The microbiology laboratory began working in early December after licensing for carrying out activities in using of human & animal pathogens of infectious diseases and genetically modified organisms, the 3^rd and 4^th degrees of potential danger, in closed systems. The license has been issued by Federal Consumer Protection and Human Welfare Control Service after all the checks.

The head of microbiology laboratory Natalia Tretyakova said: “This laboratory was established for full substitution of import raw using in manufacturing EIA kits for ToRCH infections diagnostics and validating of own PCR kits on clinical samples”.

The budget for design, construction and equipping of the laboratory is 13 million rubles. It is isolated part of the main building with all necessary facilities, rooms with the 2^nd degree of biological safety and with autoclave for decontamination of wastes.

Microbiology laboratory is equipped with high-tech apparatus, such as high-speed centrifuge for the extraction and purification of antigens (include viral antigens).

Chemical laboratory

The laboratory was established in 2016 as part of the integrated project “Production of analytical robotic complex for clinical laboratory tests using nano-reagents”. With this project, Alkor Bio Group became the winner of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on the selection of organizations for the right to receive subsidies for realization of integrated projects for high-tech production.

Work on the project is carried out by Alkor Bio Group involving the St. Petersburg National Research University on Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics. The main problem to be solved in the chemical laboratory is the development of methods for the preparation of modified magnetic particles for nano-reagents. Creating of the own magnetic particles will avoid spending on the purchase of expensive imported analogues.

Chemical laboratory is equipped with all necessary for this type of laboratories modern apparatus, allowing synthesizing various objects, such as nano- and micro-sized magnetic particles, modified esters of steroidal hormones, etc.

Thus, at the present time Alkor Bio Group includes 9 research laboratories: the laboratory developing ELISA-kits, the biochemical laboratory, the hybridoma laboratory, the laboratory of allergology, the laboratory of molecular diagnostics, the laboratory of “Sequoia genetics” company, the resident of Skolkovo (developing the multiplex kits for infection and molecular-genetic diagnostics), The “Trans-Technologies” laboratory (development and implementation to the clinical practice the technology treatment with stem cells), the microbiological laboratory & chemical laboratory.