Harnessing the power of cell-based assays: New tools and techniques in 2021
From tackling COVID-19 variants to therapeutic discovery, novel organoids and more, advance your assay research with these exclusive interviews and free resources
2 Aug 2021
Cell-based assays form the core of life sciences research, helping to drive understanding of various cellular phenomena in health and disease. In this new special feature, read exclusive interviews with leading scientists and download free resources to accelerate your cell-based methods. Find out how to streamline your drug screening with high-throughput cell and compound dispensing, learn how to achieve walkaway cell viability analysis while maintaining cell health for longer, explore the development of novel treatments to tackle liver disease, and much more.
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: Emerging organoid models to better treat prostate cancer
Dr. Veronica Gil discusses her research developing organ-specific tissues to advance prostate cancer therapy and outlines how pipettors from Corning Life Sciences have improved the efficiency of this work.
CELL HEALTH: Keep your cells happy with precise atmospheric control
Detect time- and dose-dependent effects on cell proliferation and cytotoxicity using BMG LABTECH’s CLARIOstar with atmospheric control unit, designed to maintain cell health for longer.
DRUG SCREENING: Streamlined cell and compound dispensing
Learn how to successfully dispense viable cell suspensions at high throughput and prepare compound dose response matrices with ease, using the latest solutions from Thermo Fisher Scientific.
WATER QUALITY: Increase assay sensitivity and avoid contamination
Learn how to choose the right pure water for your assay, minimize the effect of contaminants, and prevent errors while saving money, with this comprehensive guide from ELGA LabWater.
LOAD & GO: Get cell viability data in just 90 seconds
Discover how the Vi-CELL BLU from Beckman Coulter enables rapid, flexible, and walkaway cell viability analysis with fully automated sample preparation, operation and post-run cleaning.
LIVER DISEASE: Researchers identify new therapy to tackle NASH
Dr. Erik Tillman shares his company’s quest to find an effective new treatment for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and explains how Svar Life Science's assay-ready cell service has accelerated his work.
3D ASSAYS: Achieve rapid and cost-efficient therapeutic characterization
Discover how microplate assays from Thermo Fisher Scientific can provide time- and cost-efficient therapeutic characterization in 3D cellular models and enable side-by-side comparisons with 2D models.
Catch up on exclusive interviews
Keeping up with COVID-19: Designing novel monitoring assays to tackle the rise of variants
Dr. Tania Nolan outlines how her team is designing assays to identify new variants and why these are critical to managing the global pandemic response
How to accelerate drug discovery with optimized high-throughput screening
Dr. Chelcie Eller shares how to achieve reliable and reproducible high-throughput drug and biomarker screening
Ensure data quality for single-cell genomics applications: Optimizing sample prep
Scientists at KOTAI Biotechnologies reveal how they ensure nuclei and cell quality for reliable single-cell sequencing results
Why serology tests are shaping the future of vaccine development
Learn more about the efficient and reproducible multiplex immunoassays set to change the way COVID-19 researchers profile antibody response
Discover leading scientists on video
Find out how cell-based methods are fuelling research breakthroughs across life sciences, from COVID-19 detection to cardiovascular disease and cancer invasion to cell painting, through video interviews on The Scientists' Channel >>
More resources for cell-based research
- User guide to simplified & optimized multiplexing cell analysis
Explore how real-time live-cell imaging and image-based cytometry can bring higher levels of automation, reproducibility, and flexibility to your cell-based research, in this comprehensive user guide >> - The essential guide to ELISA automation
Download this application eBook to learn how to harness the power of automated ELISA across a range of fields, from COVID-19 research to food testing, clinical diagnostics, veterinary research and more - Assay workflow optimization: Seven elements for enhanced performance
Optimize your assay processes and address a range of critical liquid handling issues in your workflow, with this new must-read eBook >> - How to Buy Cell Counting Technology
Compare the top cell counting technologies available on the market and find the best fit for your applications, whether it’s manual, automatic, non-imaging, or imaging, with this how-to-buy guide >>
Your recommendations
Take a look at what other researchers and scientists all over the world are saying about the latest equipment and technologies in cell-based assay research. Here, Kwanho Roh, senior scientist at Catalent Biologics, shares his opinion of the Vi-CELL BLU Cell Viability Analyzer by Beckman Coulter Life Sciences.
