High-Throughput Screening
Automated testing of large compound libraries against biological targets using robotics, assays, and data systems.
Core metadata
- ID: high_throughput_screening
- Era: Modern
- First known date: 1980 (decade)
- Region: Global pharmaceutical research laboratories
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
- Clinical Laboratory Automation (clinical_laboratory_automation)
- Pharmaceuticals & Drug Design (pharmaceuticals_drug_design)
- Robotics (robotics)
Dependents
- AI Closed-Loop Drug Discovery (ai_closed_loop_drug_discovery)
- Combinatorial Chemistry (combinatorial_chemistry)
- Lead Optimization (lead_optimization)
Fields
Field lanes
- Pharmaceuticals & Drug Development: Small-Molecule Drugs
Node sources
- Assay Development and Screening Technology (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, 2026, official_agency) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 3
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmaceuticals & Drug Design (pharmaceuticals_drug_design) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Pharmaceuticals & Drug Design provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Clinical Laboratory Automation (clinical_laboratory_automation) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Clinical Laboratory Automation provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Robotics (robotics) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Robotics provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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