Surface Solutions by Culturon.
It’s not you. It’s your surface.
When biology isn’t performing as expected, the obvious variables get most of the attention.
Assay conditions. Media. Buffers. Formulation. Device design. Process parameters.
But sometimes the problem is the surface itself.
Culturon works with biotechnology and medtech companies to solve biological problems by engineering the surfaces their biology interacts with.
The surface is part of the system.
Every protein, antibody, RNA molecule, cell or drug interacts with a material surface.
That might be a well plate, collection tube, membrane, biosensor, catheter, microfluidic channel or another component within your product or process.
Those interactions can influence:
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protein adsorption and orientation
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cell attachment and behaviour
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assay sensitivity and reproducibility
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non-specific binding
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drug recovery
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biological performance
Yet surfaces are often treated as fixed components rather than variables that can be engineered.
That is where Culturon can help.
Surface Solutions by Culturon.
We bring surface engineering expertise into the development process, helping organisations understand, design and implement surfaces that better support their biology.
Surface Strategy:
Understand the problem before engineering the solution.
We work with your team to assess how surface interactions may be affecting performance and identify practical pathways forward.
Suitable for organisations that need expert input on a biological or materials challenge before committing to development.
Typical outputs may include:
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problem assessment
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surface strategy
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technical recommendations
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development roadmap
Custom Solutions
Surface engineering built around your biological challenge.
Where an off-the-shelf surface is not enough, Culturon can develop customised surface treatments designed around your application, material and biological requirements.
Applications can include diagnostics, cell culture, medical devices, microfluidics, drug delivery and other life-science systems.
Coatings-as-a-Service
Bring Culturon surface technology to your own product.
Culturon can apply engineered surface treatments to your components or consumables, providing a pathway from development through to repeatable supply.
This can support organisations that need the benefits of engineered surfaces without building their own coating capability.
Powered by PAC.
Culturon’s surface engineering capability is enabled by PAC, our proprietary plasma-activated coating technology platform.
PAC allows biological molecules to be covalently immobilised onto material surfaces, creating new opportunities to control how biology interacts with laboratory consumables, devices and other substrates.
Rather than asking biology to adapt to the material, we can engineer the material around the biology.
PAC
(Plasma-activated coating)
Standard Plastic
Highly reactive plasma coating
Programmable surface chemistry
Bioactive molecules immobilized
PAC covalently binds biomolecules to a plasma-activated polymer surface in a stable, oriented manner.
Where could surface engineering help?
You may have a surface problem if you are experiencing:
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inconsistent assay performance
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poor protein or antibody immobilisation
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unwanted adsorption
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variable cell attachment or growth
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low analyte recovery
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hydrophobic drug loss
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unexplained reproducibility issues
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limitations created by standard laboratory plastics
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a need to functionalise a novel device or substrate
You do not need to know the solution before speaking with us.
Bring us the biological problem. We’ll help determine whether the surface is part of it.
Knowledge Paper: Surface Solutions by Culturon.
Why Your Laboratory Plastic Consumables Were Never Made for Biology.
Our latest Knowledge Paper explores why material surfaces can influence biological performance, why conventional laboratory plastics can create limitations, and how engineered surfaces offer a different approach.
Talk to us about your surface challenge.
Tried everything else?
Tell us briefly what you're working on.
One of the Culturon team will get back to you to discuss whether surface engineering could help.
