The Importance of IC50 Determination
The pharmaceutical industry relies on the products it develops. A major factor that heavily affects the success of these [...]
Researchers at Genentech use HUREL® Micro Liver to Evaluate Bile Acid Homeostasis
HUREL® Micro Liver primary hepatocyte models have been used in labs worldwide and have shown their functionality and [...]
The Tumor Microenvironment Landscape and Multiplex Imaging
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is the ecosystem surrounding a tumor which includes the surrounding blood vessels, fibroblasts, immune cells, [...]
Visikol’s Commitment to Reducing Animals in Research
Like many of the BICO companies, Visikol is highly focused on reducing the usage of animals in research and [...]
Retaining Phase 1 Metabolic Activity After Cryopreservation in Mouse Kidney Slices
In this recent blog post from Dr. Ramesh Dasari and Dr. Amir Wahba from Visikol, they evaluate the ability [...]
qPCR for Assays Other Than Gene Expression
While quantitative polymerase chain reaction, commonly known as real-time PCR or simply as qPCR, is often employed for studies [...]
Visikol for Plants Used in Study of Arabidopsis ABCA10
Basil leaf cleared using Visikol for Plant Biology The functions of Arabidopsis ABCA10, an endoplasmic reticulum-localized ATP-binding [...]
Visikol Commits to Automation in its 3D Cell Culture Center of Excellence
3D cell culture models provide the opportunity to better mimic the in vivo microenvironment, and thus better predict in [...]
Detection of the Zika Virus Using Visikol HISTO
As an expert in advanced imaging and image analysis, Visikol worked with researchers from the La Jolla Institute for [...]
Tips and Tricks for Dealing with Poor Quality Images
Visikol generates and analyzes hundreds of images per week in order to extract quantitative endpoints to help answer clients’ [...]