Scil Proteins Services has developed and established a broad variety of assays to determine the biological activity of the target proteins in living cells.
Examples are:
- WST assay for vitality and cytotoxicity
- Brom deoxyuridine (BRDU) assay for proliferation
- Boyden-chamber-assay to determine the cell migration and invasion behavior as a response on attractants
- PC-12 assay for neurogenic differentiation
- Osteochondrogenic differentiation assay using mesenchymal stem cells
- Determination of aminoglucans and isolation of RNA by 3-D culturing of human primary chondrocytes
