Frequently Asked Questions
General Questions
What is Platforma?
What is Platforma?
What is Platforma?
Platforma is the Discovery Decision Platform for biologics. It brings together sequencing, experimental, structural, and functional data into a transparent, reproducible framework for deciding what to do next in your discovery programs: from experimental design to candidate selection and optimization.
Rather than simply analyzing individual datasets, Platforma connects biological signals to discovery decisions, helping scientists evaluate candidates using the full biological picture.
Platforma is the Discovery Decision Platform for biologics. It brings together sequencing, experimental, structural, and functional data into a transparent, reproducible framework for deciding what to do next in your discovery programs: from experimental design to candidate selection and optimization.
Rather than simply analyzing individual datasets, Platforma connects biological signals to discovery decisions, helping scientists evaluate candidates using the full biological picture.
Platforma is the Discovery Decision Platform for biologics. It brings together sequencing, experimental, structural, and functional data into a transparent, reproducible framework for deciding what to do next in your discovery programs: from experimental design to candidate selection and optimization.
Rather than simply analyzing individual datasets, Platforma connects biological signals to discovery decisions, helping scientists evaluate candidates using the full biological picture.
What problem does Platforma solve?
What problem does Platforma solve?
What problem does Platforma solve?
Modern biologics discovery generates millions of biological signals, but scientists cannot manually integrate all of them when selecting candidates. Platforma connects these signals to candidate selection, helping scientists make decisions using more of the available evidence rather than relying on isolated metrics, fragmented tools, or manual analysis.
Modern biologics discovery generates millions of biological signals, but scientists cannot manually integrate all of them when selecting candidates. Platforma connects these signals to candidate selection, helping scientists make decisions using more of the available evidence rather than relying on isolated metrics, fragmented tools, or manual analysis.
Modern biologics discovery generates millions of biological signals, but scientists cannot manually integrate all of them when selecting candidates. Platforma connects these signals to candidate selection, helping scientists make decisions using more of the available evidence rather than relying on isolated metrics, fragmented tools, or manual analysis.
What does Platforma help scientists decide?
What does Platforma help scientists decide?
What does Platforma help scientists decide?
Platforma helps discovery teams decide which therapeutic candidates to prioritize and advance. Depending on the workflow, this can include selecting antibody or peptide candidates, identifying enriched clones, evaluating developability and liabilities, comparing clonal families, and integrating multiple experimental signals.
Platforma helps discovery teams decide which therapeutic candidates to prioritize and advance. Depending on the workflow, this can include selecting antibody or peptide candidates, identifying enriched clones, evaluating developability and liabilities, comparing clonal families, and integrating multiple experimental signals.
Platforma helps discovery teams decide which therapeutic candidates to prioritize and advance. Depending on the workflow, this can include selecting antibody or peptide candidates, identifying enriched clones, evaluating developability and liabilities, comparing clonal families, and integrating multiple experimental signals.
How is Platforma different from bioinformatics and analysis tools?
How is Platforma different from bioinformatics and analysis tools?
How is Platforma different from bioinformatics and analysis tools?
Most bioinformatics tools help scientists process, analyze, or visualize individual datasets. Platforma goes further by connecting those analyses to the discovery decisions that follow.
Analysis tools help you understand your data. Platforma helps you decide what to do next.
Platforma brings multiple biological signals into a transparent candidate-ranking framework, allowing discovery teams to evaluate which candidates should advance using the full biological picture.
Most bioinformatics tools help scientists process, analyze, or visualize individual datasets. Platforma goes further by connecting those analyses to the discovery decisions that follow.
Analysis tools help you understand your data. Platforma helps you decide what to do next.
Platforma brings multiple biological signals into a transparent candidate-ranking framework, allowing discovery teams to evaluate which candidates should advance using the full biological picture.
Most bioinformatics tools help scientists process, analyze, or visualize individual datasets. Platforma goes further by connecting those analyses to the discovery decisions that follow.
Analysis tools help you understand your data. Platforma helps you decide what to do next.
Platforma brings multiple biological signals into a transparent candidate-ranking framework, allowing discovery teams to evaluate which candidates should advance using the full biological picture.
How is Platforma different from an internal bioinformatics pipeline?
How is Platforma different from an internal bioinformatics pipeline?
How is Platforma different from an internal bioinformatics pipeline?
Internal pipelines automate computational analyses. Platforma captures and standardizes the scientific logic used to make discovery decisions.
Instead of relying on custom scripts, spreadsheets, and individual expertise to determine which candidates advance, teams can build reproducible decision workflows that scientists can use directly. Platforma also allows bioinformaticians to extend workflows through the Platforma SDK.
Internal pipelines automate computational analyses. Platforma captures and standardizes the scientific logic used to make discovery decisions.
Instead of relying on custom scripts, spreadsheets, and individual expertise to determine which candidates advance, teams can build reproducible decision workflows that scientists can use directly. Platforma also allows bioinformaticians to extend workflows through the Platforma SDK.
Internal pipelines automate computational analyses. Platforma captures and standardizes the scientific logic used to make discovery decisions.
