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Find the biology that matters, before you commit to chasing it

The earliest research questions are the hardest to answer well. Which proteins move in disease? Which signals appear before symptoms, and which pathways explain variability in response?

Early discovery needs enough breadth to find what you do not yet know to look for, and enough sensitivity to detect the signals a narrower approach would miss entirely.

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APPLICATIONS · RESEARCH AREA · DISCOVERY AND EARLY RESEARCH

Find the biology that matters, before you commit to chasing it

The earliest research questions are the hardest to answer well. Which proteins move in disease? Which signals appear before symptoms, and which pathways explain variability in response?

Early discovery needs enough breadth to find what you do not yet know to look for, and enough sensitivity to detect the signals a narrower approach would miss entirely.

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Proteomics and NGS on the same samples

Proteomics and NGS on the same samples

Proteomics and NGS on the same samples

Up to 340 targets in a single run

Up to 340 targets in a single run

Up to 340 targets in a single run

Bioinformatics included

Bioinformatics included

Bioinformatics included

Data in two weeks

Data in two weeks

Data in two weeks

Start with the question, not the panel

Tell us what you are trying to find out, what samples you have, and what decision the data has to support. We will tell you how broad you need to go, what will realistically be detectable, and how to design the study so the results can be acted on.

That reply comes within one working day.

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WHY IT MATTERS

Discovery lives or dies on depth, sensitivity and confidence

Early discovery has to do three things well.

Depth

Measure broadly enough to find biology you did not already know to look for. A narrow panel can only confirm or deny what you already suspected.

Sensitivity

Detect low-abundance signals before they become obvious. The markers that move first are usually the ones sitting closest to the detection floor.

Confidence

Generate data reproducible enough to support the next experimental decision. A discovery finding you cannot rely on is worse than no finding, because it costs you a validation study to disprove.

Broad profiling only creates value when the data is strong enough to tell you what to pursue next.

WHat we measure

Go broad enough to discover. Focus when the data tells you where.

Broad protein discovery

Multi-omic discovery

Defined pathways and proprietary biology

Interpretation and prioritisation

Applications

Biomarker and target discovery

Cohort and disease biology

Multi-omic discovery

Preparing the next stage

  • Hypothesis-generating biomarker profiling across large cohorts

  • Novel target identification through differential abundance analysis

  • Pathway-level profiling for mechanism-of-action research

Biomarker and target discovery

Cohort and disease biology

Multi-omic discovery

Preparing the next stage

  • Hypothesis-generating biomarker profiling across large cohorts

  • Novel target identification through differential abundance analysis

  • Pathway-level profiling for mechanism-of-action research

WHY discovery & early research

From broad discovery to focused validation

Discovery

Start broad enough to identify meaningful biological signals, before you know which ones matter.

Prioritisation

Use bioinformatics and biological context to decide which findings are worth carrying forward, and which are noise that would cost you a validation study.

Focused validation

Move selected biomarkers onto Simoa or MSD for preclinical and translational work, with absolute quantitation and a validation history behind the method.

Because NULISA, Simoa, MSD, sequencing and bioinformatics all sit in the same laboratory and the same scientific team, that transition happens without losing context, time or sample material.

The team validating a finding is the team that generated it, and they know which markers sat near the detection floor and where the batch boundaries fell.

Moving platform between stages is expected and correct; moving supplier as well adds variation you then have to account for in every downstream comparison.

The practical detail

Turnaround

Two weeks from sample receipt, confirmed at quote

Quote

Within one working day

Up to 1,000-fold greater than conventional ELISA.

Femtogram-per-millilitre for many targets.

SR-X performance figures confirmed per assay at scoping

Sample confirmation

Receipt and condition confirmed within two working days, before anything is consumed

Receipt and condition confirmed within two working days, before anything is consumed

Discovery breadth

Up to approximately 340 targets in a single run on NULISA. MSD U-PLEX for defined pathway panels of up to 10 analytes

Up to approximately 340 targets in a single run on NULISA. MSD U-PLEX for defined pathway panels of up to 10 analytes

Sample volume

NULISAseq needs 25 µL of sample and NULISAqpcr needs 35 µL. Ship about 10 µL more than the assay requires, so 35 µL and 45 µL respectively, which covers dead volume and leaves enough for a repeat. Exact figure for your panel and matrix confirmed at scoping

NULISAseq needs 25 µL of sample and NULISAqpcr needs 35 µL. Ship about 10 µL more than the assay requires, so 35 µL and 45 µL respectively, which covers dead volume and leaves enough for a repeat. Exact figure for your panel and matrix confirmed at scoping

Matrices

Plasma, serum, CSF and standard matrices. Specialist matrices including BAL, sputum, nasal lining fluid, EBC and interstitial fluid scoped for feasibility

Plasma, serum, CSF and standard matrices. Specialist matrices including BAL, sputum, nasal lining fluid, EBC and interstitial fluid scoped for feasibility

Cohort size

Dozens to tens of thousands of samples

Dozens to tens of thousands of samples

Analysis included

QC, normalisation and a standard analysis report. Extended integration and classifier work quoted separately

QC, normalisation and a standard analysis report. Extended integration and classifier work quoted separately

Quality framework

HTA licence 12818, the UK framework governing the storage and use of human tissue. GCP-compliant workflows. Aligned to ISO 15189, the international standard for medical laboratories

HTA licence 12818, the UK framework governing the storage and use of human tissue. GCP-compliant workflows. Aligned to ISO 15189, the international standard for medical laboratories

Regulatory status

For research use only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures

Regulatory status

For research use only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures

For research use only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures

THE ALTHEOME DIFFERENCE

Why discovery programmes work with us

Platform breadth

Senior involvement at design stage

Integrated bioinformatics

Honest prioritisation

Speed

Three ultra-sensitive immunoassay platforms and a full sequencing stack under one roof, so we choose the analytical approach for the question.

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THE ALTHEOME DIFFERENCE

Why discovery programmes work with us

Platform breadth

Senior involvement at design stage

Integrated bioinformatics

Honest prioritisation

Speed

Three ultra-sensitive immunoassay platforms and a full sequencing stack under one roof, so we choose the analytical approach for the question.

Talk to a scientist

THE ALTHEOME DIFFERENCE

Why discovery programmes work with us

Platform breadth

Senior involvement at design stage

Integrated bioinformatics

Honest prioritisation

Speed

Three ultra-sensitive immunoassay platforms and a full sequencing stack under one roof, so we choose the analytical approach for the question.

Talk to a scientist

Tell us about your programme

Send us your question, your samples and the decision the data has to support. A senior scientist will tell you how broad to go and how to design it so the result can be acted on.

Talk to a scientist

Request a quote

You will hear from us within one working day.

Tell us about your programme

Send us your question, your samples and the decision the data has to support. A senior scientist will tell you how broad to go and how to design it so the result can be acted on.

Talk to a scientist

Request a quote

You will hear from us within one working day.

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The research journey

Discovery is the beginning, not the destination.

01

Discovery & Early Research

Current stage

Broad profiling, target identification, hypothesis generation.

02

Preclinical Development

Target engagement, pharmacodynamic biomarkers, toxicology endpoints, and translational bridging from in vitro through to first-in-human.

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03

Translational & Clinical Research

Validated biomarker workflows for clinical trial endpoints, regulatory-grade bioanalysis, patient stratification, and longitudinal monitoring.

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