Stop losing breeding data when grad students graduate
Academic labs face a unique combination of challenges: tight budgets, constant personnel turnover, and strict IACUC compliance requirements. ConductColony is designed specifically for the realities of academic research — a free tier that needs no budget approval, a system that preserves institutional memory, and compliance tools that make IACUC reviews painless.
Built for academic labs
Solving the problems PIs actually deal with every semester.
Institutional memory
Colony data stays when people leave. Every cage, every animal, every breeding record is stored centrally with a full activity log. New students can pick up exactly where the last ones left off — no lost spreadsheets, no broken handoffs.
Grant-friendly pricing
The free tier covers small colonies (2 users, 50 cages) with no credit card required. The Lab plan at $29/month fits comfortably within any R01 budget — less than the cost of one hour of a research technician's time.
5-minute onboarding
No IT department needed. Sign up with your institutional email, import your existing spreadsheet data with the AI-powered wizard, and invite your lab members. Your colony is live before your next lab meeting.
IACUC-ready
Protocol tracking with automatic expiry alerts. Generate census reports per protocol, per strain, per cage — the exact data your IACUC committee asks for during annual reviews. No more pivot tables.
Fits the academic workflow
PI sets up the lab
Create your organization, add your strains and protocols, and import existing colony data from Excel or CSV. The PI owns the organization and controls who has access.
Students and techs update daily
Lab members log in with their own accounts to record cage changes, breeding outcomes, genotype results, and animal observations. Every change is tracked in the activity log.
People leave, data stays
When a grad student defends and leaves, remove their account. All their work stays in the system. The next student picks up the colony with full history intact.
“We lost three years of breeding records when our senior postdoc moved to industry. That was the last time. ConductColony means the data belongs to the lab, not the person.”
Dr. Sarah Chen
Principal Investigator, University Neuroscience Lab
Questions from academic labs
Yes. ConductColony is a software subscription that falls under standard research supply line items. At $29/month, it is a fraction of most per diem costs and far less than the time cost of maintaining spreadsheets.
ConductColony is a cloud-hosted web application — there's nothing to install. It runs in any modern browser. No local servers, no Java runtime, no database setup. If your institution requires vendor approval for cloud services, we can provide a security overview document.
Yes. Sign up for the free tier, import your existing Excel or CSV data, and evaluate ConductColony with your real colony. Every import has a 24-hour undo window.
Upgrade to the Lab plan ($29/month) for up to 10 users and 500 cages, with breeding management, genotype tracking, and pedigree visualization. The Pro plan ($59/month) adds analytics and AI breeding optimization for larger operations.
Start Free — No Budget Approval Needed
The free tier supports 2 users and 50 cages. No credit card required.