Research-to-SaaS for a university lab
A published lab method turned into a self-serve, paid product.
Research SaaS. Client name kept private.
Sheet
W-203
Studio
Digital Forge
The problem
A university research group had a peer-reviewed method for generating compound libraries for drug-discovery research. They needed it as a self-serve product, not a lab script.
What we built
The whole product, from scratch. Researchers configure a library, sign in with an email code, pay per job through Stripe, and download docking-ready files. Jobs run on an async queue with live status and email alerts; results arrive as encrypted, time-limited downloads. Tiered pricing, automatic academic discounts, containerised and provisioned with Terraform.
The result
In staging and preparing to launch.
Highlights
- Pay-per-job with Stripe
- Async job queue with live status
- Encrypted downloads
- Infrastructure as code
Stack
- Next.js
- BullMQ
- Redis
- PostgreSQL
- Stripe
- Docker
- Terraform
Services involved
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