Nicoya – Improving Human Life by Helping Scientists Succeed https://nicoyalife.com Publication quality binding kinetics & affinity data on your benchtop. Thu, 26 Oct 2023 18:04:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.8 https://nicoyalife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Nicoya-Favicon-150x150.png Nicoya – Improving Human Life by Helping Scientists Succeed https://nicoyalife.com 32 32 Helping scientists succeed in the Bay Area: Meet the team behind our new San Francisco lab https://nicoyalife.com/blog/nicoya-opens-spr-lab-san-francisco/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 18:04:22 +0000 https://nicoyalife.com/?p=20936 We’re excited to announce the opening of our brand-new lab facility in San Francisco! Meet the team behind this exciting development and explore how we’re supporting drug discovery in the Bay Area. Over the past decade, Nicoya has achieved new heights through relentless dedication and groundbreaking accomplishments. This year, we proudly announce yet another remarkable […]

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]]> Epitope characterization made easy: How Digital SPR redefines the antibody workflow https://nicoyalife.com/blog/product-release-blog/epitope-binning-with-alto-digital-spr/ Wed, 05 Jul 2023 21:16:52 +0000 https://nicoyalife.com/?p=20550 Galvanize your productivity with Alto’s epitope binning application: Pre-designed, intuitive, and sample-friendly. Early antibody discovery involves the screening of a large number of molecules to identify hits and narrow them down to more promising leads. Efficient epitope binning plays a key role in identifying high quality leads to inform the downstream development process, and label-free […]

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]]> From droplets to kinetics: Exploring the fundamentals of digital microfluidics and SPR https://nicoyalife.com/blog/digital-microfluidics-integration-with-spr/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:30:05 +0000 https://nicoyalife.com/?p=20350 Alto™ leverages digital microfluidics technology to streamline SPR workflows by automating and miniaturizing kinetics assays. Not too long ago, the idea of digitizing lab experiments like we digitized computing would have been unthinkable. The advent of digital microfluidics (DMF), an automated and programmable fluid-handling technology, has made this possible by enabling the programming of discrete […]

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]]> Become an SPR expert with our 10 tips for success https://nicoyalife.com/blog/spr-tips/top-10-tips-for-high-quality-spr-data/ Fri, 19 May 2023 11:38:24 +0000 https://nicoyalife.com/?p=20107 From assay design to optimization, our top 10 tips will guide you to success! After months of researching various technologies, evaluating surface plasmon resonance (SPR) instruments on the market, and zeroing in on the one that best fits your experimental workflow, it’s now time to design your first experiment. But where do you start? Diligent […]

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]]> How does Digital SPR fit into early drug discovery? https://nicoyalife.com/blog/digital-spr-in-early-drug-discovery/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:06:03 +0000 https://nicoyalife.com/?p=20071 Digital surface plasmon resonance (SPR) offers a more automated and versatile method for studying binding properties that determine lead quality and drug efficacy. Biomolecular interactions are at the heart of drug discovery as they promote the regulation and execution of biological processes in the body, and their characterization is critical to validating new targets and […]

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]]> Meet Sri: Nicoya’s SVP of Marketing and Product https://nicoyalife.com/blog/meet-sri-svp-of-marketing-and-product/ Thu, 06 Apr 2023 15:59:33 +0000 https://nicoyalife.com/?p=20012 With Sri’s energy, vision, and strategic direction, we’re ready to leap into the next chapter of our growth. One of the most exciting developments in our year so far has been the addition of Dr. Sriram Kumaraswamy as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Product at Nicoya. As we look to enhance global access to […]

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]]> Shaping the future of therapeutic antibodies with Digital SPR https://nicoyalife.com/blog/shaping-the-future-of-therapeutic-antibodies-with-digital-spr/ Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:14:08 +0000 https://nicoyalife.com/?p=19935 We spent a week with innovators of antibody therapeutics to learn how we can enhance development from bench to bedside By Mike Piazza, Associate Director of Applications Development We recently had the opportunity to attend the Next Generation Antibody Therapeutics meeting in the mountain-backed town of Banff, Calgary, and it was undoubtedly an eye-opening experience […]

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]]> The future of biosimilars: How emerging technologies are paving the way https://nicoyalife.com/blog/characterization-of-biosimilars-with-spr/ Mon, 27 Feb 2023 22:10:29 +0000 https://nicoyalife.com/?p=19887 Next-generation methods that streamline biosimilar expression and characterization are imperative to lowering the cost of development and maximizing market growth. Biosimilars have delivered on their promise to cut costs, increase access, and improve patient lives. As highly similar successors to commercially-available biologics, they have transformed patient outcomes in the last several decades by treating diseases […]

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]]> Keeping up with viral evolution: How SPR streamlines prevention and treatment of influenza https://nicoyalife.com/blog/keeping-up-with-viral-evolution-with-spr/ Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:14:12 +0000 https://nicoyalife.com/?p=19769 Our next generation SPR platforms provide high-quality data and streamline research workflows to give you an edge in the fight against influenza. Influenza viruses cause respiratory infections in humans and are responsible for annual epidemics and historical pandemics, presenting significant health, societal, and economic burdens.1 As their RNA genome lacks proofreading capabilities and continually accumulates […]

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]]> SPR vs ELISA: Comparing techniques for biomolecular detection https://nicoyalife.com/blog/spr-vs-elisa-comparing-techniques-for-biomolecular-detection/ Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:58:56 +0000 https://nicoyalife.com/?p=19715 Binding analysis with surface plasmon resonance (SPR) provides both affinity and kinetics data, giving you the bigger picture. As one of the most standardized and well-characterized immunoassays performed in the lab, the ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) is repeatedly recognized as the gold standard for detecting antibodies, proteins, and other biomolecules for a variety of research […]

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