Aging Biomarker and Service Core

Services

  • Inflammatory cytokines/chemokines
  • Alzheimer-related markers (Amyloid beta, phospho-tau)
  • Metabolic biomarkers (insulin, leptin, adiponectin, etc)
  • Human and mouse IGF-I & IGFBPs (1, 2 3), GH, etc.,
  • Mitochondrial derived peptides (MDPs): humanin, SHLP2, MOTS- C, etc
  • New assay development

Platforms

Meso Scale Discovery system (MSD)

  • ~10 analytes small
  • small sample volume (10-25 µL)
  • high sensitivity
  • broad dynamic range

SpectraMax M3 multi-mode microplate reader:

  • absorbance, fluorescence, luminescence
  • Application: ELISA, cell viability, fluorescent protein detection

Contact Information

USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
3715 McClintock Avenue
GER #B1B
Los Angeles, CA 90089

Director: Junxiang Wan, PhD, MD
Core technician: Qiuli Bi
Phone: 213-740-1398
Email: junxiang.wan@usc.edu