Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
General Questions
General Questions
General Questions
What is Platforma?
What is Platforma?
What is Platforma?
Platforma is a UI‑first bioinformatics platform designed for interactive analysis, reproducible workflows, and visualization of sequencing data.
Platforma is a UI‑first bioinformatics platform designed for interactive analysis, reproducible workflows, and visualization of sequencing data.
Platforma is a UI‑first bioinformatics platform designed for interactive analysis, reproducible workflows, and visualization of sequencing data.
Who is Platforma designed for?
Who is Platforma designed for?
Who is Platforma designed for?
Platforma is designed for biologists and immunologists who generate sequencing data, enabling them to perform complex analyses independently without any coding.
Platforma is designed for biologists and immunologists who generate sequencing data, enabling them to perform complex analyses independently without any coding.
Platforma is designed for biologists and immunologists who generate sequencing data, enabling them to perform complex analyses independently without any coding.
How does Platforma differ from other research or data platforms?
How does Platforma differ from other research or data platforms?
How does Platforma differ from other research or data platforms?
Simple yet versatile: No coding experience required
Flexible deployment: Run in your desktop, server, HPC, or cloud infrastructure
AI-Powered: Automatically navigates biologists to the most interesting results
Most accurate: Powered by MiXCR, the only pipeline that detects zero false positives under standard conditions
Simple yet versatile: No coding experience required
Flexible deployment: Run in your desktop, server, HPC, or cloud infrastructure
AI-Powered: Automatically navigates biologists to the most interesting results
Most accurate: Powered by MiXCR, the only pipeline that detects zero false positives under standard conditions
Simple yet versatile: No coding experience required
Flexible deployment: Run in your desktop, server, HPC, or cloud infrastructure
AI-Powered: Automatically navigates biologists to the most interesting results
Most accurate: Powered by MiXCR, the only pipeline that detects zero false positives under standard conditions
What types of research areas or applications does Platforma support?
What types of research areas or applications does Platforma support?
What types of research areas or applications does Platforma support?
Platforma allows for advanced analysis for immunology and NGS-driven applications, including TCR/BCR repertoire analysis, antibody and TCR discovery, single‑cell multiomics, and more for cancer oncology, infectious diseases, immunology, and autoimmune research.
Platforma allows for advanced analysis for immunology and NGS-driven applications, including TCR/BCR repertoire analysis, antibody and TCR discovery, single‑cell multiomics, and more for cancer oncology, infectious diseases, immunology, and autoimmune research.
Platforma allows for advanced analysis for immunology and NGS-driven applications, including TCR/BCR repertoire analysis, antibody and TCR discovery, single‑cell multiomics, and more for cancer oncology, infectious diseases, immunology, and autoimmune research.
Do I need a background in bioinformatics to use the platform?
Do I need a background in bioinformatics to use the platform?
Do I need a background in bioinformatics to use the platform?
No, Platforma is designed for users without any bioinformatics training. Its modular user interface makes complex analysis accessible without command-line expertise.
No, Platforma is designed for users without any bioinformatics training. Its modular user interface makes complex analysis accessible without command-line expertise.
No, Platforma is designed for users without any bioinformatics training. Its modular user interface makes complex analysis accessible without command-line expertise.
Getting Started
Getting Started
Getting Started
How do I create an account?
How do I create an account?
How do I create an account?
Download the Desktop App (Windows/Mac/Linux) from platforma.bio/downloads and enter your license key from licensing.milaboratories.com. You can also visit docs.platforma.bio/deployment/ for more information about set up.
Download the Desktop App (Windows/Mac/Linux) from platforma.bio/downloads and enter your license key from licensing.milaboratories.com. You can also visit docs.platforma.bio/deployment/ for more information about set up.
Download the Desktop App (Windows/Mac/Linux) from platforma.bio/downloads and enter your license key from licensing.milaboratories.com. You can also visit docs.platforma.bio/deployment/ for more information about set up.
How can I deploy Platforma on my own server?
How can I deploy Platforma on my own server?
How can I deploy Platforma on my own server?
Visit docs.platforma.bio/deployment/getting-started/ for step-by-step instructions.
Visit docs.platforma.bio/deployment/getting-started/ for step-by-step instructions.
Visit docs.platforma.bio/deployment/getting-started/ for step-by-step instructions.
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
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
Product & Features
Product & Features
What can I do with Platforma?
What can I do with Platforma?
What can I do with Platforma?
