Cell Functional Assays

Cell Functional Assays

Cell Proliferation/Viability CellTiter-Glo cell viability assay CyQuant assay MTT/MTS assays Direct cell counting by HCA Clonogenic assay 14-day long-term proliferation assay   3D Growth Soft agar colony formation assay Matrigel 3D assay Ultra-low attachment...
Cell Functional Assays

CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Target Gene Knockout

Validation of Cas9 Expression by Western Blot Validation of Cas9 Expression by FACS Detect Target B Expression by Western Blot in Single KO Clones (Transient Transfection) CRISPR Target Gene Knockout – Phenotypic Study Knockout of PCNA, an essential gene for cell...
Cell Functional Assays

siRNA Mediated Target Gene Knockdown

Knock down target gene by siRNA pool or individual oligos Taqman or Western blot analysis to confirm the knockdown efficiency at mRNA level or protein level, respectively The effect of tumor cell growth inhibition is monitored by CellTiter Glo cell viability assay...
Cell Functional Assays

Behavioral Pharmacology

Neurodegeneration Alzheimer’s Disease – 5x Familial AD Transgenic Mice Biomarkers, pathology, EEG, behavioral tests, LTP in brain slice Parkinson’s Disease – 6-OHDA Rats Apomorphine or L-DOPA challenged rotation L-DOPA induced dyskinesia in 6-OHDA rats...
Cell Functional Assays

In Vitro Electrophysiology and Ex Vivo Assays

Ion Channel Targets Voltage-gated Ion Channels (K+) hERG (Na+) Nav 1.5, Nav 1.7, Nav 1.1 Ligand-gated Ion Channels TRP Family (TRPV1, V3, C6) P2X Family (P2X3, 4, 7) GABAaR (1α, 2β, γ2) GluR (AMPA, NMDA) Family In Vitro and Ex Vivo CNS Biomarkers High content image...
Readouts and Methods – Ex Vivo Analysis

Readouts and Methods – Ex Vivo Analysis

Readouts Frequency of immune cell subpopulation Expression of immune checkpoints and markers Soluble factors  Receptor Occupancy     Methods Flow cytometry IHC, IF ELISA, Luminex, CBA ELISpot Western blot, qPCR     Tissues Tumor  Spleen Lymph nodes Peripheral blood...
Cell Functional Assays

Target-Specific Assay Panels – Small Molecule Targets

ID Target Biochemical Assay Cell-based Assays 1 IDO1 IDO1 enzyme activity IFNγ-induced cellular IDO1 in Hela cells;  IDO1 transient/stable transfection in HEK293 cells 2 TDO2 TDO2 enzyme activity TDO2 transient/stable transfection in HEK293 cells 3 ARG1 ARG1 enzyme...