IGOR - Your Personal Lab Assistant

IGOR is a cloud-based lab management platform for research teams in biotech, pharma, academia, and contract research. Experiment documentation (ELN), lab inventory and sample tracking, SOP management, file storage, and project planning are all built in and connected — to replace the mix of paper notebooks, spreadsheets, and disconnected tools that most labs still run on.

Electronic Lab Notebook

Experiment entries support rich text, tables with formula support, annotated image grids, and file attachments. Every experiment automatically generates a unique ID, a linked notebook entry, and a dedicated file folder. Digital signature workflows meet FDA 21 CFR Part 11 requirements - authors sign, witnesses review, and entries lock. Full version history is maintained, and a compliant revision process exists for correcting approved entries. A Mission Control dashboard tracks outstanding review and approval tasks across the team.

Inventory & Sample Management

IGOR tracks samples through their complete lifecycle, with a full audit trail at every stage. At any point, teams can see where a material is stored, where it's been, who used it, what experiment it was used for, and how it relates to other samples. Parent-child relationships between samples are tracked with an interactive family tree viewer, so derivative samples stay connected to their origin. Storage locations mirror the physical lab down to grid-mapped box positions, and inventory items link directly to notebook entries.

Every lab organizes materials differently. IGOR's custom inventory repositories let teams build exactly the structure they need - whether tracking reagents, biospecimens, or engineered constructs - with their own item categories and metadata fields. Setup and customization are done through the interface with no coding required, and role-based permissions give admins control over who can make structural changes, so repositories stay consistent across the team. Barcode scanning lets researchers quickly assign samples to experiments or look up sample details on the spot — no manual searching required.

And bulk upload via Excel templates makes the transition from spreadsheets or legacy systems fast and easy.

SOP & Template Management

IGOR has a built-in SOP Generator that handles the full document lifecycle — drafting, review, approval, and archiving. The review and approval workflow uses 21 CFR Part 11-compliant digital signatures, so there's a clear, auditable record of who approved the SOP before it gets issued. When an SOP is attached to a notebook entry, a copy is saved to that experiment record — so it's always clear which version of the SOP the researcher was working from. Protocol deviations can be noted in the entry, and get tracked as part of the notebook's audit trail and document version history.

Teams can build and share experiment templates that define exactly what information needs to be captured for a given assay or procedure. Researchers document against a predefined format rather than building entries from scratch - so data capture is consistent and documentation is faster.

Team Workspaces

Each department or research group within an organization can set up its own independently configurable workspace — a separate environment with its own data, settings, and permissions. Inventory repositories can be kept team-specific or shared with other workspaces; SOPs and templates can be shared the same way. Users can belong to multiple teams with different roles and permissions in each, supporting both internal collaboration and secure engagements with CROs, sponsors, or clients.

Security & Compliance

IGOR is hosted on SOC 2-certified AWS infrastructure. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, with daily backups across multiple AWS regions for redundancy. Security policies are enforced directly at the database level via Row-Level Security - not just at the application layer - and the platform is GDPR compliant and Data Privacy Framework certified.

Implementation & Support

Configuration is point-and-click, no coding knowledge or vendor support required. Most teams complete setup and begin working within a few days. Personal onboarding, training, customization support and ongoing customer support are included in all subscription plans.