Gyeonggawon Resumes Bio-Pharmaceutical and Diagnostic Kit Development Analysis Equipment Service After 3 Years
The Gyeonggi-do Economic Science Promotion Agency supports specialized analysis services for the 'Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectrometer (SPR),' an essential analytical instrument for the development of biopharmaceuticals and diagnostic kits.
Last year, the agency established the 'Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectrometer' within the Gyeonggi Bio Center. This equipment, supported by Gyeonggi-do through the 'Bio Material Substance Research Equipment Advancement Project,' analyzes the binding forces between biomolecules.
In particular, the replacement and upgrade of the existing equipment are expected to meet the active demand for equipment use from local companies, universities, and research institutes.
Until 2020, the agency provided specialized analysis services using the existing equipment, but due to aging and discontinuation of the equipment, these services were suspended from 2021.
In line with the introduction of the new equipment, the agency conducted theoretical and practical training for researchers from demand companies last month. In the second half of this year, it plans to expand advanced and practical training on equipment utilization.
An agency official explained, "This equipment uses optical principles to measure minute refractive index changes of substances adsorbed on a metal thin film surface, enabling real-time measurement of binding forces between two molecules without specific labeling of various biomolecules such as proteins, small molecule compounds (drugs), antigens and antibodies, enzymes, and nucleic acids."
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The official added, "It is applicable in various fields such as biopharmaceutical and synthetic drug development, antibody drug characterization analysis, and diagnostic kit antigen and antibody binding force analysis. It will be utilized not only for specialized analysis services for demand companies but also for industry-academia-research joint R&D projects."
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