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Create your first project

A project is how you group related biological work in CellRepo.

Most users think of a project as: - a research question - a study - a product idea - a broader piece of work that may involve multiple biological assets

Projects help you keep related repositories organised and easy to navigate.

What a project represents

A project does not represent a single strain or construct.

Instead, it represents the context in which those assets exist.

For example, a single project might include: - multiple strains created during the same study - several construct variants explored in parallel - assets that belong to one grant, paper, or product

Each individual asset within the project is tracked separately using repositories.

(If the difference between projects and repositories feels unclear, you can check the
CellRepo vocabulary.)

When to create a project

You should create a project when:

  • you want to start tracking a new piece of work
  • you are beginning a new experiment, study, or initiative
  • you want a clear container for related biological assets

Projects can be small or large.
You do not need to predict how much work will eventually live inside them.

Steps: create a project

  1. From your dashboard, click Create project or New project.
  2. Give the project a clear, descriptive name.
  3. Add a short description explaining what the project is about.
  4. Save the project.

That’s all you need to do.

Naming your project

Choose a name that will still make sense later.

Good examples: - “Metabolic pathway optimisation study” - “Antibiotic resistance screening” - “Cell line development – stability phase”

Avoid: - “Test” - “New project” - “Final work”

Clear names help collaborators and future you understand context quickly.

Projects and ownership

Projects belong either to: - you as an individual, or - an organisation or lab

This depends on the choice you made earlier in
Using CellRepo solo or in a team.

You do not need to manage access or permissions at this stage.
Those can be adjusted later if required.

What comes next

Once a project exists, it acts as a container.

Inside a project, you will: - create repositories for individual biological assets - record changes using commits

The next step is to create a repository for the first asset you want to track.

Continue with
Create your first repository.

Getting help

If you are unsure how to scope a project, or whether something should be one project or several, you don’t need to decide alone.

You can always reach us at
support@cellrepo.com

We’re happy to help you think through real lab setups.