WOBURN, Mass., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- SRU Biosystems announced today that the June, 2006 issue of Expert Review of Proteomics featured SRU BIND(TM) technology in its Technology Review section. In an article entitled “Microplate-based label-free detection of biomolecular interactions: Applications in proteomics and drug discovery” by Brian T. Cunningham and Lance Laing, the authors describe many attributes of BIND(TM) photonic crystal biosensors. The recently published article summarizes research advances made in the field of photonic crystal biosensors and the instruments that read them.
The article highlights the superior aspects of the SRU BIND(TM) label-free technology, especially as it applies to proteomics research. SRU BIND(TM) provides for the label-free quantitative analysis of protein interactions, allowing the study of native complex formation with proteins, small molecules, or cells. The same sensor technology allows for the study of proteomic systems using BIND(TM) sensors in microplates or micro-arrayed formats. According to coauthor Dr. Lance Laing, who directs chemistry and bioapplications for SRU Biosystems, “SRU BIND(TM) can become the method by which all proteomics interactions are qualified and quantified for composition and activity, without degrading the quality of subsequent important experimental steps.” A summary of this article can be found at: http://www.future-drugs.com/doi/abs/10.1586/14789450.3.3.271
About SRU Biosystems
SRU Biosystems, Inc., is a life science company developing novel technologies for rapidly analyzing the interactions of cells, proteins, genomic, peptide, antibody or small molecule compound libraries against a wide range of biochemical targets. The BIND(TM) Biosensor technology represents a fundamental advance in the ability to monitor label-free biochemical interactions with high sensitivity and high throughput. SRU is incorporating its technology into microplates, microarray slides and other industry standard formats to create sensitive and high throughput tools that can be used to answer important biological questions for biomedical research, pharmaceutical drug discovery and diagnostics.
About the Nano Sensors Group at the University of Illinois
Prof. Brian T. Cunningham, co-founder of SRU Biosystems, is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he directs the Nano Sensors Group. Research projects in the group, with the support of funding from NIH, NSF, the US Army, and SRU Biosystems, include development of sensor materials, designs, fabrication methods, and instrumentation for further advancing the state-of- the-art of label-free detection sensitivity and resolution. Through collaboration with life science researchers at the Institute for Genomic Biology and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology on the UIUC campus, the group also develops new applications for label-free sensors, including small molecule library screening and cell-based assays. Further information on these projects may be found at the group’s web site: http://nano.ece.uiuc.edu.
CONTACT: Brant Binder, CFO bbinder@srubiosystems.com +1 781-933-7255 x202
SRU Biosystems, Inc.
CONTACT: Brant Binder, CFO of SRU Biosystems, Inc., +1-781-933-7255 ext.202, bbinder@srubiosystems.com
