Life Sciences

Prompt-Driven Video Analysis of Animal Behaviour Using Gemini 2.5 Pro in Google AI Studio and via API

Can state-of-the-art multimodal models analyse animal behaviour directly from video footage? In this study, we tested Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro — both in AI Studio and via its API — to assess whether it can produce structured ethological descriptions based purely on short animal-related videos. By applying a consistent prompt

Prompt-Based Hamster Ovary Cell Segmentation with OpenAI o4-mini-high on Microscopy Images

Recent advancements in multimodal language models have opened new avenues for analysing scientific image data using natural language instructions. In this post, we explore the capabilities of OpenAI’s o4-mini-high model for performing cell segmentation tasks on microscopy images through prompt-based interaction. Rather than relying on traditional computer vision techniques

Zero-Shot Distal Fibula Fracture Detection: Gemini 2.5 Flash Delivers Spot-On Results on German Radiology Reports

Identifying specific clinical findings in unstructured medical texts is a common challenge in healthcare data science. In this post, we benchmark Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash language model on a zero-shot classification task: detecting the presence or absence of distal fibula fractures in real-world German radiology reports. Without any

Prompt-Based Disease Mention Extraction with DeepSeek-V3: A Biomedical NER Case Study on a Structured NCBI Test Set

Prompt-based methods are becoming increasingly relevant in biomedical text mining, offering flexible ways to perform tasks such as named entity recognition without explicit model training. In this case study, we assess the performance of DeepSeek-V3 on a structured disease mention extraction task using a curated subset of the NCBI Disease

Automating Plant Disease Detection at Scale: From Prompt Limitations to a High-Accuracy API Workflow with GPT-4o

Image-based classification is increasingly used across biology, ecology, and agriculture—from identifying animal species to detecting plant diseases. One common use case is the analysis of leaf images to distinguish between healthy and diseased plants. In this post, we compare two approaches to classifying strawberry leaves as either fresh (healthy)

No-Code Transformation of the NCBI Disease Corpus into a Structured CSV

Working with biomedical corpora often requires programming skills, specialised formats, and time-consuming preprocessing. But what if you could transform a complex annotated dataset—like the NCBI Disease Corpus—into a structured, analysis-ready CSV using nothing more than a single, well-designed prompt? In this post, we demonstrate how a no-code, GenAI-powered