What is Lab Portal?
Lab Portal is a collaborative online platform designed specifically for agrigenomics labs and their customers to manage laboratory work. It brings customers (breeders) and laboratory teams onto the same page, replacing fragmented workflows with a structured, end-to-end system that supports planning, sample setup, data processing, and result delivery.
The platform eliminates the need for spreadsheets, email chains, and manual data re-entry. Instead, all users work on the same shared data environment: customers create and ship orders, while labs track, process, and authorize results. All from within a unified interface. Statuses are updated in real-time, sample and plate layouts are centralized, and data integrity is preserved from start to finish.
Lab Portal is designed to be fast, intuitive, and purpose-built for agrigenomics workflows. Customers can easily copy-paste sample lists or import plate files, labs can export worklists or Kraken files in a click, and everyone always sees the latest state of an order. Whether you’re handling hundreds of samples or collaborating across organizations, Lab Portal makes it easier to get the job done right.
Workflow overview (order to results)
Each order flows through the following statuses on the Kanban board:
Status | What it means | Who? | Input required |
 Registered | The order is registered and ready for planning | Customer |
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 Planned | The order is planned the laboratory | Laboratory |
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 Shipped | The customer has finalized the order, added samples and a tracking URL. After that, it is marked as shipped. | Customer |
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 Arrived | The lab has received the samples and marked them as arrived. | Lab |
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 Processing | The lab is actively processing and preparing results. | Lab |
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 Results authorized | Results have been reviewed and released to the customer. | Lab |
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Roles: Customer vs Laboratory
The lab can see and edit everything, across all orders.
Customers can only view and interact with their own orders.
Glossary of key terms
Order: A unit of work representing a genotyping request. Each order includes metadata (like deadline, crop, customer), samples, markers, plates, and ultimately, results.
Sample: A biological specimen submitted as part of an order, often linked to a plant, plot, or plate position.
Marker: A genetic marker or assay that is tested on the sample. Assigned either per sample or per plate.
Plate: A 96-well layout used in the lab for physical and digital sample handling.
Status: An order moves through a series of statuses from planning to results, tracked visually on the Kanban board.
Lab owner: A lab-side user responsible for processing and authorizing results.
Customer: A breeder or external user who creates and ships orders. They can only see their own orders.
First login
When you've been registered by Breed Bio (or by your laboratory as a customer), you can log in using your email address:
Go to your Lab Portal login link (https://{{yourlabname}}.breedbio.app)
Enter your email address.
You’ll receive a one-time login code in your inbox.
The first time you log in, you'll be prompted to set a password and complete your account setup.
Once logged in, your access will be scoped to your role (customer or lab).
Navigating Lab Portal
The sidebar provides access to the following areas:
Orders – Main Kanban, List or Schedule view of orders.
Customers – Configure customer-specific settings (laboratory only).
Marker catalog – Manage markers and marker groups. (laboratory only)
Settings – Configure order types, notes templates, and other lab-wide preferences. (laboratory only)
Not for customers:
Your apps – Quick access to other parts of the BreedBio suite:
Breed Bio
Plate Manager
Genotyper
Metrics
Now that we understand the basics, let's create our first order in this article.