We work with a number of contract research organizations, government agencies, technology providers, and expert consultants in specific fields. Some of these partners are featured below.
Flagship Biosciences
Flagship Biosciences is a pathologist-owned digital pathology services company that bridges the gap between medical device firms and large contract research organizations. By using novel whole slide imaging and tissue analysis technology, Flagship makes tissue measurements of efficacy and toxicity more accurately and quickly than the industry accepted visual scores by pathologists. They also have a digital pathology blog with examples of their histology pattern recognition approaches in pharmaceutical and medical device development.
AZ Core Labs
AZ Core Labs is part of a consortium of core equipment laboratories across Arizona that provides fee-based, sample imaging and analysis using a wide array of analytical and microscopy equipment to technology incubator clients, university researchers and industry. AZ Core Labs offers unique, high quality instrumentation for your analysis needs, operated by trained technical staff.
American CryoStem
A pioneer in the fields of Regenerative and Personalized Medicine, American CryoStem Corporation is engaged in building a worldwide network of state-of-the-art clinical laboratories dedicated to processing, commercial bio-banking and manufacturing cellular applications using autologous adipose (fat) tissue and Adipose-Derived Regenerative Cells (ADRCs). The Company maintains a strong, strategic portfolio of intellectual property, patent applications and proprietary operating procedural processes that form its Adipose Tissue Processing Platform, which in turn, supports the growing pipeline of biologic products and processes, clinical services and international licensing opportunities. More specifically, this platform enables the cryopreservation of an individual’s adipose tissue which when needed can be further clinically processed into Stromal Vascular Fraction (SVF), which contains ADRCs, other regenerative cells, including white blood cells, endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, pericytes, fibroblasts and pre-adipocytes, among others. Through its ACS Laboratories division, the Company operates its flagship FDA registered, cGMP compliant human tissue processing, cryo-storage and cell culture and differentiation media development facility in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.
Protein Genomics
Protein Genomics carries out Research and Development on sophisticated, high performance biopolymers for potential applications in the wound healing, tissue regeneration, dermal filler and personal care markets.
Exponential Business and Technologies Company (EBATCO)
Exponential Business and Technologies Company (Ebatco™) is a nanotechnology service and development company. Its worldwide headquarters is located in the beautiful, convenient and industry-intensive city of Eden Prairie in the Twin Cities Metro Area. Ebatco serves the world business and technology communities through its nanotechnology expertise, business savvy, best-value products and satisfactory services.
Kodak
Kodak has transformed itself into a technology company focused on imaging for business. Today’s Kodak provides:
- World-class R&D, based on Kodak’s unique strengths in the materials, imaging and deposition sciences
- Breakthrough products enabling customers to achieve transformational improvements in quality, productivity and sustainability
- A broad solution set across graphic communications, product goods packaging, functional printing enabling
- Software and professional services businesses use to redefine information flow and security
University of Arizona Genetics Core
The University of Arizona Genetics Core offers access to state-of-the-art resources and services to help investigators, educators, students and the biotech community conduct and promote research in the field of genomics. UAGC provides a wide range of molecular biology services and support ranging from Complete Solutions to fee-per-use services.
The California Stock Xchange
Cal-X – The California Stock Xchange is a business accelerator network that helps you from napkin concept through IPO to meet your goals. We create a customized 5 year mentoring and funding road map and a comprehensive research analysis report on companies utilizing our patented Cal-X EquityNet Business Plan Analysis program.
HistoTox Labs
HistoTox Labs is a GLP compliant contract histology laboratory located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Boulder, Colorado. Our histology and immunohistochemistry lab have developed the ability to provide the highest quality bone and soft tissue sections quickly, in order to meet the diverse and constantly changing needs of our customers. Whether we are supporting pharmaceutical, biotech or contract research organizations (CROs), our commitment to outstanding customer service, high quality sections, competitive pricing and quick turnaround times make HistoTox Labs the ideal source for reliable histology lab services.
