Custom Target-Specific Assay Development

Leverage ION Biosciences’ comprehensive collection of advanced tools and expertise to build precision assays tailored to your specific membrane protein of interest.

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Our team has developed hundreds of assays for a variety of membrane proteins, including:

We manufacture fluorescent ion indicators and ready-to-use assays spanning the most challenging druggable membrane-protein targets.

  • Voltage-gated sodium channels
  • Potassium channels
  • Ligand-gated channels
  • Organellar ion channels
  • GPCRs
  • SLC transporters, and more

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What Sets Us Apart

We manufacture fluorescent ion indicators and ready-to-use assays spanning the most challenging druggable membrane-protein targets.

  • Exclusive Technology: The only provider of truly sodium-selective, Sodium Channel Assays.

  • Extensive Portfolio: Access the industry’s largest collection of Potassium Channel Assays.

  • Validated Cell Lines: Sodium-Dependent SLC Transporter Assays with fully validated expressing lines.

  • Advanced Multiplexing: A wide array of Calcium Indicators spanning the visible spectrum for multiple readouts in a single well.

  • Proprietary Platforms: HaloTag-compatible indicators enabling specialized organellar ion channel assays.

Our Assay Development Scope

What We Build For You

From initial design to actionable data, our team delivers end-to-end assay development services for ion channels, transporters, and GPCRs.

  • Cell Line Engineering: Complete workflow from vector design to assay-ready monoclonal cell lines.

  • Target-Specific Assays: Custom assay construction utilizing proprietary ION tools and expertise.

  • Multiplexed Assays: Capture multiple readouts in a single well to maximize data density.

  • Organellar Ion Channel Assays: High-resolution tracking via our proprietary HaloTag platform.

  • Complex Liquid-Handling: Expert protocols including washout, dual/triple additions, and antagonism dynamics.

Our HTS Platform

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Our facility is anchored by the Panoptic® platform, designed for high-fidelity data capture in 96 and 384-well formats.

  • Advanced Optics: 6-laser system with low-crosstalk multiplexing and dual-excitation (optogenetics).

  • High-Speed Capture: Camera speeds up to 100 Hz for precise kinetic monitoring.

  • Complementary Instrumentation: Supported by FLIPR Tetra, Cytation 5, and FlexStation III.

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