Research lab notebooks

Detects populated research laboratory notebook entries: a lab/research/electronic lab notebook or experiment-log phrase combined with a labelled experiment/entry/batch identifier or a named researcher/witness. Phrase-only mentions stay discovery-only.

Type: regex
Engine: boost_regex
Confidence: medium
Confidence justification: Enforce tiers require a populated entry identifier or named researcher beside the notebook phrase; the previous tiers fired on generic phrases such as 'intellectual property' or 'research findings' (removed from the primary). Research-integrity policies and news stay at 65. Medium because teaching-lab worksheets share the structure.
Detection quality: Topic false positive
Jurisdictions: global
Regulations: Patents Act 1990 (Cth), Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld)
Frameworks: ISO 27001, ISO 27701
Data categories: pii
Scope: wide
Risk rating: 8
Platform compatibility: Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Compatible, Macie: Compatible, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Degraded, Netskope: Unsupported

Pattern

(?i)\b(?:research\s+lab(?:oratory)?\s+notebooks?|lab(?:oratory)?\s+notebooks?|research\s+notebooks?|electronic\s+lab(?:oratory)?\s+notebooks?|experiment(?:al)?\s+logs?|laboratory\s+records?)\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

hypothesis, observations, reagents, protocol deviation, unexpected result, positive control, negative control, centrifuged, incubated, aliquot

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

Lab notebook - Project HELIX (confidential) Experiment ID: HX-114 Page: 42 Performed by: Dr Priya Ramanathan Incubated 2.5 mL lysate at 37 °C for 30 min, centrifuged at 12000 rpm; yield 4.2 mg/mL. Observations: unexpected result in the negative control. Witnessed by: Alex Moreau — Populated notebook entry - IDs, researcher, witness, measurements and bench evidence (85)
Research notebook entry Researcher: Jordan Teston Continued from the previous page. — Entry with a named researcher only (75)
Electronic lab notebook export - assay development Protocol: PR-0381 Batch: B26-117 Recorded by: Kai Lindqvist Reagents thawed on ice; 50 µL aliquots of compound stock prepared at 10 mM in DMSO. Plate read at 450 nm; positive control within range, hypothesis supported for lead series LS-4. — ELN export with protocol and batch IDs, recorder, measurements and bench evidence (85)

Should not match

Policy guidance: keep a lab notebook for every project. Record the experiment ID, date, researcher and results, and have entries witnessed in line with the research integrity policy. — Research-integrity guidance
LAB NOTEBOOK Experiment ID: __________ Researcher: __________ Witnessed by: __________ — Blank notebook page - placeholder values
Scientists' laboratory records from the 1950s were digitised by the museum, a news report said. — News item
unrelated generic text without domain phrases — Unrelated
algorithm schematic — Unrelated

Known false positives

Research-integrity policies and lab-induction training describing notebook practice. Mitigation: No populated identifiers or researcher names, and guidance/training framing is excluded.
Undergraduate teaching-lab worksheets. Mitigation: They can reach 75 when filled in; confirm research context in policy.