Overview
Protocols in Synthace introduce a powerful new way to streamline scientific automation by providing a standardized and scalable approach to experiment design.
This feature allows researchers to create, publish, and manage reusable protocols, reducing the time spent on repetitive setup and configuration. By overlaying protocols onto Synthace workflows, scientists can easily define which parameters should remain fixed and which can be adjusted, ensuring that experiments remain consistent while allowing flexibility where needed. This intuitive system makes it easier for both automation experts and newcomers to execute complex experiments without unnecessary overhead, helping teams focus on scientific discovery rather than workflow management.
With Synthace protocols, teams can quickly transition from planning to automation, optimizing their laboratory processes with greater efficiency. Researchers can add descriptions to guide their colleagues, preview protocols before publishing, and tag them for easy organization.
Once a protocol is selected from the library, users can follow step-by-step instructions, modify editable parameters as needed, and seamlessly move into execution with a single click. This approach ensures that automation is more accessible, reproducible, and scalable across different experiments and teams.
Creating and Configuring Protocols
Transform your existing workflows into Protocols, making them accessible and user-friendly for the broader team. Key capabilities include providing simulation context up front, adding detailed instructions, and modifying element parameters without starting from scratch.
Tailor Protocols to your needs
Customise Protocols: Define protocol details step-by-step.
Provide context and clarity: Add instructional content and example contexts to guide your team in using a protocol.
Real-time feedback: Surface key outputs and information to provide confidence to protocol users
Publishing Protocols
Synthace offers flexible publishing options, allowing protocols to be shared organization-wide or kept private. Synthace expert users can edit, curate, and manage protocols to ensure organizational continuity.
Publishing Options
Organization-Wide: Share protocols with all members of your organization.
Private Access: Restrict protocols to the creator or specific teams.
Annotation: Add tags to protocols to improve the findability of relevant protocols.
Updating Protocols
Keeping protocols current is essential for maintaining efficiency and accuracy. Synthace simplifies this process by allowing you to edit workflows directly, update descriptive elements, and maintain original parameter markup without recreating templates from scratch.
Easily keep protocols up to date
Revise and improve: Access edit mode and make necessary adjustments to the workflow or protocol.
Version control: Create a new protocol version whilst maintaining version history, allowing you to make updates without disrupting ongoing experiments.
Managing Protocols
An organized protocol library enhances productivity and user experience. Synthace provides tools to tag and group protocols, manage step sequences, and keep the library up to date through archiving and organizing tools.
Using Protocols
Access the protocols library to launch a protocol. Use the protocol preview and description as a jumping-off point when selecting your protocol, then fill in the required parameters, and away you go!
Protocols Best Practice Guide
To maximize the effectiveness of protocols, super users should simplify user input, provide clear labels, offer contextual examples, and maintain updated templates. Get tips on building the most effective protocols from the Synthace team!