Welcome to protocols.io, your go-to platform for researchers to collaboratively craft detailed, interactive, and adaptive protocols that seamlessly function on mobile and web platforms. With protocols.io, researchers can effortlessly share their protocols with peers, collaborators, and the broader scientific community or even make them public, streamlining the process for enhanced efficiency.

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protocols.io @ WashU

Learn more about how protocol.io is being used at WashU.

Key Features

  • Editor – Every new protocol starts out private. You can then choose to keep it private, share it with others, or to make it public.
  • Workspacecs – Collaborate with other scientists by creating or joining a workspace for your lab, organization, or field of research. 
  • File Manger – The central place for all your protocols, documents, collections, experiment records, and any other files you may need for method development and experiment records.
  • Create – New protocols start out private. You can choose to share or make it public.
  • Run – Run protocols as checklists.
  • Publish – The protocol receives a DOI, becomes visible to everyone, is permanent, and cannot be edited anymore.

Private & secure collaboration w/ HIPAA compliance, audit trail, approval/signature (21 CFR Part 11), 2-factor authentication, encryption, VPC, and more.