Custom Assays
As we work with our clients we often find that their testing needs do not fit into one of our preplanned study designs. Our clients often find new research in the literature and want to know if we can recreate those studies in our lab using their materials. Or our clients present us with the challenge of a defined end point or molecular pathway that they feel their material will have an impact on and want to know if we can design a study to accommodate them. The answer to both of those questions is yes. Custom assay design is where our company thrives, where the curiosity to see what can be done in the lab drives us forward.
As we work with our clients we often find that their testing needs do not fit into one of our preplanned study designs. Our clients often find new research in the literature and want to know if we can recreate those studies in our lab using their materials. Or our clients present us with the challenge of a defined end point or molecular pathway that they feel their material will have an impact on and want to know if we can design a study to accommodate them. The answer to both of those questions is yes. Custom assay design is where our company thrives, where the curiosity to see what can be done in the lab drives us forward.
Examples of custom studies:
- Transcription factor activation
- Second messenger activation
- Epidermal desquamation
- Cellular/Mitochondrial oxygen consumption
- Osmotic protection
- Thermal protection
- Protein expression
- Enzyme activity
- Hypoxia/low oxygen
- Protease activity
- Wound Healing
Examples of cell culture models that can be used in custom studies:
- Human epidermal stem cells
- Cardiac myocytes
- Smooth muscle cells
- Sebocytes
- Skeletal muscle cells
- Chondrocytes
- Keratinocytes
- Fibroblasts
- Melanocytes
- Adipocytes
- Dermal papilla cells
- PBMCs
- PMNs
- NK cells
- Nerve cells
Examples of tissue models that can be used in custom studies
- Ex vivo human skin
- Epidermal skin equivalent
- Dermal/epidermal skin equivalent
- Pigmented epidermal skin equivalent
Please contact us with the details of your study interests for specific pricing and study timing.