The different phases of a cell-based assay development & screening project at CYTOO

Phase I: Cellular model development

• Step 1: screen and select the best micropatterning and culture conditions
• Optional: expression profiling of key genes of interest, functional marker labelling

Phase II: Assay development

     II.a Assay exploration

• Step 2: Identify the read-outs with lowest CVs and
• Step 3: with the best assay windows (2 reference compounds). Evaluate Z’

     II.b : Assay optimization

• Design custom micropatterns, re evaluate read outs and optimize Z’

      II.c : Assay evaluation

• Step 4: Define hit selection strategy and screen 10 compounds
• Step 5: Determine IC50 dose response curves of positive hits

Phase III: Screening

• Step 6: transfer assay at customer’s site for screening

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• Step 7: screen compounds at CYTOO

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