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Decentralizing knowledge, one term at a time. Written by GenAI, verified by experts. Prof Bot is writing an educational database that explains millions of terms, acronyms, and techniques.

Testimonials

  • "Reduced the amount of tangential research I had to do to decipher techniques and terminology."

    — Student who has read 20+ papers, and struggles with Techniques & Jargon.

  • "I liked the videos added to show complicated methods"

    — Student who has read 20+ papers and struggles with Logic, Concepts, and Techniques.

  • "It was useful to have many of the terms defined at hand, so I did not have to go back and forth on google to look up terms."

    — Student who has read 20+ papers and struggles with Techniques, Figures, and Jargon.

  • "It especially helped with jargon and abbreviations that I wasn't familiar with. Normally I would have to look up definitions on my browser and would lose time. I liked having the information readily available in front of me."

    — Student who has read 20+ papers and struggles with Concepts and Jargon.

  • "I like the convenience of having definitions available to us with unfamiliar terms and it definitely helped me save time on looking up terms on the internet or in textbooks"

    — Student who has read 20+ papers and struggles with Concepts and Jargon.

  • "I liked that the DS App provided extensive definitions of the paper's jargon. This both helped me understand the underlying concepts and the rationale for the experiments conducted."

    — Student who has read 20+ papers and struggles with Concept , Techniques, and Jargon.

  • "I like the background information given, for instance defining pathways or receptors that were targeted in the study. This helped me put together the logic behind a lot of the figures."

    — Student who has read 20+ papers and struggles with Techniques, Figures, and Jargon.

  • "I like the arrangement of DS app. The UI is really user friendly. Also, one thing I want to mention is DS app makes the figure and text connect better together."

    — Student who has read 20+ papers and struggles with Logic, Concepts, Techniques, Figures, and Jargon.

  • "I liked how it kept terms / jargon highlighted throughout the paper. This way I could just hover over the term rather than having to scroll back up."

    — Student who has read 0-10 papers and struggles with Techniques, Figures, and Jargon.

  • "The meanings were also directly related to the paper being read. Sometimes, using the internet there are multiple meanings and I'm not sure which one applies to the paper"

    — Student who has read 0-10 papers and struggles with Logic, Concepts, Figures, and Jargon.

  • "All of the terms that I had questions on were highlighted / explained by the app which was great."

    — Student who has read 10-20 papers and struggles with Logic, Concepts, Figures, and Jargon.

  • "It was so easy to click on the concept that I didn't know about it and have it explained by the DS App right away."

    — Student who has read 10-20 papers and struggles with Logic, Concepts, Figures, and Jargon.

  • "I liked that I didn't have to go back to previous pages if I forgot what a molecule or inhibitor was used for."

    — Student who has read 20+ papers and struggles with Concepts and Jargon.

  • "The most helpful part was that the definitions for words that are important to understanding the paper were included in the app. This shortened the time it took me to read the paper because I did not have to look them up using the internet, and if I wanted to refer back to the definition it was easy."

    — Student who has read 20+ papers and struggles with Techniques, Figures, and Jargon.

  • "I loved the breakdown of the jargon and the techniques used. It helped eliminate the back and forth with the internet and it helped understand techniques and background significantly faster"

    — Student who has read 20+ papers and struggles with Concepts, Techniques, and Jargon.

  • "I liked that the interface was simple/easy to use and that the jargon was well-explained at the right parts of the paper."

    — Student who has read 10-20 papers and struggles with Techniques, and Jargon.

  • "The definition and video direct links are so helpful!"

    — Student who has read 10-20 papers and struggles with Logic, Techniques, and Jargon.

  • "As it stands, it seems like a great option for someone reading the paper with little scientific background in general."

    — Student who has read 20+ papers and struggles with Concepts, Techniques, Figures, and Jargon.

  • "I liked highlight feature for terms that are technical and specific to the field."

    — Student who has read 20+ papers and struggles with Concepts, Techniques, Figures, and Jargon.

Welcome to the future of education.

“Deconstruction” is a pedagogical method developed and validated at UCLA by courses in the Biomedical Research Minor. It was designed to prepare undergraduates to perform cutting edge scientific research. Decipher Something is UCLA-Affiliated digital tool that deconstructs any concept for an educated novice.

Alpha prototype - tested in UCLA advanced seminar classes 2023. 90% student satisfaction.

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