Bio Screening Facility

Bio Screening Facility

Bio Screening Facility

Our Mission

Expert delivery of High Throughput Screening (HTS) and Biomarker Analysis Services for our Academic, Clinical, and Commercial customers.

HTS allows the rapid identification of novel targets, enabling researchers to identify new avenues for their research. The Bio Screening Facility uses state of the art equipment and biological reagents to cater for researchers working with both mammalian and microbial cell-based systems.

Our Biomarker team translates biologically relevant markers at cell/tissue level onto markers that can be measured and confidently assessed in humans or animals. Services cover from sample processing to biomarkers methodological validation and their assessment in large sample collections, with a view to exploit their translational potential to wider areas of research.

Why work with Newcastle's Bio Screening Facility?

When you work with our team you can be assured that we will manage your project with:

  • careful attention to detail
  • the right experimental design
  • the most cost effective solution to fit your budget

Our staff are experienced in service delivery for all sectors: Academic, Clinical, and Commercial.

Our facility offers services and expertise in two main areas:

 

1. High Throughput Screening (HTS)

HTS allows the rapid identification of novel targets, enabling researchers to identify new avenues for their research. The Bio Screening Facility uses state of the art equipment and biological reagents to cater for researchers working with both mammalian and microbial cell-based systems.

 

2. Bio Screening 

  A biomarker is defined as a characteristic that is objectively measured and evaluated as an indicator of normal biological processes as well as pathogenic ones. Our team translates biologically relevant markers at cell/tissue level onto markers that can be measured and      confidently assessed in humans or animals through methodological validation so that these biomarkers can be applied to wider areas of research.

        Applications:                        

      • Genetic Screening
      • Drug Screening
      • Sample handling and processing
      • Biomarker analysis

Feedback

"We used the BioScreening service for RNA extraction of tissues and were extremely happy with the results. Their service was quick, communication was efficient and we can move on to downstream analysis safe in the knowledge the RNA we are using is of the highest quality."

                    Cole Sims, Team Leader – Biology, Lightox 

“I first approached Carmen with a very nebulous problem.  We had samples that we wanted to find a way to investigate for a particular biomarker, but no idea how to do it ourselves.  She and her team took our samples and our very vague description of the problem, and generated some good preliminary data that we can build on as well as a protocol to work with for future samples.  Carmen also helped my team to understand how to look at the data, as it was a new area for us.  We plan to build upon this for future work and will reach out to Carmen again.”

                                           Sarah Killcoyne, PhD, Head of R&D, Cyted, Cambridge, UK

‘’We used the BioScreening facility for their PBMC isolation and cryopreservation service. The team have been phenomenal in their attention to detail and communication, they consistently provided us with high quality service throughout the trial.’’

              Raisha Kennerley, Barinthus Biotherapeutics