

Europe PMC

Europe PMC Literature Search

publicExternal wrapper

Search life-science literature across Europe PMC, including abstracts, preprints, books, patents, and open-access records.

availableapi
Life-science literatureOpen

Literature search

1 tools

NCBI PubMed

PubMed Evidence Search

publicExternal wrapper

Search PubMed for literature connected to genes, organisms, pathways, proteins, and bioengineering topics.

availableapi
Literature searchOpen

Visualization

Browsers and viewers for genomic and structural exploration.

1 tools

Genome browser launcher

1 tools

JBrowse

JBrowse Genome Browser Launcher

publicBioCompLab local wrapper

Launch an embedded JBrowse instance when JBROWSE_BASE_URL is configured, with assembly and genomic location parameters.

prototypeembedded-viewerfuture member
Genome browser launcherOpen

Synthetic biology

Conceptual planning support for non-operational design work.

1 tools

Conceptual workbench

1 tools

BioCompLab

Synthetic Biology Concept Workbench

publicBioCompLab local wrapper

A safe conceptual workspace for non-operational biological computing and synthetic biology design notes.

plannedlocal-wrapperfuture member
Conceptual workbenchOpen

Integration policy

BioCompLab wrappers use official APIs, permitted linkouts, or local visualization components. The portal must not bypass provider authentication, usage policies, rate limits, CORS, or attribution requirements.

Data safety

Users should not submit confidential, clinical, unpublished, controlled, or proprietary sequences to external public services. BioCompLab provides an integrated access layer, not ownership of external data.