Protein sciences
One of the key tools that’s needed for all the work on a new target is the target itself. We need to be able to produce the target reliably, in active form, and in enough quantity for all the assays and experiments that need to be performed in the course of drug discovery. This kind of protein expression can be a real challenge for some proteins.
Assay development
Having robust and high-performing assays (high signal-to-noise, large assay window) is essential for running fast and effective design-make-test-analyze (DMTA) cycles. Assay development can involve the optimization of a wide range of different parameters, and the more novel the target class, the more complex this process can be.