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🧬 BioLab MCP Server

The Stripe for Scientific Data — Unified MCP server providing AI-agent-ready access to AlphaFold, PubMed, ChEMBL, Ensembl, and 37+ scientific databases.

License: MIT Python 3.11+ MCP Protocol


What is BioLab MCP?

BioLab MCP is a premium Model Context Protocol server that gives AI agents (Claude, Cursor, etc.) direct access to the world's leading scientific databases through a single, reliable interface.

Problem: Researchers and AI developers need data from 10+ incompatible APIs with different auth methods, rate limits, and response formats.

Solution: One MCP server. One API key. All databases. Validated, structured responses.


šŸš€ Quick Start

1. Install

git clone https://github.com/your-org/biolab-mcp-server
cd biolab-mcp-server
uv sync

2. Configure Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "biolab": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "--directory", "/path/to/biolab-mcp-server", "biolab-server"]
    }
  }
}

3. Ask Claude

"Search AlphaFold for TP53 protein structure and confidence scores"
"Find the top 10 papers on CRISPR cancer therapy from 2023-2024"
"What drugs target EGFR? Show me IC50 values from ChEMBL"
"Are there any Phase 3 trials recruiting for lung cancer with pembrolizumab?"

šŸ”¬ Available Tools (8 MCP Tools)

Tool

Description

Databases

query_alphafold

Protein structure predictions with pLDDT scores

AlphaFold DB, UniProt

search_pubmed

Scientific literature with metadata extraction

PubMed, PMC

query_chembl

Drug compounds, IC50/Ki bioactivity data

ChEMBL

get_genomic_data

Gene locations and variant frequencies

Ensembl, gnomAD

search_proteins

Protein metadata and interaction networks

UniProt, STRING

get_clinical_trials

Clinical study search and monitoring

ClinicalTrials.gov

find_drug_targets

Disease-gene associations with confidence scores

Open Targets

find_related_papers

Cross-database semantic literature search

PubMed + Semantic Scholar + EuropePMC


šŸ’° Pricing

Tier

Price

Requests/Month

Databases

Free

$0/month

100

AlphaFold, PubMed, ChEMBL

Researcher

$24/month

5,000

All 37+

Lab

$99/month

50,000

All 37+ + Team keys

Enterprise

Custom

Unlimited

All + Private deploy


šŸ› ļø Development

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.11+

  • uv package manager

Setup

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/your-org/biolab-mcp-server
cd biolab-mcp-server
uv sync --dev

# Copy environment config
cp .env.example .env

# Generate an API key
uv run biolab generate-key --tier researcher --label "my-key"

Run Tests

uv run pytest tests/ -v

Project Structure

src/biolab/
ā”œā”€ā”€ server.py          # MCP Server (stdio transport, 8 tools)
ā”œā”€ā”€ auth.py            # API key management (SQLite)
ā”œā”€ā”€ cache.py           # Disk-based caching
ā”œā”€ā”€ config.py          # Settings via pydantic-settings
ā”œā”€ā”€ models.py          # Pydantic response models
ā”œā”€ā”€ cli.py             # CLI tools
└── tools/
    ā”œā”€ā”€ alphafold.py   # AlphaFold Database
    ā”œā”€ā”€ pubmed.py      # PubMed / PMC
    ā”œā”€ā”€ chembl.py      # ChEMBL drug database
    ā”œā”€ā”€ genomics.py    # Ensembl + gnomAD
    ā”œā”€ā”€ proteins.py    # UniProt + STRING
    ā”œā”€ā”€ clinical.py    # ClinicalTrials.gov
    ā”œā”€ā”€ targets.py     # Open Targets
    └── literature.py  # Cross-database search

šŸ—ļø Architecture

Claude / Cursor (MCP Client)
        ↕ JSON-RPC 2.0 (stdio)
BioLab MCP Server (FastAPI + MCP SDK)
        ↕ HTTP + caching
Scientific Databases:
  AlphaFold DB ─ PubMed/PMC ─ ChEMBL
  Ensembl ─ gnomAD ─ UniProt ─ STRING
  ClinicalTrials.gov ─ Open Targets
  Semantic Scholar ─ Europe PMC

šŸ¤ Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.


šŸ“„ License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.

Data from third-party databases is subject to their respective licenses. Please review terms for:


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