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AI agents for R&D · 2026

The Agentic Lab

Build AI Agents for Biotech and Pharma R&D

About this book

A hands-on book for bench scientists who want AI agents that can be checked, not just trusted. You write an agent loop in plain Python, then build twelve agents for the work that eats a research group's week: literature triage, cleaning instrument exports, protocol drafting, docking, ELN and LIMS links, and run provenance. Each chapter ends with a Validation Gate, a set of tests the build has to pass before its output is used. One real research question runs through the whole book.

Who it's for

  • Wet-lab and computational scientists starting with AI agents
  • R&D teams who need audit trails, not demos
  • Readers who want working, tested code alongside the text
Reader companion

Resources for readers of The Agentic Lab

Free material that goes with the book. If you spot an error or have a question about a chapter, send it below; corrections are listed here once confirmed.

Errata and reader questions

Found a mistake, a broken QR code or a confusing passage? Tell me the chapter and page. Every report is read, and confirmed corrections go into the next printing.

Confirmed errata: none listed yet.

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