Figure 3.

Overview of cloud-based infrastructure for digital labs with humans in the loop. Cloud-based electronic documentation systems with registries for animals, samples, reagents, equipment allow facile linking within lab notebooks. This makes experimental protocols transparent and facilitates FAIR metadata and data collection and sharing. Data from lab equipment is imported directly into the registry and can also be linked in lab notebooks saving time and effort, while minimizing human error. Metadata and data can be pushed to cloud computing platforms that allow collaborative and transparent data analysis.