Instead of relying on custom scripts, spreadsheets, and individual expertise to determine which candidates advance, teams can build reproducible decision workflows that scientists can use directly. Platforma also allows bioinformaticians to extend workflows through the Platforma SDK.
Getting Started
Is onboarding support available?
Is onboarding support available?
Is onboarding support available?
Yes, contact us at support@milaboratories.com
Yes, contact us at support@milaboratories.com
Yes, contact us at support@milaboratories.com
Are there tutorials or documentation available?
Are there tutorials or documentation available?
Are there tutorials or documentation available?
You can check out existing guides at docs.platforma.bio - more coming soon!
You can check out existing guides at docs.platforma.bio - more coming soon!
You can check out existing guides at docs.platforma.bio - more coming soon!
Product & Features
What can I do with my sequencing data in Platforma?
What can I do with my sequencing data in Platforma?
What can I do with my sequencing data in Platforma?
Platforma can transform sequencing data into evidence for discovery decisions. Depending on the experiment, scientists can perform immune repertoire analysis, identify and compare clonotypes, analyze enrichment, reconstruct antibody lineages, evaluate sequence diversity and liabilities, and combine sequencing results with experimental and developability data to prioritize candidates.
Platforma can transform sequencing data into evidence for discovery decisions. Depending on the experiment, scientists can perform immune repertoire analysis, identify and compare clonotypes, analyze enrichment, reconstruct antibody lineages, evaluate sequence diversity and liabilities, and combine sequencing results with experimental and developability data to prioritize candidates.
Platforma can transform sequencing data into evidence for discovery decisions. Depending on the experiment, scientists can perform immune repertoire analysis, identify and compare clonotypes, analyze enrichment, reconstruct antibody lineages, evaluate sequence diversity and liabilities, and combine sequencing results with experimental and developability data to prioritize candidates.
Can Platforma analyze NGS data for antibody discovery?
Can Platforma analyze NGS data for antibody discovery?
Can Platforma analyze NGS data for antibody discovery?
Yes. Platforma is designed for NGS-driven antibody discovery and can integrate sequencing-derived evidence with experimental, structural, functional, and developability signals to help scientists prioritize antibody candidates. Platforma also supports antibody and B-cell receptor (BCR) sequencing workflows, including clonotype analysis, sequence enrichment, somatic hypermutation lineage analysis, diversity analysis, and candidate prioritization.
Yes. Platforma is designed for NGS-driven antibody discovery and can integrate sequencing-derived evidence with experimental, structural, functional, and developability signals to help scientists prioritize antibody candidates. Platforma also supports antibody and B-cell receptor (BCR) sequencing workflows, including clonotype analysis, sequence enrichment, somatic hypermutation lineage analysis, diversity analysis, and candidate prioritization.
Yes. Platforma is designed for NGS-driven antibody discovery and can integrate sequencing-derived evidence with experimental, structural, functional, and developability signals to help scientists prioritize antibody candidates. Platforma also supports antibody and B-cell receptor (BCR) sequencing workflows, including clonotype analysis, sequence enrichment, somatic hypermutation lineage analysis, diversity analysis, and candidate prioritization.
How does Platforma prioritize antibody candidates?
How does Platforma prioritize antibody candidates?
How does Platforma prioritize antibody candidates?
Platforma combines multiple biological signals—including enrichment, clonotype information, diversity, developability, liabilities, and other experimental evidence—to create transparent candidate rankings. Rather than selecting candidates based on a single metric such as sequence frequency, Platforma helps scientists evaluate candidates using the full biological picture.
Platforma combines multiple biological signals—including enrichment, clonotype information, diversity, developability, liabilities, and other experimental evidence—to create transparent candidate rankings. Rather than selecting candidates based on a single metric such as sequence frequency, Platforma helps scientists evaluate candidates using the full biological picture.
Platforma combines multiple biological signals—including enrichment, clonotype information, diversity, developability, liabilities, and other experimental evidence—to create transparent candidate rankings. Rather than selecting candidates based on a single metric such as sequence frequency, Platforma helps scientists evaluate candidates using the full biological picture.
Plans, Pricing & Trials
Is Platforma free for academia?
Is Platforma free for academia?
Is Platforma free for academia?
Yes, it is completely free for academia.
Yes, it is completely free for academia.
Yes, it is completely free for academia.
Is there a free trial available for biotech and pharmaceutical companies?
Is there a free trial available for biotech and pharmaceutical companies?
Is there a free trial available for biotech and pharmaceutical companies?
Yes, you can contact licensing@milaboratories.com to get started on a free trial.
Yes, you can contact licensing@milaboratories.com to get started on a free trial.
Yes, you can contact licensing@milaboratories.com to get started on a free trial.
Do you offer enterprise or custom pricing for large teams?
Do you offer enterprise or custom pricing for large teams?
Do you offer enterprise or custom pricing for large teams?
Yes, please contact us at licensing@milaboratories.com
Yes, please contact us at licensing@milaboratories.com
Yes, please contact us at licensing@milaboratories.com
Technical & Integration
Is Platforma a black box?
Is Platforma a black box?
Is Platforma a black box?
