> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://wiki.latch.bio/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What is Latch Registry?

> Connect your sample sheets, metadata, and analysis — all in one place.

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Latch Registry is a flexible sample management system for cross-functional wet and dry lab teams. Through a familiar spreadsheet interface, scientists can link sequencing files to contextual metadata collected in a lab. Computational biologists can easily bring samples and metadata into bioinformatics workflows on Latch.

## Get Started

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  <Card title="Registry Basics" icon="table" iconType="solid" color="DF5971" href="/registry/create-a-project">
    Learn about projects, tables, and how to use them.
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    Add records manually, link files, import CSVs, or sync data from Benchling.
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    Define relationships between records from different tables.
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  Use our Python framework to upload custom bioinformatics pipelines for an auto generated user interface on Latch.
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## The Anatomy of Latch Registry

The Registry consists of Projects and Tables which can be edited, filtered, and nagivated.

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## Who is Latch Registry for?

Latch Registry is the source of truth that enables reliable, reproducible, and shareable computational analysis that is accessible to everyone on the team – from biologists, to bioinformaticians, to executives.

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  <Accordion title="For wet lab scientists:" icon="flask" color="#F19E38">
    * An intuitive spreadsheet interface to input experimental metadata and autolink them with sequencing files.
    * Effortless import of data in bulk via CSV file uploads.
    * A streamlined process for searching and filtering bioinformatics results and sequencing files next to experimental metadata from the lab.
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  <Accordion title="For bioinformaticians and computational biologists:" icon="dna" color="#F19E38">
    * Programmatic access to manipulate data in Registry.
    * Batch execution of Registry samples through bioinformatics workflows.
    * Automatic population of workflow outputs into Registry.
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  <Accordion title="For team leads and executives:" icon="list-tree" color="#F19E38">
    * A single place to track all your files, metadata, and analyses, so that you never incorrectly enter information or lose files again.
    * Quickly search and filter top candidates for a drug discovery campaign, and audit past decisions with ease.
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