• Your Research Partner

    Ensigna Biosystems is a contract research organization that provides cutting-edge histopathology and genomic services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries

  • Ensigna was founded by scientists for scientists.

    Our team takes the time to understand your research objectives and provide the best services to achieve your goals.

  • From concept to data

    With many years of biopharmaceutical and drug discovery experience, we bring your drug discovery and translational biomedical research projects to completion through collaboration, consultation, execution and reporting.

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Our founders have technical expertise in molecular pathology, pharmacology, drug discovery and genomics, coupled with decades of active research in the biopharmaceutical and CRO industries.

Complete integrated solutions for your research needs

Our technical expertise, combined with extensive knowledge of the drug development process, allows us to offer our clients not only unparalleled service but, more importantly, complete integrated solutions for their research needs.

We offer a wide range of services including but not limited to:

Link to: Histopathology

Histopathology

  • Tissue processing
  • Sectioning of frozen and FFPE tissues
  • TMA construction
  • Special stains
Link to: Immunohistochemistry (IHC)

Immunohistochemistry (IHC)

  • Standard and custom markers
  • Chromogenic and fluorescent IHC
  • High throughput IHC
  • Multiplex IHC & IF
  • In situ hybridization
Link to: Antibody Validation

Antibody Validation

  • Cell pellet preparation
  • Transient transfections
  • Western blot
  • Flow cytometry
  • Antibody testing on cell pellets and archival tissues
Link to: Image Analysis

Image Analysis

  • Whole slide imaging
  • Quantitative analysis
  • Reporting with statistical analysis
Link to: Gene Expression

Gene Expression

  • RNA/DNA/protein extraction
  • Bioanalyzer analysis
  • Quantitative PCR
We like working with Ensigna because you’re not just a typical CRO service company; you guys think like scientists.

Your Research Partner

We offer consultation and reporting for all our services, especially in the area of translational medicine, including biomarkers and patient stratification strategies. We then implement the selected experimental strategy using the most appropriate technology.

If you are looking for further services, we possess the scientific and operational expertise to provide services beyond what is listed. Please contact us to discuss your research projects.

Contact us for a consultation

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