The Spirit of Assay Design

21 Grams Assays is a consulting company that specializes in helping customers turn ideas into stable, reliable, reproducible, analytical assay kits.

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 Elegant, on-time, within budget assays for challenging targets.

We help academic, pharmaceutical, biotech and clinical scientists build robust immunoassay, detection and enzyme activity kits. We relish taking challenging ideas and turning them into products which can be made, tested and shipped worldwide.

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Our First Assay is Released!
Our First Assay is Released!

Our new Quantitative Alkaline Phosphatase (AP) activity assay available by end of 2021.

Ready for Business
Ready for Business

Our lab is up and running and we’re ready for business. See more about our setup.

How We Converted to an Employee-Owned Company
How We Converted to an Employee-Owned Company

As founders of several small high tech life science companies, we wanted to change the outcome and options for our business. Inspiration came from a craft beer label.

Why “21 Grams”?
Why “21 Grams”?

The name “21 Grams” has a curious and significant history.  It refers to a 1901 theory of Dr. Duncan MacDougall.

Our Origin Story
Our Origin Story

Here’s a little story of two scientists, Barb and Russ, and how they came to start an assays consultancy.

Do you have a challenging idea you want to turn into a stable, replicable product? We can help.