Ascend Biosciences runs Olink, NULISA and mass spectrometry proteomics for university labs and drug developers. We're based in Hayward, California, we're an Olink Certified Service Provider, and we still collect most Bay Area samples ourselves.
Olink and NULISA changed what a few microliters of plasma can tell you. A thousand proteins from a single well is now routine. What hasn't changed much is how hard it can be to get a run scheduled, especially for a study with 30 samples rather than 300.
That's the gap we set out to fill. We run the same platforms and the same chemistry as the large service labs, at a scale where a small study still gets attention: partial plates, a person who picks up the phone, and a turnaround date written into the quote.
The team's backgrounds are in molecular biology, computational biology and clinical research, so we're comfortable on both sides of a project: the bench work and the analysis that follows.
Three measurement platforms, the analysis to go with them, and enough experience with different sample types to tell you early when something won't work.
Academic groups usually come to us with a limited number of samples, a grant budget and a specific question. Industry teams come with documentation requirements and a schedule. We've organized the lab to handle both.
For academic projects that means partial plates, flexible timing and help with the analysis. For industry projects it means NDAs, chain-of-custody records, QC documentation and the same turnaround guarantee.
We're at 3583 Investment Blvd, Suite 2, in Hayward's industrial district near Highway 92 and I-880. If you'd like to see where your samples will be run, or just talk through a study plan in person, get in touch and we'll set up a time.
Call 650-200-5149 or email info@ascendbiosci.com. We're happy to look at a study plan before you request anything.
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