BioTrove Announces R&D Collaboration with Constellation Pharmaceuticals
Constellation was founded in April of 2008 as the first biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel drugs targeting selective regulators of epigenetic function through a $32 million Series A financing led by Third Rock Ventures, The Column Group and Venrock.
Constellation researchers will use BioTrove's RapidFire screening and analysis system to explore a new class of drugs regulating the epigenome to alter gene expression by manipulation of chromatin's histone proteins. Slight modifications in protein structure are difficult to identify using conventional screening methods; however, RapidFire technology provides label-free, biologically relevant data so that researchers can determine which compounds may be validated or compromised before further investigation, according to the company. Compressing the time to develop assays for this unique class of targets will enable Constellation to screen its novel epigenetic drug candidates more efficiently and effectively than current available technologies.
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