We review the main components of autonomous scientific discovery, and how they lead to
the concept of a Robot Scientist. This is a system which uses techniques from artificial …

Current societies undergo a transformation into information societies.“Digitialization” is
progressing in every aspect of life, including health care. Handling the increasing flow of …

Motivated by the need for unification of the field of data mining and the growing demand for
formalized representation of outcomes of research, we address the task of constructing an …

Background Published descriptions of biology protocols are often ambiguous and
incomplete, making them difficult to replicate in other laboratories. However, there is …

The dielectric properties of biological tissues characterise the interaction of human tissues
with electromagnetic (EM) fields. Accurate knowledge of the dielectric properties of tissues …

Scientific results should not just be 'repeatable'(replicable in the same laboratory under
identical conditions), but also 'reproducible'(replicable in other laboratories under similar …

This paper introduces BioScript, a domain-specific language (DSL) for programmable
biochemistry which executes on emerging microfluidic platforms. The goal of this research is …

Background The reliability and reproducibility of experimental procedures is a cornerstone
of scientific practice. There is a pressing technological need for the better representation of …

Robotic automation in synthetic biology is especially relevant for liquid handling to facilitate
complex experiments. However, research tasks that are not highly standardized are still …

Reuse of elements from existing ontologies in the construction of new ontologies is a
foundational principle in ontological design. It offers the benefits, among others, of …