Cellular assays have become fundamental and irreplaceable tools in drug discovery and life sciences, allowing researchers to test various molecules in a more biologically relevant context than biochemical assays. Many assays using primary or stem cells remain under-utilized due to limited availability or high cost. Traditional assays suffer from significant cell loss during washes and evaporation issues during long-term incubations. Even when sufficient cells are available for traditional assays, often more than 95% of cells do not contribute to the analytical results.
The Curiox DropArray™ platform allows scientists to perform low-volume cellular assays with efficient use of adherent, semi- and non-adherent cells, and achieve long-term on-plate incubations without evaporation. Researchers are finally able to run cell-based assays as biology dictates, not based on the availability of cells or cost of reagents.
2013-Apr-19:
Blood article highlighting suspension cell assay development with DropArray technology selected as key scientific article by Global Medical Discovery
Published Feb 2013, the paper presents research facilitating first-time visualization of tumor B-cell killing events.
2013-Mar-05:
New in Lab Chip: Micro-volume Wall-less Immunoassays Using Patterned Planar Plates
Researchers at Genentech and Seoul National University determine ELISA assays with DropArray Microplates provide equivalent data using substantially less sample and reagent.
2013-May-29:
FAES/NIH CRM Stem Cell Industry Symposium
Bldg 31, 6C Wing, NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD
2014-Jan-18:
SLAS 2014
San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA