Three years ago, our Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC) inaugurated the Fluid Biomarkers Facility. Since then, the laboratory has made a decisive contribution to the development of projects for the early detection of Alzheimer’s and has fostered collaboration with academic and industrial partners.
The facility, which was funded thanks to the «A News Story to Remember», fundraising campaign, has integrated the latest analytical technologies to provide ultra-sensitive and highly reproducible protein measurements. This has facilitated both the identification of candidate biomarkers and the development and validation of assays.
Recent acquisitions include additional technologies such as Lumipulse and seed amplification assays, as well as projects such as CoPATH-AD (funded by RETOS) and DETECT PK (funded by the ”la Caixa” Foundation). The facility has also been instrumental in initiatives such as the BBA project, which analysed key plasma biomarkers of the Alfa cohort.
More information on its anniversary can be found here.
