About
FigPad is an AI-powered platform designed to help researchers, students, educators and scientific teams create scientific figures, graphical abstracts, research diagrams and academic visuals.
The platform allows users to start with a text prompt, rough sketch, reference image or other research material and generate a visual draft. It supports figures for research papers, conference presentations, posters, grants, theses, teaching materials and graphical abstracts.
One of FigPad’s key features is its focus on editability. Instead of treating an AI-generated image as a final static picture, users can refine elements such as labels, arrows, panels, colors, layout, annotations and visual emphasis before exporting the figure.
The platform can be used for a range of scientific visualizations, including:
- Graphical abstracts
- Research workflows
- Biological pathways
- Molecular mechanisms
- Scientific diagrams
- Experimental workflows
- Anatomical illustrations
- Protein interaction networks
- Laboratory apparatus diagrams
- Research presentations
- Thesis and dissertation figures
- Grant proposal visuals
- Teaching and educational diagrams
FigPad also provides templates and examples covering areas such as cell biology, biomedical engineering, medicine, computational science, machine intelligence and scientific methods.
How to apply
No traditional application is required. FigPad can be accessed online and used to create scientific figures.
How it works:
- Describe your scientific idea using a text prompt. You can describe a pathway, mechanism, workflow, experiment or graphical abstract.
- Add a sketch or reference image if you already have an idea for the composition or visual structure.
- Generate the first figure draft using the AI-powered figure-generation workflow.
- Refine the figure by adjusting labels, arrows, colors, panels, layout and other visual elements.
- Review the scientific content carefully to verify terminology, labels, relationships and scientific accuracy.
- Export the figure for use in papers, posters, presentations, theses or other research communication materials.
FigPad states that generated figures should be treated as editable drafts and reviewed for scientific accuracy, labels, layout and journal requirements before academic submission.
Access FigPad: https://figpad.ai/?atp=biov&utm_source=chatgpt.com