of researchers have failed to reproduce another scientist's experiments
have failed to reproduce their own experiments
spent annually on preclinical research that cannot be reproduced — USA alone
Source: Baker, Nature (2016)
This is not a talent problem. It is a documentation problem.
Benchbook was built to solve it.
The problem with general tools
Notes apps and word processors are powerful general tools. But they were never designed for one specific moment: standing at the lab bench with gloved hands, trying to record an experiment accurately in real time.
Benchbook was designed for exactly that moment. Nothing else.
The problem with enterprise ELNs
Professional lab software solves compliance problems. But it creates new ones: complexity, cost, and tools that feel built for IT departments not researchers.
Benchbook was built for the researcher at the bench. Not the manager signing the contract.
Five things Benchbook does
Six, actually — each one solving a real problem at the bench.
"Stop reconstructing experiments from memory. Record them live."
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