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ENCODE Search Biosamples

Search ENCODE biosamples (cell lines, tissues, primary cells) by organism, biosample type, or treatment. Returns biosample accessions, types, organism, life stage, and descriptions. Use this to discover biological samples used in ENCODE experiments, find cell lines or tissues of interest, or identify treated vs. control samples. Find biosample accessions to use with ENCODE_get_biosample for detailed characterization data.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 675msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 675ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "biosample_type": {
      "description": "Biosample classification filter — maps to ENCODE's biosample_ontology.classification field (e.g., 'cell line', 'tissue', 'primary cell', 'in vitro differentiated cells').",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Maximum number of results to return (1–100).",
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "organism": {
      "description": "Organism filter (e.g., 'Homo sapiens', 'Mus musculus').",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "treatment": {
      "description": "Treatment filter (e.g., 'interferon gamma', 'ethanol'). Use '*' to find any treated samples.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default ENCODE Search Biosamples call

public-safeinput

{
  "limit": 3
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_ENCODE_search_biosamples
Tool name: ENCODE_search_biosamples
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

ENCODE Search Biosamples

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 675msCortexa

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{ "properties": { "biosample_type": { "description": "Biosample classification filter — maps to ENCODE's biosample_ontology.classification field (e.g., 'cell line', 'tissue', 'primary cell', 'in vitro differentiated cells').", "type": "string" }, "limit": { "default": 10, "description": "Maximum number of results to return (1–100).", "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "type": "integer" }, "organism": { "description": "Organism filter (e.g., 'Homo sapiens', 'Mus musculus').", "type": "string" }, "treatment": { "description": "Treatment filter (e.g., 'interferon gamma', 'ethanol'). Use '*' to find any treated samples.", "type": "string" } }, "type": "object" }