PacificDx, our fully accredited and licensed clinical laboratory, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ResearchDx. As a premier CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act), CAP (College of American Pathologists), and ISO (International Organization for Standardization) laboratory, our collaborative reputation is solidly built on our client’s successes.

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CLIA Laboratory Capabilities

Supported by experienced scientists and project managers, PacificDx has extensive experience in various technologies, platforms, and in-depth understanding of the entire 54 diagnostics pathway from discovery through to final commercial product. Our laboratory provides analytical, clinical, esoteric, and consulting laboratory services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and diagnostics companies. 

Genomics Technologies

We support diverse sequencing and genomic technologies for use in IVD diagnostics development in the fields of oncology, infectious diseases, and heritable diseases. If you are looking for a specific technology not found below, call us at (866) 225-9195 or contact us via e-mail.

Next Generation Sequencing

  • Illumina® MiSeq, MiSeqDx & NextSeq 500
  • Ion Torrent PGM™
  • Qiagen GeneReader
  • Exome, Transcriptome, cfDNA, single-cell RNA/DNA Seq, Single-cell lowpass
  • Oncology and Custom panels

Qualitative Real-Time PCR (qRTPCR)

  • Qiagen Rotor-Gene® Q MDx
  • Applied Biosystems 7900HT
  • Applied Biosystems® QuantStudio®6
  • Commercial and custom assays

Microarray Technology

  • Agilent Microarray Scanner (G2600D)
  • Affymetrix GeneChip®
  • CNV, SNP, Methylation, Expression

FISH: RNA or DNA

  • All commercially available probes
  • Custom probe design and manufacture
  • RUO, IUO, and GMP manufacture

Cell & Tissue Methodologies

We support anatomic pathology, liquid cell sorting and enrichment, and cytogenetics techniques deployed for various applications, particularly oncology.

Flow Cytometry

  • Beckman Coulter FC500
  • Commercial and custom flow panel for hematology and lymphoid malignancies
  • Biomarker detection

Cell Sorting & Enrichment

  • Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting (FACS)
  • Silicon Bio DEPArray™, DEPArray™NxT
  • Individual tumor and stromal cell recovery from FFPE and CTC samples

Anatomic Pathology

  • Metasystems Metafer imaging station
  • Carl Zeiss Auto Imager
  • IHC, H&E on FFPE and Frozen tissue
  • Pathology review and macro-dissection

Cell Culture

  • 100+ characterized control cell lines for oncology applications
  • FFPE control cell block preparation
  • Control DNA/RNA preparation

Support Technologies

We support diverse technologies for IVD development and scale-up activities that may require automated DNA extraction and liquid-handling systems.

ELISA (Immunoassay)

  • Direct and Sandwich ELISA
  • Identify and qualify commercial fit for purpose ELISA kits for PK & PD studies
  • Wide applicability for assay development
  • Analyte detection e.g., cytokines

Microplate Readers

  • Tecan GENios Pro®
  • Dynex® MRX

Automation

  • Hamilton Star, Microlab Star
  • QIACube®
  • QIASymphony® SP
  • Scale-up applications

To discuss your individual project needs, please email info@researchdx.com , or contact us.