A method of performing a biological experiment, the method comprising: accessing a protocol for a biological experiment that specifies a sequence of operations and prescribes a plurality of conditions for carrying out the biological experiment in a defined space, the protocol being associated with corrective protocols for particular conditions of the plurality of conditions, the corrective protocols specifying operations for remediating respective ones of the particular conditions when the particular conditions as observed during the biological experiment deviate from the particular conditions as prescribed; performing the sequence of operations to carry out the biological experiment in the defined space according to the protocol, the sequence of operations including dispensing cells into a container with a growth medium, and transferring the container with the cells and the growth medium into an enclosure for culturing the cells; and periodically before or as the sequence of operations are performed, obtaining observations of the particular conditions at least some of which include an incubation period in which the container with the cells and the growth medium is held in the enclosure, physical and chemical conditions in the defined space or within the enclosure, one or more physical or chemical properties of the cells or the growth medium within the container, or conditions of the cells or their concentration within the container; and comparing the particular conditions as observed to the particular conditions as prescribed; and when a particular condition of the particular conditions as observed deviates from the particular condition as prescribed by more than a predetermined threshold for the particular condition, interrupting the sequence of operations; accessing a corrective protocol of the corrective protocols that specifies an operation for remediating the particular condition as observed to within the predetermined threshold of the particular condition as prescribed; performing the operation to remediate the particular condition according to the corrective protocol; and resuming the sequence of operations. accessing a protocol for a biological experiment that specifies a sequence of operations and prescribes a plurality of conditions for carrying out the biological experiment in a defined space, the protocol being associated with corrective protocols for particular conditions of the plurality of conditions, the corrective protocols specifying operations for remediating respective ones of the particular conditions when the particular conditions as observed during the biological experiment deviate from the particular conditions as prescribed; performing the sequence of operations to carry out the biological experiment in the defined space according to the protocol, the sequence of operations including dispensing cells into a container with a growth medium, and transferring the container with the cells and the growth medium into an enclosure for culturing the cells; and periodically before or as the sequence of operations are performed, obtaining observations of the particular conditions at least some of which include an incubation period in which the container with the cells and the growth medium is held in the enclosure, physical and chemical conditions in the defined space or within the enclosure, one or more physical or chemical properties of the cells or the growth medium within the container, or conditions of the cells or their concentration within the container; and comparing the particular conditions as observed to the particular conditions as prescribed; and when a particular condition of the particular conditions as observed deviates from the particular condition as prescribed by more than a predetermined threshold for the particular condition, interrupting the sequence of operations; accessing a corrective protocol of the corrective protocols that specifies an operation for remediating the particular condition as observed to within the predetermined threshold of the particular condition as prescribed; performing the operation to remediate the particular condition according to the corrective protocol; and resuming the sequence of operations. interrupting the sequence of operations; accessing a corrective protocol of the corrective protocols that specifies an operation for remediating the particular condition as observed to within the predetermined threshold of the particular condition as prescribed; performing the operation to remediate the particular condition according to the corrective protocol; and resuming the sequence of operations.