The wide range of laboratory services at caerus
In vitro drug development requires an array of equipment, specialized to each study. At Caerus, our state-of-the-art facilities and equipment will meet your research needs, whether these are cell-based assays, protein assays, drug screens, or IHC/ICC services. Our expert team will work with you to identify which assays will generate your desired data.
IHC Services
Caerus is here to support your proof-of-concept work with advanced immunohistochemistry (IHC) services
Caerus provides immunohistochemistry (IHC) services for your antibody and desired tissue type. We use direct HRP conjugates of your antibody to improve the quality of the stain, reducing background and improving both sensitivity and specificity. Clients provide >0.5 mg of antibody and indicate the commercially available tissue microarray or cells to be stained, and we will produce the IHC report and images. We use isotype controls to assess nonspecific staining, increasing confidence in our results.
In the IHC report and images, we provide:
- Specificity and sensitivity, relative to adjacent normal tissue or to the isotype control.
- For fluorescent IHC, colocalization of target antigens.
- ROC analysis.
- Expression distribution and quantification.
- Collage of relevant images in varying formats (.tif, .png, .jpg, etc.)
Cell-based Assays
The Caerus cell-based assay service is fully customizable
We work with you to identify the model and build a study around your test article. We offer:
- Flow cytometry
- ICC
- Immunoblot
- ELISA
- Plate absorbance
- Fluorometry
- Luminometric capabilities
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Drug Discovery & Characterization
Caerus offers expeditious drug discovery and characterization capabilities
Caerus has the capabilities to provide rapid screens of test articles and compound libraries. Additionally, Caerus can characterize them further—from cell-based assays to in vivo rodent models—helping you identify lead candidates to meet your research needs.
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Our discovery and characterization services include:
- Fluorometric, luminometric, and colorimetric plate-based (96 and 384-well plates) and flow cytometric analytical capabilities.
- Cell-based assays, such as viability, proliferation, expression, and transcription factor activation.
- In vivo rodent models.
- Determination of drug EC50/IC50 and therapeutic index.
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Equipment
The Caerus equipment unlocks greater possibilities for your research
- Highly multiplexed flow cytometry with 3-laser/12-channel cytometer (Thermo Fisher)
- Suspension and adherent mammalian cell culture, with multiple biosafety cabinets and incubators
- Complex and multiplexed plate-based assays using a plate reader with two injectors and luminometric, fluorometric, FRET, and absorbance capabilities (BMG LABTECH)
- IHC and ICC, with 3 fluorescent channels, brightfield, and RGB/color micrograph capabilities (Thermo Fisher)
- Small-scale mammalian protein production and purification for affinity-tagged proteins using our chromatography equipment (Cole-Parmer)
- All necessary equipment for immunoblot and immunosorbent assays
