Dow AgroSciences Licenses Plextein Technology to EPL Bio Analytical Services
Innovative Technology Accelerates Plant Protein Testing
INDIANAPOLIS and DECATUR, IL – August 3, 2016 – The rapidly changing world of agricultural technology calls for innovative analytical methods. Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), and EPL Bio Analytical Services (EPL BAS), today announced a license agreement granting EPL BAS access to patented intellectual property targeting improvements in the speed, quality, and efficiency of protein quantitation in planta by mass spectrometry.
The non-exclusive license enables EPL BAS to utilize Dow AgroSciences’ patented intellectual property that includes Plextein™, a high throughput method for detecting and quantitating multiple proteins in plants.
Dow AgroSciences invented Plextein to rapidly identify and quantify proteins in plant samples. The technology is a high-throughput method utilizing liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to simultaneously measure plant-derived proteins of interest to companies and government regulators.
“Speed and accuracy are essential in today’s agricultural research. Our Plextein technology enables quantitative protein assays to be developed and validated in weeks, instead of months. Licensing our technology to EPL BAS expands the availability of this precise, efficient and cost-effective tool,” said Tom Meade, PhD, Global Seeds and Traits Discovery Leader, Dow AgroSciences.
“Plextein technology is an exciting addition to our analytical capabilities. Quantification of multiple plant proteins by LC-MS/MS in a single assay greatly improves our ability to provide high quality analytical data to the agricultural biotech industry in a timeframe not achievable with previous technology platforms,” said Fred Claussen, VP, Method Development, EPL BAS. “Simply stated, Plextein provides EPL BAS with the ability to better serve our customers.”
About Dow AgroSciences
Dow AgroSciences discovers, develops, and brings to market crop protection and plant biotechnology solutions for the growing world. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Dow AgroSciences is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company and had annual global sales of $6.4 billion in 2015. Learn more at www.dowagro.com. Follow Dow AgroSciences on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+, or subscribe to our News Release RSS Feed.
About EPL Bio Analytical Services
EPL Bio Analytical Services (EPL BAS) is an award-winning, Good Laboratory Practice compliant (GLP), ISO 17025-accredited analytical contract lab. Our vision is to be the “most trusted analytical laboratory in the Ag Industry.” EPL BAS serves the global agricultural industry by analyzing feed and food ingredients, organic products, genetically enhanced crops, bio-pesticides, plants, algae, plant protection agents and crop chemicals. With the goal of providing safe, healthy, and abundant food while protecting and improving the environment, EPL BAS uses advanced innovative technology in the areas of nutritional chemistry, agricultural chemistry, including residue and product chemistry, and molecular biology to provide excellent, timely support for the feed, food, fiber and fuel industries. We don’t have an Ag Division…because we are Ag! Visit us at www.eplbas.com, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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