You can build visual analysis workflows using drag-and-drop blocks, run pipelines like MiXCR for TCR/BCR analysis, generate plots, explore lineage trees, perform diversity estimates, track clonotypes, overlay multi-omics layers, and more.
You can build visual analysis workflows using drag-and-drop blocks, run pipelines like MiXCR for TCR/BCR analysis, generate plots, explore lineage trees, perform diversity estimates, track clonotypes, overlay multi-omics layers, and more.
You can build visual analysis workflows using drag-and-drop blocks, run pipelines like MiXCR for TCR/BCR analysis, generate plots, explore lineage trees, perform diversity estimates, track clonotypes, overlay multi-omics layers, and more.
Can I integrate my own data sets or experimental results?
Can I integrate my own data sets or experimental results?
Can I integrate my own data sets or experimental results?
Yes. You can upload and integrate your own FASTQ files to run analyses in a unified environment.
Yes. You can upload and integrate your own FASTQ files to run analyses in a unified environment.
Yes. You can upload and integrate your own FASTQ files to run analyses in a unified environment.
How secure is the data I upload to Platforma?
How secure is the data I upload to Platforma?
How secure is the data I upload to Platforma?
Platforma supports on-premise or private cloud deployments, ensuring your data never leaves your infrastructure.
Platforma supports on-premise or private cloud deployments, ensuring your data never leaves your infrastructure.
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.
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/
Plans, Pricing & Trials
Plans, Pricing & Trials
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.
What’s included in each pricing tier?
What’s included in each pricing tier?
What’s included in each pricing tier?
Pricing is structured by tiers based on the number of users, active projects, data volume, and the level of support required. Each tier is designed to scale with your team’s size and needs—from individual researchers to enterprise-level deployments.
Pricing is structured by tiers based on the number of users, active projects, data volume, and the level of support required. Each tier is designed to scale with your team’s size and needs—from individual researchers to enterprise-level deployments.
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
Technical & Integration
Technical & Integration
Does Platforma.bio integrate with other tools?
Does Platforma.bio integrate with other tools?
Does Platforma.bio integrate with other tools?
Platforma.bio is designed to integrate existing bioinformatic tools and offer their functionality in a unified graphical computational environment. If there is a tool that is not yet wrapped into a block, let us know at support@milaboratories.com, and we will put it into our backlog. Or, if you are the owner of such tool, we would be happy to help you develop your own block and make it available via our block registry.
Platforma.bio is designed to integrate existing bioinformatic tools and offer their functionality in a unified graphical computational environment. If there is a tool that is not yet wrapped into a block, let us know at support@milaboratories.com, and we will put it into our backlog. Or, if you are the owner of such tool, we would be happy to help you develop your own block and make it available via our block registry.
Platforma.bio is designed to integrate existing bioinformatic tools and offer their functionality in a unified graphical computational environment. If there is a tool that is not yet wrapped into a block, let us know at support@milaboratories.com, and we will put it into our backlog. Or, if you are the owner of such tool, we would be happy to help you develop your own block and make it available via our block registry.
Can I export my data or reports from the platform?
Can I export my data or reports from the platform?
Can I export my data or reports from the platform?
Yes, most blocks offer tabular exports. All plots can be exported in vector format.
Yes, most blocks offer tabular exports. All plots can be exported in vector format.
Yes, most blocks offer tabular exports. All plots can be exported in vector format.
What file formats are supported?
What file formats are supported?
What file formats are supported?
Most analysis workflows that can be done in Platforma currently must start from the raw data in FASTQ format. Import of popular formats for VDJ data is currently under active development and will become available very soon as a special Data Import block.
Most analysis workflows that can be done in Platforma currently must start from the raw data in FASTQ format. Import of popular formats for VDJ data is currently under active development and will become available very soon as a special Data Import block.
Is there an API available?
Is there an API available?
Is there an API available?
Platforma.bio offers an extensive SDK for development of custom blocks - see documentation here. Most of the blocks in our registry are open source and available on GitHub.
Platforma.bio offers an extensive SDK for development of custom blocks - see documentation here. Most of the blocks in our registry are open source and available on GitHub.
Platforma.bio offers an extensive SDK for development of custom blocks - see documentation here. Most of the blocks in our registry are open source and available on GitHub.
What operating systems are supported?
What operating systems are supported?
What operating systems are supported?
Platforma runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Platforma runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Platforma runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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2025
© MiLaboratories Inc / 2261 Market St #5094, San Francisco, CA 94114
2025
© MiLaboratories Inc / 2261 Market St #5094, San Francisco, CA 94114
2025