Testing Capabilities

The Biomarker Core Lab can help researchers with a variety of biomarker testing on human or animal saliva, serum, plasma, urine, dried blood spots, and hair.

The Biomarker Core Lab can assist with:

• Identifying proper sample type, collection, storage, shipping, and testing methods, and
• Working with you to generate testing quotes for grant submissions.

Testing Options

We are a one-stop-shop. Researchers can bring us their samples, and we’ll provide them with the data. Or the lab offers fee-for-access to laboratory equipment if researchers would prefer to conduct their own assays.

Equipment

Available equipment includes:

• Biotek plate washer and Synergy 2 multi-mode microplate reader
• Bio-Plex (BioRad) multiplex instrumentation
• MesoScale Discovery (MSD) QuickPlex electrochemiluminescent multiplex instrumentation

Assay Capabilities

Enzyme Immunoassays (EIA)

Antibody-specific assay kit used to test one biomarker

Most common tests

• Cortisol
• Cotinine (nicotine metabolite)
• CRP (C-reactive protein)
• DHEA
• DHEAs
• Estradiol
• IL-1 beta
• IL-6
• Progesterone
• Testosterone

Kinetic Reaction Assays

Salivary alpha-amylase

Multiplexing

One assay kit capable of testing up to 20 biomarkers simultaneously

• Cytokines
• Tumor markers