Welcome to CultureBotAI

CultureBotAI 🦠

Welcome to CultureBotAI - where artificial intelligence meets microbial cultivation.

About Us

CultureBotAI develops AI-powered solutions for microbial research, cultivation, and analysis. We create intelligent tools that enhance laboratory workflows, optimize culture conditions, and accelerate microbiological discoveries.

Principal Investigator: Dr. Marcin P. Joachimiak (BBOP)
Laboratory: Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Our Focus

Our primary research areas include:

  • Cultivation of isolated and novel organisms
  • Culture optimization through data-driven approaches
  • Growth preference prediction using machine learning and AI methods

Key Resources

🧬 kg-microbe

The comprehensive knowledge graph that powers CultureBotAI. This resource integrates diverse microbial data to enable AI-driven insights.

📄 kg-microbe Preprint

Read our bioRxiv preprint detailing the development and applications of the kg-microbe knowledge graph.


  • 🔬 Research Areas - Detailed overview of our research focus
  • 📚 Resources - Tools, databases, and knowledge graphs
  • 📄 Publications - Papers, preprints, and presentations
  • 👥 About - Team information and lab details
  • 🔗 GitHub Organization - Browse our repositories

Cultivating the future of microbial research, one algorithm at a time.