Technical Capabilities
Enable Life Sciences offers a wide array of technical capabilities within the life sciences space – by virtue of operating on a flexible project team structure composed of highly qualified and experienced independent consultants.
Project teams are assembled on a customized basis, based on the specific project needs of our clients. Our flexible project-staffing model allows us to engage subject matter experts on a case-by-case basis, per the unique needs of each project.
In addition to its ability to assemble customized and highly qualified project teams, Enable Life Sciences also has access to the following Core Research Facilities (CRFs) within the state of Massachusetts. These Core Research Facilities (CRFs), engaged on a fee-for-service model, allow us to access a wide array of scientific instrumentation, technicians, and subject matter experts.
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst CRFs (Core Research Facilities) at the Institute for Advanced Life Sciences (IALS)
- University of Massachusetts, Lowell CRFs (Core Research Facilities)
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester Medical Center CRFs (Core Research Facilities)
- WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) CRFs (Core Research Facilities)
- The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge MA Luminex Core
Some areas of our technical capabilities are mentioned below, with more being added constantly. Please reach out to us for a customized project proposal.
Analytical
High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
Gas Chromatography (GC)
Gel permeation chromatography (GPC)
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometry)
Dissolution Testing
Material characterization and surface analysis, including but not limited to:
- XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy)
- Optical Profilometry
- AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy)
- DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry)
- TGA (Thermo-Gravimetric Analysis)
- FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy)
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
Particle analysis, including:
- Coulter counting
- Single particle optical sensing (SPOS)
- Differential light scattering (DLS)
- Laser Diffraction
Medical Devices and (Bio)-pharmaceutical Development
Pre-formulation and formulation with small-molecule and biomolecule therapeutics
Sustained-release drug delivery systems
Biomolecule conjugation
High throughput screening (HTS) of therapeutic libraries
Extractables and Leachables testing and analysis
Impurity analysis
Medical device coatings
Polymer processing
3-D prototyping for medical devices
Molecular Biology and Cell Culture
Biomolecule (including protein) expression, scale-up and purification
Biomolecule (including protein) chemistry; affinity column separation; dialysis
Biomolecule (including protein) stability-analysis and characterization
Cell culture models, and cell-based in vitro assay development
Western, Northern blotting
ELISA and Luminex analysis for biomarker profiles
Flow cytometry
In vivo Evaluation and analysis
Pre-clinical: design and implementation of animal experiments (mice, sheep, porcine models)
Tissue processing, embedding and sectioning
Histology
Statistical analysis
Clinical study design and data analysis