Investigate transcription factor binding, cis-regulatory elements, chromatin accessibility, and regulatory variant annotation. Use when asked about TF binding sites, enhancers, promoters, ChIP-seq data, ATAC-seq signals, candidate cis-regulatory elements (cCREs), or the regulatory impact of genomic variants.
Production-ready phylogenetics and sequence analysis skill for alignment processing, tree analysis, and evolutionary metrics. Computes treeness, RCV, treeness/RCV, parsimony informative sites, evolutionary rate, DVMC, tree length, alignment gap statistics, GC content, and bootstrap support using PhyKIT, Biopython, and DendroPy. Performs NJ/UPGMA/parsimony tree construction, Robinson-Foulds distance, Mann-Whitney U tests, and batch analysis across gene families. Integrates with ToolUniverse for sequence retrieval (NCBI, UniProt, Ensembl) and tree annotation. Use when processing FASTA/PHYLIP/Nexus/Newick files, computing phylogenetic metrics, comparing taxa groups, or answering questions about alignments, trees, parsimony, or molecular evolution.
Research plant genes, pathways, and species using PlantReactome, Ensembl Plants, POWO, UniProt, KEGG, and literature tools. Covers plant pathway analysis, gene function annotation, species identification, crop genomics, and comparative plant biology. Use when asked about plant genes, Arabidopsis, crop improvement, plant pathways, plant metabolism, photosynthesis, plant development, or plant species identification.
Connect GWAS variants to biological pathways for drug target discovery. Maps disease-associated SNPs to causal genes via eQTL colocalization (GTEx), links genes to enriched pathways (Reactome, KEGG, MetaCyc), and identifies druggable targets within disease-relevant pathways. Use when asked to translate GWAS findings into mechanistic insights, find pathways enriched for disease genes, discover drug targets from genetic evidence, or answer questions like "What pathways are disrupted in type 2 diabetes based on GWAS data?"
Guide pharmacogenomics (PGx) research -- drug-gene interaction lookup, CPIC guideline retrieval, variant-drug annotation, allele function status, FDA biomarker labeling, and clinical dosing recommendations. Covers the full CPIC-to-PharmGKB-to-clinical-recommendation workflow. Use when users ask about pharmacogenomics, drug-gene interactions, CPIC guidelines, genotype-guided dosing, PGx biomarkers, CYP enzyme phenotypes, or star allele interpretation.
Build and interpret polygenic risk scores (PRS) for complex diseases using GWAS summary statistics. Calculates genetic risk profiles, interprets PRS percentiles, and assesses disease predisposition across conditions including type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, and Alzheimer's disease. Use when asked to calculate polygenic risk scores, interpret genetic risk for complex diseases, build custom PRS from GWAS data, or answer questions like "What is my genetic predisposition to breast cancer?"
Analyze non-coding RNAs (miRNAs, lncRNAs, circRNAs) using miRBase, LNCipedia, RNAcentral, Rfam, and target prediction databases. Covers ncRNA identification, target prediction, disease associations, expression profiling, and functional annotation. Use when asked about microRNAs, long non-coding RNAs, RNA interference, miRNA targets, lncRNA function, or ncRNA-disease associations.
Comprehensive multi-omics disease characterization integrating genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, pathway, and therapeutic layers for systems-level understanding. Produces a detailed multi-omics report with quantitative confidence scoring (0-100), cross-layer gene concordance analysis, biomarker candidates, therapeutic opportunities, and mechanistic hypotheses. Uses 80+ ToolUniverse tools across 8 analysis layers. Use when users ask about disease mechanisms, multi-omics analysis, systems biology of disease, biomarker discovery, or therapeutic target identification from a disease perspective.
Construct and analyze compound-target-disease networks for drug repurposing, polypharmacology discovery, and systems pharmacology. Builds multi-layer networks from ChEMBL, OpenTargets, STRING, DrugBank, Reactome, FAERS, and 60+ other ToolUniverse tools. Calculates Network Pharmacology Scores (0-100), identifies repurposing candidates, predicts mechanisms, and analyzes polypharmacology. Use when users ask about drug repurposing via network analysis, multi-target drug effects, compound-target-disease networks, systems pharmacology, or polypharmacology.
Population genetics research using the 1000 Genomes Project (IGSR) -- search populations by superpopulation ancestry (AFR, AMR, EAS, EUR, SAS), retrieve samples by population code, list available data collections, and integrate with GWAS tools for population stratification analysis. Use when users ask about 1000 Genomes populations, sample ancestry, allele frequency variation across continental groups, population-specific GWAS interpretation, or IGSR data collections like the 30x high-coverage resequencing or HGSVC.
Computational analysis framework for spatial multi-omics data integration. Given spatially variable genes (SVGs), spatial domain annotations, tissue type, and disease context from spatial transcriptomics/proteomics experiments (10x Visium, MERFISH, DBiTplus, SLIDE-seq, etc.), performs comprehensive biological interpretation including pathway enrichment, cell-cell interaction inference, druggable target identification, immune microenvironment characterization, and multi-modal integration. Produces a detailed markdown report with Spatial Omics Integration Score (0-100), domain-by-domain characterization, and validation recommendations. Uses 70+ ToolUniverse tools across 9 analysis phases. Use when users ask about spatial transcriptomics analysis, spatial omics interpretation, tissue heterogeneity, spatial gene expression patterns, tumor microenvironment mapping, tissue zonation, or cell-cell communication from spatial data.
