much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . november 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message dundee cell products ltd type private company industry biotechnology founded 2006 headquarters dundee scotland uk products biochemical reagents procedure kits specialized research products services proteomics dna cloning gene synthesis antibody development protein expression and purification website www.dundeecellproducts.com dundee cell products dcp is a biotechnology company headquartered in dundee scotland united kingdom . the company is a bioreagents and life sciences services company which commercialises research tools for biochemistry molecular biology and cell biology research and provides services in these areas to the life sciences community . the company s key business activities include research and development of new innovative products and services commercialization of products in licensed from academic institutions distribution of life sciences research products from commercial partners and supply of contract research services to both academic and pharmaceutical biotechnology companies customers . contents 1 history 2 research and innovation 3 portfolio 3.1 product lines 3.2 research services 4 corporate information 5 references 6 external links history edit dundee cell products ltd was founded in 2006 as a spinout of the internationally renowned school of life sciences 1 of the university of dundee by prof. angus lamond lamond lab . since spinout the company has maintained close interactions with researchers at the institution and a strong relationship with the university . in 2007 the company secured equity investment funding from a syndicate of angel investors to finance and expand its activities with follow up investment secured in 2009 from angel investors and the scottish co investment fund scf . 2 the investment was secured to support the business s growth plans . over the last four years dcp has enjoyed significant growth in its products portfolio and turnover . research and innovation edit in the past three years the company has developed and commercialized several new products e.g. silac ready to use media and has been involved in proteomics research collaborations with scientists in both academic institutions and pharmaceutical companies . some of these projects have been designed to investigate the effects of virus infections on cellular proteomes in order to elucidate the mechanisms and cellular pathways involved in virus host factor interactions . 3 dcp has also collaborated in a phosphoproteomics project 4 designed to study the molecular mechanisms in the pathogenesis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies tses or prion disease . transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are fatal diseases associated with the conversion of the cellular prion protein to an abnormal prion protein leading to damage of brain and neural tissue . examples of prion diseases include bovine spongiform encephalopathy bse also known as mad cow disease in cattle and creutzfeldt jakob disease cjd in humans . there is currently no treatment for prion diseases which are usually fatal to the host . current r & d projects within the company have been focused on developing applications for silac quantitative proteomics in predictive toxicology . these projects are designed to provide data that will be used in developing predictive models for drug toxicity early on during the drug discovery and development process . portfolio edit dcp initially developed antibodies mammalian cell fractions for precursor mrna splicing research and tissue culture media specifically formulated for silac quantitative proteomics . the first products commercialized by the company came from the research interests of the founding scientists who saw an opportunity in the market for developing and commercializing high quality research products and services in the research area to other colleagues . the company has subsequently expanded its products and services portfolio into many other areas of life sciences research to better cover the needs of its customers . product lines edit dundee cell products commercializes a broad range of life sciences research products many of which have been developed in house including cell culture media for quantitative proteomics mammalian cell fractions e.g. nuclei nucleoli mitochondria and cell fractions for quantitative proteomics antibodies recombinant proteins fluorescent cell markers and primary mammalian cells . the company s silac ready to use media have been specially formulated to facilitate the use of silac technology by non specialists in proteomics and scientists who are interested in the application of unbiased high throughput quantitative proteomics approaches in their r & d activities . research services edit as well as offering research products the company s portfolio has grown to include research services designed to accelerate the research activities of scientists in both the academic and biotech pharmaceutical industry sectors . some of the research services that dcp offers include gene synthesis dna cloning recombinant protein expression and purification stable cell line development custom monoclonal and polyclonal antibody development and various proteomics services 5 i.e. both quantitative e.g. silaqtm tandem mass tags itraq isotope coded affinity tag icat label free and qualitative . in collaboration with scientists at the university of dundee the company is developing novel and innovative products and services in the areas of proteomics molecular biology and cell biology focused on the needs of research scientists in academic institutions as well as those in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies . corporate information edit mr john ivinson chief executive officer dr francesco rao chief scientific officer professor angus lamond scientific advisor references edit school of life sciences . lifesci.dundee.ac.uk . retrieved 2012 12 27 . https web.archive.org web 20110106205706 https www.scottish enterprise.com fund your business scottish investment bank scif.aspx . archived from the original on january 6 2011 . retrieved may 16 2011 . missing or empty title help emmott e. rodgers m.a. macdonald a. mccrory s. ajuh p. hiscox j.a. 2010 mol . cell . proteomics 9 1920 1936 wagner w. ajuh p. l wer j. wessler s. 2010 cell . commun . signal . 8 28 dundee cell proteomics . dundee cell proteomics . retrieved 2012 12 27 . external links edit official website v t e university of dundee governance chancellor the lord patel rector mark beaumont principal sir peter downes general council university court senatus academicus students representative council history medical schools mills observatory telecommunications research establishment university of st andrews academic centre for dermatology and genetic medicine centre for energy petroleum and mineral law and policy centre for gene regulation and expression division of signal transduction therapy duncan of jordanstone college of art and design medical school school of architecture school of law facilities botanic garden dundee royal infirmary formerly ninewells hospital maryfield hospital formerly perth royal infirmary student life students association shinty club east of scotland universities air squadron undergraduate gown people mary ann baxter co founder academics alumni chancellors rectors related topics caird hall canongate books cyclacel dictionary of the scots language dundee cell products dundee university press until 2013 dundee international book prize category commons retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dundee cell products & oldid 739288174 categories research support companiescompanies based in dundeehidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsarticles lacking reliable references from november 2011all articles lacking 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