Insights and Application Notes
Application notes review the literature for one matrix and one question. Insights cover choices that cut across them.
Application notes
Literature reviews for a single matrix and question. Our own study data will appear here as it is published.
Amino Acids in Serum-Free Media for Cultivated Meat: The Cost Drivers
A review of techno-economic analyses on cultivated-meat media cost, the amino acid share, and the proposed routes to lower it.
Read the note → Application note · Protein hydrolysates & peptonesWhy the Free Fraction of a Hydrolysate Matters
What the free amino acid fraction reveals about hydrolysates and peptones that total composition cannot, from published data.
Read the note → Application note · Cell culture mediaGlutamine, Glutamate and Ammonia Across a Fed-Batch Run
A literature review of glutamine use, ammonia build-up and glutamine-free strategies in fed-batch CHO culture, and how to sample for them.
Read the note →Insights
What Amino Acid Analysis Costs, and What You Should Get for the Price
What drives the price of an amino acid analysis, how to estimate a total, and what a report should contain for the money.
Read → InsightChoosing an Amino Acid Method: AQC, OPA/FMOC, Ion-Exchange or LC-MS
Ion-exchange, AQC, OPA/FMOC, PITC and LC-MS/MS compared: coverage, stability, sensitivity, speed, matrix tolerance and when each fits.
Read →Have samples in mind?
Published prices, a person replies, and every report includes the chromatogram and QC behind the numbers.