Ascend Biosciences is a small proteomics lab in the East Bay. We run Olink Reveal and Explore, Alamar NULISA panels and mass spectrometry for university groups and drug developers, and we pick up samples ourselves across the Bay Area.
Most projects start with one of these. If you're not sure which, tell us about the samples and the question and we'll suggest one.
Olink's largest panel. Around 5,400 proteins from 2 µL of plasma or serum, for discovery work where you want the broadest look before narrowing down.
Details →The panel we run most. 1,034 proteins from 4 µL, with partial plates so a small study doesn't pay for empty wells. Results in 3 weeks for a full plate, 4 weeks for a partial plate.
Details →Eleven disease-area panels of 92 proteins each, from 1 µL. A good fit when you already know which pathway you care about and want NPX data on a defined set.
Details →Absolute concentrations in pg/mL, with no bridging samples needed. Cytokine, Immune Surveillance, Neurodegeneration and Mouse panels; the mouse panel also works on rat.
Details →Pick from a library of about 200 proteins and get relative or absolute values from 1 µL. Useful for confirming hits from a discovery run on a larger set of samples.
Details →Alamar's NULISAseq panels for inflammation, immunology and CNS biology, with sensitivity down to fg/mL. Includes a mouse panel that also reads rat samples.
Details →DIA proteomics for tissue, cells and FFPE; plasma and serum with nanoparticle enrichment; and site-level phosphoproteomics. Thousands of proteins per sample.
Details →When no panel covers your protein, we build a NULISAqPCR assay from your antibody pair, or help you find one. Up to four targets in one assay, fg/mL sensitivity.
Details →We're a small team of scientists, and the person you email is usually the person who runs your samples. A few things clients tend to notice:
Our lab is on Investment Blvd in Hayward, within about an hour's drive of most Bay Area campuses and biotech clusters. For local clients that means we collect samples in person, on dry ice, and you can drop by to see where they'll be run.
Tell us what they are and what you want to learn from them. We'll suggest a platform and send a quote within one business day.
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