Molecular biology - the toolbox for (almost) everything

Whether detection of food fraud, verification of ingredients, detection of allergens and GMOs or fast alternatives to classical microbiology - let's use the enormous potential of molecular biology for your problem together!

 

An extensive molecular biology toolbox is at your disposal

Modern molecular biology offers an enormous range of possible applications. It relies on the detection of specific DNA or protein sequences.

DNA analysis is used in our laboratory in the areas of GMO analysis (detection and quantification), animal and plant detection, animal species identification and allergen detection at the DNA level. In addition, PCR offers a decisive time advantage over classical methods in the detection of pathogenic germs in food and the detection, differentiation and quantification of Legionella in water.

Proteins whose presence accounts for the allergenic potential of foods are best detected using the ELISA technique.

A methodology that is still relatively new and very innovative in routine applications is Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). It offers an enormous potential of possibilities in different areas, e.g. metabarcoding for the identification of all single components of a food or tracking of contaminations within farms or laboratories by whole genome sequencing (WGS).

Let us find an approach for your individual problem together!

Services

  • Genetically modified organisms (GMO)
    • Screening methods for the detection of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
    • Event identification
    • Relative quantification (proportion of GMOs in plant species)
    • Advice on mandatory labeling
    • Certification according to VLOG
  • Animal species
    • Fish species identification by means of Sanger sequencing
    • Animal species identification by means of LCD array
    • Animal species identification and determination of the relative proportion by PCR
    • Absence of animal components (vegan)
  • Allergens
    • Detection and quantification of the 14 allergens subject to labeling requirements
    • ELISA
    • PCR
  • Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
    • Food Fraud: Identification of all animal and plant components of a food (metabarcoding)
    • Identification of contamination chains in the production area by WGS
  • Pathogenic microorganisms
    • Rapid detection of pathogenic microorganisms such as Salmonella, Campylobacter spp. and L. monocytogenes
    • Identification, differentiation and quantification of Legionella (incl. live/dead differentiation)

Working Group

  • Lebensmittelchemische Gesellschaft (LChG)
    • Biochemical and molecular biological analysis

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