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Biology Figures: an AI biology figure maker built for the life sciences

Pathways, enzyme mechanisms, protein and ligand structures, neural circuits, cell-biology schematics — describe the biology and LabFig renders a clean, journal-quality biology figure in seconds. Start from a sentence with text to figure, or sharpen a rough draft with the figure enhancer. Built for molecular and cell biologists, biochemists, and neuroscientists who would rather think about the science than fight with Illustrator. Working at the sequence level too? See the companion genomics figure maker. Every label, arrow, and color in the biology figure stays editable afterward.

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A cell-signaling pathway biology figure (RTK through RAS/MAPK and PI3K/AKT to transcription factors) generated by LabFig

A structural biology figure showing a protein fold, binding pocket, and key residue interactions, generated by LabFig

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Make a biology figure

Describe a pathway, mechanism, structure, or circuit — or pick an example below — and render a clean, journal-ready biology figure right here.

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Pick a mode, describe the figure, get a journal-grade draft in seconds. Export to SVG / PDF.

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Examples

Start from a biology example

Click any example to load it into the workbench above, then tweak the wording and generate.

How it works

From pathway sketch to a publication biology figure in three steps

Describe the biology in plain language, let LabFig lay out the biology figure, and polish the details — all in one place, no design software.

1Step 1

Describe the biology

Name the players and how they connect — a receptor, the kinases it activates, the transcription factor downstream; or a substrate, the enzyme, and the catalytic step. Pathways, mechanisms, circuits, or cell schematics all work.

LabFig generates a publication-quality draft biology figure

2Step 2

Generate a draft

LabFig reads the molecular biology in your description and renders a clean, journal-quality biology figure with the panels, membrane layers, arrows, and labels already arranged the way a reviewer expects.

Refine on the vector canvas and export to SVG, PDF or PNG

3Step 3

Refine and export

Rename a protein, recolor a compartment, or reroute an arrow on the vector canvas, then export SVG, PDF, or 300dpi PNG straight into your manuscript, thesis, or grant.

Why LabFig for biology

Biology figures that speak the language of the lab.

A biology figure maker that understands membranes, kinases, and circuits — and outputs an editable, submission-ready biology figure instead of flat AI pictures.

Pathways & mechanisms

Signaling and enzyme logic, laid out cleanly

Describe a JAK-STAT cascade, a GPCR signaling axis, or a multi-step enzyme mechanism and LabFig arranges receptors, second messengers, phosphorylation events, and labeled arrows into the kind of pathway biology figure you see in Cell and PNAS.

Signaling cascadesEnzyme mechanismsMembrane topologyFeedback loops

Structure & circuits

From protein-ligand binding to neural circuits

Need a schematic of a binding pocket, an ion channel in a bilayer, or a synaptic microcircuit with labeled cell types and projections? LabFig drafts the structural and circuit-level schematics neuroscientists and structural biologists rely on, with conventions intact.

Protein–ligandIon channelsSynaptic circuitsDomain maps

Editable output

Editable vectors, not flat pixels

Every gene name, arrowhead, and compartment stays editable after generation. Fix a typo in a protein label, swap a palette to match your figure set, or select one panel and regenerate it — no need to redraw the whole thing.

SVGPDFPNG · 300dpiVector canvas

Figure templates

Start from a biology figure template

Pick a biology figure starting point — mechanism diagrams, neuroscience circuits, structural schematics, bioengineering devices, or genomics workflows — and load it straight into the workbench to make it yours.

Biology figure FAQ

Common questions about making a biology figure with LabFig.

Signaling and metabolic pathways, reaction and enzyme mechanisms, protein and ligand structure schematics, ion channels and membrane topology, neural circuits and synaptic diagrams, cell-biology overviews, and microfluidic or bioengineering device diagrams. If a biology figure appears in a paper as a schematic, you can describe it and generate it. For sequencing and single-cell work, the genomics figure maker is tuned to those panels, and clinical or anatomical schematics fit the medical figure generator. Already have a draft from a paper PDF? Try PDF to figure to pull one out. For a worked example, see how researchers build AI figures for single-cell biology.

Yes — this is one of the most common uses. Name the receptor, the signaling intermediates, and the downstream output (for example 'cytokine binds receptor, JAK phosphorylates STAT, STAT dimerizes and translocates to the nucleus to drive transcription') and LabFig arranges the membrane, the cascade, and labeled arrows into a clean pathway figure you can refine on the canvas.

LabFig produces a schematic-level biology figure that follows common publishing conventions for resolution, typography, and color, and exports SVG, PDF, and 300dpi PNG. It excels at the conceptual and mechanistic biology figures journals expect; for exact molecular structures or precise residue-level detail, generate the layout first and fine-tune specific labels and symbols on the vector canvas. Always check your target journal's figure guidelines before submission.

Yes. The output is editable vector art, not a flat image. You can rename any gene or protein, recolor a compartment or pathway branch, move and reroute arrows, or select a single region and regenerate just that part with a new instruction — so iterating on a reviewer's comment takes seconds, not a redraw.

That's exactly who it's built for. You write the biology in plain language and LabFig handles the layout, spacing, and journal-grade styling. Molecular and cell biologists, biochemists, and neuroscientists use it to turn a rough whiteboard sketch into a clean biology figure for a thesis chapter, lab meeting, grant, or manuscript without learning Illustrator or BioRender.

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