ADS Biosystems Inc.
8.8/10 Overall Rating
88% Positive
16 Orders Completed
San Diego, California, US
ADS Biosystems Inc. has a very experienced and highly skilled team and provides a wide range of services for academia and industry customers. We have a number of repeat customers, such as Celgene, Genentech, Sanofi Europe, UCSD, Intercept, and Third Rock Ventures, just to name a few. Our featured services include, but not limited to, antigen-based affinity antibody purification, in vitro kinase assays, Alpha Screen, and custom ELISA kit formation and testing . We specialize in cell-based assays, such as human M1 macrophage Caspase 1 activation, and many other luciferase-based assays in cells, such as FXR based luciferase assays in cells. Our expertise is on human CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells and differentiation into human T cells. We specialize in cell-based assays, such as luciferase assays, in a variety of primary cells, cell lines and tissue cultures. We also provide molecular biology services such as real time RT-PCR, quantitative Western Blot and ELISA, and human cell mutation tests; cell biology services such as stable cell lines with designated reporters, cell differentiation studies with brown and white adipocytes, human adult stem cells, and cochlear organ culture for hearing studies; in vivo mouse model studies for obesity and diabetes. We are capable of testing drug candidates for hearing loss studies in our chemically deafened cochlear cultures, and for obesity and diabetes in vitro with adipocytes and in vivo with mouse models. Sample shipment instructions: Tissues and cells on dry ice Services: - Custom genomic deletion and mutation tests of human cells and cell lines - Gene expression profiling and real-time RT PCR (Taqman assays) of human tissues and cell lines -Protein expression with quantitative Western blot analyses and ELISA - Primary cell culture and cochlear organ culture - Custom stable cell lines from human and murine adult stem cells - Custom testing for brown and white fat differentiation in primary human cultures - Custom lentiviral-mediated human stable cell lines with different reporters such as luciferases - Custom shRNA gene knockdown in human and mouse stable cell lines - In vivo custom studies of the effects of high fat diet on commercial and/or custom genetic mouse models for obesity and diabetes and in vivo rodent glucose and insulin tolerance tests Assay development**: - Custom biochemical and cell-based assay development; routine human and mouse cell-based assays with custom reporters and endogenous gene expression such as Northern blot analyses, real time RT PCR and protein level detection with quantitative Western blot assays and ELISA; quantitative assays for variations in endogenous signal transduction pathways; specialty assay development for human brown and white adipocyte differentiation in obesity and diabetes, and cochlear organ culture in hearing loss and restoration. **We are happy to buy commercially available animal models, obesity/diabetes models, cochlea hearing mouse model, tumor models, breast cancer models. We also have access to the following cell lines: cancer cell lines, lung, breast, other routine cell lines like leukemia and lymphoma, fibroblast, mostly human. Our main focus is primary cells, and we can create genetically modified models, mouse fibroblast, etc. Preclinical drug discovery and development: - Custom testing of drug candidates for efficacy in human and mouse cell lines, human adult stem cells and cochlear cultures with designated reporters, endogenous gene expression and effects on endogenous signal transduction pathways; in vivo testing of drug candidates in rodents. Instrumentation: - Li-cor Odyssey: detects fluorescence, quantifies the signal, very sensitive up to several magnitudes, used to quantify individual bands to compare to loading control References: - Wang Z, Shah OJ, Hunter T (2012). The transcriptional coactivators p/CIP and SRC-1 control insulin resistance through IRS1 in obesity models. PLoS One.2012;7(7):e36961. Epub 2012 Jul 31. - Wang Z, Qi C, Krones A, Woodring P, Zhu X, Reddy JK, Evans RM, Rosenfeld MG, and Hunter T. (2006). In vivo roles of the p160 transcriptional coactivators p/CIP and SRC-1 in energy balance. Cell Metabolism 3:111-122. - Shah OJ, Wang Z, Hunter T. (2004). Inappropriate activation of the TSC/Rheb/mTOR/S6K cassette induces IRS1/2 depletion, insulin resistance, and cell survival deficiencies. Current Biology 14:1650 - Lu Z, Ghosh S, Wang Z, Hunter T. (2003). Downregulation of caveolin-1 function by EGF leads to the loss of E-cadherin, increased transcriptional activity of beta-catenin, and enhanced tumor cell invasion. Cancer Cell. 4:499 - Wang Z, Rose DW, Hermanson O, Liu F, Herman T, Wu W, Szeto D, Gleiberman A, Krones A, Pratt K, Rosenfeld R, Glass CK, Rosenfeld MG. (2000). Regulation of somatic growth by the p160 coactivator p/CIP. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 97:13549 Patents: - Thies S, Farouz F, Wang Z, Jacques B, and Lu J. Small molecule compounds to treat hearing loss. International publication number: WO2013/126805A2 - Wong L, Xu S, Ding J. Biomarker Assays for detecting or measuring inhibition of TOR kinase activity. Patent application number: 20120028972 - Wisniewski M, Kwong W, Mohsenian F, Ding J. Nucleic acid preparation composition and methods. International publication number: WO 2010/115016 A2
Custom cell-based assay development:
Turnaround time: 1-3 weeks
Turnaround time: 4 weeks
*Price is $100/hour plus materials and reagents
Antigen-based affinity antibody purification from anti serum
Custom built affinity column with your antigen, and purification of high affinity antibody for Western blot, ELISA, and immunostaining studies.
Determine effects of genetic variations, drugs, different culturing treatments on signal transduction pathways and protein levels.
Turnaround time: 1-2 weeks
Sample requirements:
If the experiment is started from cell lines or from our own lysate, we can guarantee a high quality of lysate. If the researcher is providing their own lysate, they must use protease inhibitors and phosphatase inhibitors when making the lysate.
Samples should be sent as tissue or pellet, and should be frozen quickly (1-2 seconds) in liquid nitrogen, then shipped on dry ice.
Deliverables:
Service includes RNA isolation, cDNA production, and Taqman assays. Taqman primers and probe not included, but can be obtained from Life Technology.
Protein Purification and Quantification Services
"ADS Biosytems was very responsive and had quick turn-around time for producing the results. The quality of the Western blots was excellent."
"Excellent work, professional and knowledgeable, would highly recommend!"
NanoBiotec has known ADS Biosystems scientists for many years, and recognizes their customer-focused dedication to providing high quality scientific support in an efficient and timely manner. We have successfully collaborated with them for several cell-based assays. What impresses us the most is ADS Biosystems’ top-notch quality of work and excellent customer services. We would not hesitate to recommend them as a valued partner.