AnaSpec Inc. is a biotechnology

Biotechnology

Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...

 company

Corporation

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 headquartered in Fremont, California

Fremont, California

Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...

. Located in the Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley

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, it is a provider of custom and catalog research peptides, antibodies, dyes, assay kits, synthesis reagents, oligonucleotides, and PCR kits. AnaSpec focuses on multiple technologies: peptides, detection reagents (including dyes and antibodies), combinatorial chemistry

Combinatorial chemistry

Combinatorial chemistry involves the rapid synthesis or the computer simulation of a large number of different but structurally related molecules or materials...

, oligonucleotides, and PCR.

History

AnaSpec acquired HiLyte Biosciences, a manufacturer of fluorescent dyes, in 2003.

In 2008 AnaSpec established a new dedicated GMP manufacturing facility.

In 2009 AnaSpec launched its new facilities in Fremont, CA.

In October 2009 Eurogentec

Eurogentec

Eurogentec is an international biotechnology supplier, based in Belgium, who specialize in genomics and proteomics kits and reagents. The company was founded in 1985 as a spin-off from the University of Liège. Eurogentec is also a contract manufacturing organization, licensed by the Belgian...

 acquired AnaSpec.

Community service

Since its move to Fremont in 2009, AnaSpec has focused on developing strong relations with the community. In December 2009, AnaSpec hosted a food drive for the Alameda County Food Bank. In February 2010, AnaSpec hosted a bone marrow donor drive for the Asian American Donor Program.

Trademark Products

• GO Peptides
• SensoLyte
  SensoLyte
  SensoLyte is the trademarked name of a line of FRET-based assay kits from AnaSpec. They are focused largely on long wavelength protease assays....
  
  Assay Kits
• Z-Fish Antibodies
• ClearPoint Peptide Synthesis
• AnaTag Labeling Kits