PCR technology development
How a request becomes a working assay: algorithm work, marker development and the software that carries both to the bench.
What we develop
Design algorithms
Search and scoring methods for optimal primers and probes — thermodynamic modelling, dimer and secondary-structure prediction, degenerate and modified oligos, and specificity screening by in silico PCR.
Assay workflows
Complete assay development for qPCR, endpoint PCR, multiplex panels, LAMP, genotyping and targeted sequencing, including the conditions and controls needed to reproduce them.
Polymorphism detection
Marker systems for plant, animal and human genomes based on simple repeats, retrotransposons and tandem repeats — designed in silico, then validated in the laboratory where the project requires it.
Custom software
Tools built around a specific laboratory workflow, from a single calculation to a full desktop application — the same engineering that produced FastPCR and the WebTools suite.
Where it ends up
Have a development problem?
Describe the assay or the analysis you need and the constraints around it. We will tell you whether it is a design job, a software job, or both.