Alizee Pathology
Alizee Pathology provides superior histopathological services to clients conducting studies in the preclinical stage of product development. We place scientific integrity at the forefront of our operations and we are reliable partners in the development process. Our goal is to provide high-quality materials and illuminating reports in an efficient and timely manner. We’re proud of our ability to work with our clients to provide novel solutions to complex problems.
American Preclinical Services
APS specializes in performing ISO 10993 and custom biocompatibility testing, interventional and surgical large animal research, toxicology, pharmacology, pain research, and pathology services for the medical device, biotech, and pharmaceutical industries. APS has a broad range of expertise in the following organ systems: cardiovascular, uro-genital, gastrointestinal, respiratory, orthopedic, dermal, and CNS.
NAU Imaging and Histology Core Facility
The Imaging and Histology Core Facility provides imaging services to faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, along with our industry partners. This is accomplished through excellence in education, research, mentoring, and technology.
ASU LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science
ASU’s LeRoy Eyring Center provides advanced capabilities for materials analysis and characterization. Our facilities are supported by a dedicated staff with a commitment to student / client engagement and training. The Center’s instruments are available to the entire ASU research community and to academic, government and industrial users across the country.
LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center
At Pennington Biomedical, we uncover the triggers of chronic diseases – in other words, what is happening in the body before disease occurs. Many chronic diseases, like heart disease and diabetes, share the same triggers. We have learned that other seemingly unrelated diseases – like dementia and obesity – are connected. It is for this reason that we have created a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to our research that we call “science without walls”.
Gage Research Group
The Gage Research Group is based at Northern Arizona University and lead by Dr. Matthew Gage. Dr. Gage and his team are primarily involved with protein chemistry including intrinsically disordered proteins, development of novel antimicrobial agents, and protein conformational changes.
Dr. Jonathan Vande Geest
The Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory (STBL) is focused on solving biomedically-related problems using state of the art experimental and computational techniques in biomechanics. The STBL has specific interests in the area of constitutive modeling of soft tissues including native tissues, tissue engineered biomaterials, and medical devices. We are also interested in identifying structure-function relationships within healthy and diseased tissues. Specific areas of research include aneurysm mechanics, nerve paralysis, ocular mechanics, porohyperelasticity of soft tissues, and the development of polymeric and tissue engineered biomedical devices.
Dr. Kiisa Nishikawa
Dr. Kiisa Nishikawa’s lab studies the relationship between biomechanics and neural control of movement. Here one must take into account both structural as well as functional details in order to understand how animals control their bodies to perform the diversity of behaviors seen in nature. In particular, they study how the mechanics of the musculoskeletal system influences these behavior. To study this neural control/biomechanics relationship, they use a number of animal model systems. These include: ballistic tongue projection in toads; jumping in frogs; running in normal and titinopathic mice, and eccentric training in opossums. They use techniques from muscle physiology, kinesiology, biomechanics, neurophysiology, and neuroethology.
Dr. Steven Goldman
Beginning in 1977, Dr. Goldman established a strong laboratory and clinical based Cardiology Research program at the Tucson VA Medical Center, SAVAHCS. The basic laboratory focuses on heart failure; the clinical research operation focuses on large scale multicenter trials where Dr. Goldman has been National PI on many of these trials through the VA Cooperative Studies Program. Dr. Goldman received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati where he went on to serve the US Navy and Marine Corp in Viet Nam and long Beach, Ca. He finished his Cardiology Fellowship at Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco and came to the Tucson Veterans Administration hospital and University of Arizona in 1975.
Dr. Brent Nelson
Dr. Nelson’s primary technical research is working on problems at the intersection of the sciences and engineering, with current areas of interest including biomaterials characterization, applications of atomic force microscopy, renewable energy, energy conservation, and biomimetic design.
Dr. Zoe Diana Draelos
Dr. Draelos is a clinical and research dermatologist, with a special interest in problems associated with the skin, hair, and nails. She is trained to perform medical, surgical, and cosmetic dermatology and routinely shares her expertise with others through lectures, demonstrations, and the many textbooks she has authored. She enjoys developing treatment plans to insure the resolution of medical skin problems and also offer a variety of cosmetic procedures, including filler injections, botulinum toxin injections, face peels, and liposuction.