The under-one-roof advantage

At EMC microcollections, chemistry and biological profiling are combined. Together as a team, chemists, biochemists and biologists develop and adapt a biological assay for a particular screening task. A focused compound collection requires a focused biological assay that considers the chemical characteristics of the compounds. Information from biological assays guides further synthetic strategies and compound design.
Testing for cytotoxicity by standard cellular assays, as well as sophisticated target-oriented screens, create a biological profile that forms an entity with the chemical profile.