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An AI-ready lab notebook for life science doesn’t need to be complex or expensive
How-to: An ELN+LIMS built in Notion + Airtable
Jul 22, 2025 • Erika Alden DeBenedictis and Pioneer Labs
The primal desire for heavy things
An explanation of MIT undergrads
Feb 8, 2025 • Erika Alden DeBenedictis
How to make a microbe for Mars, one step at a time
Our engineering roadmap 🚀🦠
Published on Essays from Pioneer Labs • Aug 9, 2024
What Biology Can Learn from Physics
Predictive models as billion dollar moonshots.
Published on Asimov Press • Dec 10, 2023
Erika's quick-start guide to research nonprofits
You do NOT need permission from a university to do research (!!)
Dec 7, 2023 • Erika Alden DeBenedictis
Erika Update #12: Traction is the key to curiosity-driven research
Traction = question + tool
Aug 22, 2023 • Erika Alden DeBenedictis
Erika Update #11: Finally a breakthrough! If you can’t beat it, measure it
Sanity is restored
Jul 25, 2023 • Erika Alden DeBenedictis
Erika Update #10: Honestly, it’s often faster to do it by hand
A cautionary tale of how scripting is not always worth it
Jun 20, 2023 • Erika Alden DeBenedictis
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