Analyze microbiome and metagenomics data using MGnify, GTDB, ENA, and literature tools. Search studies by biome/keyword, retrieve taxonomic profiles and functional annotations, classify genomes with GTDB taxonomy, and find related publications. Use for human gut microbiome, soil/ocean metagenomics, and environmental microbiology research.
Rapid pathogen characterization and drug repurposing analysis for infectious disease outbreaks. Identifies pathogen taxonomy, essential proteins, predicts structures, and screens existing drugs via docking. Use when facing novel pathogens, emerging infections, or needing rapid therapeutic options during outbreaks.
Analyze microbiome and metagenomics data using MGnify, GTDB, ENA, and literature tools. Search studies by biome/keyword, retrieve taxonomic profiles and functional annotations, classify genomes with GTDB taxonomy, and find related publications. Use for human gut microbiome, soil/ocean metagenomics, and environmental microbiology research.
Immunology research workflows using ToolUniverse tools. Covers antibody-antigen structural analysis (SAbDab, TheraSAbDab), immune protein interactions (IntAct, BioGRID), epitope and T-cell/B-cell assay data (IEDB), immunoglobulin gene databases (IMGT), cytokine/receptor signaling (OpenTargets, GWAS), clinical safety data for immune diseases (FAERS, clinical trials), autoimmune disease genetics (Orphanet), and immune pathway analysis (KEGG, Reactome). Use when researchers ask about antibody targets, immune signaling networks, autoimmune genetics, immunotherapy safety, epitope discovery, or immune pathway enrichment.
KEGG-based disease-drug-variant research using KEGG Disease, Drug, Network, and Variant databases. Covers disease gene lookup, drug-target analysis, disease-gene-drug network exploration, and variant annotation. Use when users ask about KEGG disease entries, KEGG drug targets, disease-variant-drug relationships, or KEGG network analysis.
Discover genes associated with diseases and traits using GWAS data from the GWAS Catalog (500,000+ associations) and Open Targets Genetics (L2G predictions). Identifies genetic risk factors, prioritizes causal genes via locus-to-gene scoring, and assesses druggability. Use when asked to find genes associated with a disease or trait, discover genetic risk factors, translate GWAS signals to gene targets, or answer questions like "What genes are associated with type 2 diabetes?"
Analyze HLA genes, MHC binding, epitope-MHC associations, and immunogenomics for transplant compatibility, vaccine design, and immunotherapy. Integrates IMGT, IEDB, BVBRC, UniProt, and DGIdb. Use for HLA typing interpretation, antigen presentation analysis, MHC restriction, neoantigen prediction context, and transplant immunology.
Interpret genetic variants (SNPs) from GWAS studies by aggregating evidence from multiple databases (GWAS Catalog, Open Targets Genetics, ClinVar). Retrieves variant annotations, GWAS trait associations, fine-mapping evidence, locus-to-gene predictions, and clinical significance. Use when asked to interpret a SNP by rsID, find disease associations for a variant, assess clinical significance, or answer questions like "What diseases is rs429358 associated with?" or "Interpret rs7903146".
TCGA/GDC cancer genomics analysis -- cohort construction, clinical metadata retrieval, somatic mutation profiling, copy number variation analysis, survival analysis, and clinical variant interpretation. Use when users ask about TCGA data, GDC cancer cohorts, somatic mutation frequencies, Kaplan-Meier survival, CNV profiles in cancer, or OncoKB interpretation of cancer variants.
Provide comprehensive clinical interpretation of somatic mutations in cancer. Given a gene symbol + variant (e.g., EGFR L858R, BRAF V600E) and optional cancer type, performs multi-database analysis covering clinical evidence (CIViC), mutation prevalence (cBioPortal), therapeutic associations (OpenTargets, ChEMBL, FDA), resistance mechanisms, clinical trials, prognostic impact, and pathway context. Generates an evidence-graded markdown report with actionable recommendations for precision oncology. Use when oncologists, molecular tumor boards, or researchers ask about treatment options for specific cancer mutations, resistance mechanisms, or clinical trial matching.
Research aging biology, cellular senescence, and longevity using ToolUniverse. Covers senescence markers and pathways, age-related disease genetics, telomere biology, senolytic drug discovery, epigenetic aging clocks, and longevity gene analysis. Integrates GWAS data, gene expression (GTEx age effects), pathway databases, drug repurposing, and literature. Use when asked about aging mechanisms, senescence, senolytics, longevity genes, age-related diseases, or epigenetic clocks.
Cross-species gene and sequence comparison, ortholog analysis, and evolutionary conservation assessment using ToolUniverse tools. Use when comparing genes across species, finding orthologs, analyzing evolutionary conservation, or performing comparative functional annotation.
Comprehensive ADMET (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, Toxicity) profiling of drug candidates using ADMETAI predictions, SwissADME drug-likeness, PubChemTox experimental toxicity, ChEMBL clinical data, and PubChem properties. Generates a structured ADMET scorecard with pass/fail verdicts per category. Use when asked about drug-likeness, ADMET properties, bioavailability, toxicity prediction, BBB penetration, CYP interactions, pharmacokinetic profiling, Lipinski rule of five, or ADME/PK assessment of a compound.
