EPL Bio Analytical Services

Excellence, Passion and Leadership in Agriculture

  • Home
  • Who We Are
    • Our Story
    • Join Our Team
    • Contact Our Team
  • What We Do
    • Agricultural Chemistry
    • Nutritional Chemistry
    • Molecular Biology
    • Customized Analytical Support
    • Feed and Feed Ingredients
  • How We Do It
    • Technology Tour
    • Instrumentation
    • Quality Management Systems
    • Lab Services
    • Facility Monitoring & Backup
  • Who We Serve
    • Crop Protection Industry
    • Feed and Feed Ingredients
  • What’s New
    • Blog
    • News
    • Papers, Posters, Presentations
    • References
    • Organizations We Support
      • Industries We Support
      • Local and Regional Industries
      • Technical
  • Client Portal
  • Data Portal
  • Agricultural Chemistry
  • Nutritional Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Customized Analytical Support
  • Feed and Feed Ingredients
You are here: Home / News / Dow and EPL BAS Sign License Agreement for New Technology

Dow and EPL BAS Sign License Agreement for New Technology

August 3, 2016 by admin

Dowlogo 2                       

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.

# # #

®™Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) or affiliated companies.

Plextein™ is a trademark of The Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) or affiliated companies.

 

 

facebookShare on Facebook
TwitterTweet

Filed Under: News, Press Release

Blog

30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE AG INDUSTRY

June 29, 2017

What in the World is Guar? by Matt Patricio

April 6, 2017

Rapid and Sensitive Analysis of Soil, Water Feed and Food for Glyphosate and Glufosinate Residues

December 15, 2016

EPL BAS in the news again!

October 11, 2016

We are proud to be part of the Decatur Illinois community – home to the Midwest Inland Port. Watch this video to catch a glimpse of our lab in action!

July 21, 2016

See More Blog Posts

News

EPL Provides Support for Golden Rice Project

May 14, 2020

EPL BAS Wins Global Agrow Award for Best Supporting Role

November 22, 2017

EPL Bio Analytical Services Selects SCIEX QTRAP 6500+ LC-MS System with SelexION Differential Mobility Separation Technology Device

July 12, 2017

Dow and EPL BAS Sign License Agreement for New Technology

August 3, 2016

EPL BAS Named Finalist for Annual Agrow Award

July 18, 2016

See More News Posts

Areas of Expertise

  • Agricultural Chemistry
  • Nutritional Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Customized Analytical Support
  • Feed and Feed Ingredients

What Our Customers Say

"One of the very best laboratories to do this work is EPL Bio Analytical Services… I have worked with them for over 15 years for various projects. I have no connection to the laboratory. My clients place the work and I do the monitoring. They have the latest in instrumentation and the Laboratory Director is […]

Read More

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Services

  • Agricultural Chemistry
  • Nutritional Chemistry
  • Feed and Feed Ingredients
  • Contaminants
  • Molecular Biology
  • Customized Analytical Support
  • Method Development and Validation

Contact Us

EPL Bio Analytical Services
9095 West Harristown Blvd
Niantic, IL 62551-9752

Google Maps Street View

Toll Free: 1-866-963-2143

© EPL Bio Analytical Services • 9095 West Harristown Blvd, Niantic, IL 62551 • 1-866-963-2143
7ads6x98y