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Nicoya Launches Alto™, the World’s First Digital Benchtop SPR System, to Accelerate Drug Discovery
Groundbreaking new SPR system uses digital microfluidics technology and flexible 16-channel design to reduce the time and cost of drug discovery KITCHENER, ON – January 23, 2020 – Nicoya, a leadin...
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How Preconcentration can save your Protein Samples in SPR Experiments
Your protein is precious. The more sample that you can save, the less time you need to spend on expressing and purifying proteins. This saves you money, and gives you more time to spend on other criti...
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App Note: Binding Kinetics of a Virus-Like Particle using OpenSPR-XT™
Virus-like particles (VLPs) are complex molecules composed of multiple protein subunits that resemble a specific virus without its genetic material. VLPs allow researchers to safely study viruses with...
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Meet Alto™: A Digital Microfluidics-Powered Surface Plasmon Resonance Instrument
For the first time ever, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and digital microfluidics (DMF) have come together to revolutionize biomolecular interaction analysis. Nicoya is proud to introduce Alto: the w...
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App Note: Binding Kinetics of an Antibody Serum Sample Using OpenSPR™
You asked. We answered. Our team at Nicoya speaks with hundreds of researchers every week. We regularly hear that researchers want to perform kinetic analysis of analytes in crude samples. More specif...
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Nicoya Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding to Make Drug Discovery Digital
KITCHENER, ON – January 14, 2020 – Nicoya, a leading provider of advanced analytical instruments for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, announced today that it has raised $10 million...
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Comparison: Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) vs. Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging (SPRi)
In competitive areas of biomedical research, such as drug discovery and vaccine development, choosing the right technique for your research needs could save you valuable time and resources. For Instan...
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Case Study: The Importance of Binding Kinetics in Drug Discovery
Drug discovery is a critical and complex area of research. Rigorous testing, crucial safety considerations, and exhaustive data are all required for a drug candidate to progress into clinical trials. ...
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New Publication – OpenSPR™ Binding Data Reveals Novel Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease
Over 50 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) or another form of dementia, according to the World Alzheimer Report 2018 (Patterson, 2018). This totals an estimat...
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Technical Guide: Epitope Mapping Techniques
Whether you’re developing a novel vaccine or designing antibody therapeutics, chances are you have used several epitope mapping techniques to learn more about how your antibodies are behaving. Howev...