No. Platforma is designed to make discovery decisions transparent and reproducible. Scientists can inspect the data, filters, scoring criteria, and ranking logic used in their workflows, allowing them to understand why candidates are prioritized and reproduce the analysis.
No. Platforma is designed to make discovery decisions transparent and reproducible. Scientists can inspect the data, filters, scoring criteria, and ranking logic used in their workflows, allowing them to understand why candidates are prioritized and reproduce the analysis.
No. Platforma is designed to make discovery decisions transparent and reproducible. Scientists can inspect the data, filters, scoring criteria, and ranking logic used in their workflows, allowing them to understand why candidates are prioritized and reproduce the analysis.
Does my sequencing data ever leave my infrastructure?
Does my sequencing data ever leave my infrastructure?
Does my sequencing data ever leave my infrastructure?
No. Platforma is deployed on your own infrastructure (a private cloud account or on-premise servers), so raw FASTQ files, intermediate results and final reports stay inside your network boundary. There is no requirement to upload sequencing data to a cloud service operated by MiLaboratories.
No. Platforma is deployed on your own infrastructure (a private cloud account or on-premise servers), so raw FASTQ files, intermediate results and final reports stay inside your network boundary. There is no requirement to upload sequencing data to a cloud service operated by MiLaboratories.
No. Platforma is deployed on your own infrastructure (a private cloud account or on-premise servers), so raw FASTQ files, intermediate results and final reports stay inside your network boundary. There is no requirement to upload sequencing data to a cloud service operated by MiLaboratories.
What file formats can I import into Platforma?
What file formats can I import into Platforma?
What file formats can I import into Platforma?
Platforma imports raw FASTQ for full end-to-end processing, and also accepts pre-processed data through dedicated import blocks. The Import V(D)J Data block reads MiXCR, immunoSeq, QIAseq and Cell Ranger outputs plus generic CSV and TSV, for both bulk and single-cell repertoires, including gzipped files. Separate blocks import single-cell RNA-seq data and bulk count matrices.
Platforma imports raw FASTQ for full end-to-end processing, and also accepts pre-processed data through dedicated import blocks. The Import V(D)J Data block reads MiXCR, immunoSeq, QIAseq and Cell Ranger outputs plus generic CSV and TSV, for both bulk and single-cell repertoires, including gzipped files. Separate blocks import single-cell RNA-seq data and bulk count matrices.
Platforma imports raw FASTQ for full end-to-end processing, and also accepts pre-processed data through dedicated import blocks. The Import V(D)J Data block reads MiXCR, immunoSeq, QIAseq and Cell Ranger outputs plus generic CSV and TSV, for both bulk and single-cell repertoires, including gzipped files. Separate blocks import single-cell RNA-seq data and bulk count matrices.
Can I integrate Platforma into my Electronic Lab Notebook?
Can I integrate Platforma into my Electronic Lab Notebook?
Can I integrate Platforma into my Electronic Lab Notebook?
Platforma can import and export data in open, standard formats directly into Benchling, Genedata, or any other electronic lab notebook.
Platforma can import and export data in open, standard formats directly into Benchling, Genedata, or any other electronic lab notebook.
Platforma can import and export data in open, standard formats directly into Benchling, Genedata, or any other electronic lab notebook.
Is there a software development kit (SDK) available for developers or bioinformaticians?
Is there a software development kit (SDK) available for developers or bioinformaticians?
Is there a software development kit (SDK) available for developers or bioinformaticians?
Yes, Platforma offers a Software Development Kit (SDK) that allows developers and bioinformaticians to build custom apps, integrate external tools, and automate workflows. It’s ideal for advanced users who want to extend the platform’s capabilities beyond the graphical interface. Get started at docs.platforma.bio/sdk/
Yes, Platforma offers a Software Development Kit (SDK) that allows developers and bioinformaticians to build custom apps, integrate external tools, and automate workflows. It’s ideal for advanced users who want to extend the platform’s capabilities beyond the graphical interface. Get started at docs.platforma.bio/sdk/
Yes, Platforma offers a Software Development Kit (SDK) that allows developers and bioinformaticians to build custom apps, integrate external tools, and automate workflows. It’s ideal for advanced users who want to extend the platform’s capabilities beyond the graphical interface. Get started at docs.platforma.bio/sdk/
Does Platforma support collaboration between team members or institutions?
Does Platforma support collaboration between team members or institutions?
Does Platforma support collaboration between team members or institutions?
Yes. You can share projects, workflows, and datasets with collaborators, with permission management built in.
Yes. You can share projects, workflows, and datasets with collaborators, with permission management built in.
Yes. You can share projects, workflows, and datasets with collaborators, with permission management built in.
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Cell Therapy QC (Coming Soon)
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Platform & Infrastructure
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Solutions
Cell Therapy QC (Coming Soon)
Biomarker Discovery (Coming Soon)
Platform & Infrastructure
For Academia
© 2026 Platforma.bio. All rights reserved.
Solutions
Cell Therapy QC (Coming Soon)
Biomarker Discovery (Coming Soon)
Platform & Infrastructure
For Academia
© 2026 Platforma.bio. All rights reserved.