Blogs for June 2017

When selecting an ELISA kit, different users often have different criteria in making their choice, whether it is sensitivity, sample types, or ease-of-use. One universal criterion is that an ELISA must work the first time and every time you use it. R&D Systems has developed our
Quantikine^® ELISAs from raw materials that we make in-house, giving us unparalleled control over critical elements that affect your results and creating consistency of results over long periods of time. Whether you are breaking new ground or building on the work of others, you can trust that the results will be reproducible tomorrow, next week, and...

May 2017 Go Everywhere with Bio-Techne Travel Grant Awarded to PhD Candidate from Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery!

Bio-Techne launched its Go Everywhere Travel Grant Program which awards $1000 USD (or equivalent) to 1 researcher each month to attend the meeting of their choice. This grant program allows the researcher to attend more targeted meetings in their field and provides funding to support both small and large scientific associations that promote discovery and collaboration.

The recipient of the May 2017 grant is Hannah Leeson, a PhD Candidate at Griffith University in Nathan, Australia!

Anthony Person, PhD, Manager in Bioassay Development at Bio-Techne
Scott Schachtele, PhD, Product Manager at Bio-Techne

Blockade of CTLA-4 and PD-1, members of the B7/CD28 family, have proven to be the most successful cancer immunotherapies to date. While the current therapeutic focus remains on B7/CD28 family members, novel immunoregulatory pathways are being uncovered as potential targets for oncology research and cancer immunotherapy. In this presentation, we discuss some of the next generation of novel immune checkpoint molecules, including Butyrophilins (BTNs), leukocyte...