About Us
Academic Roots, Precision Solutions
Our company was born from years of academic research at the cutting edge of aptamer and biosensor development. As a spin-out from the renowned lab of Dr. Jonathan Perreault at INRS—home to over two decades of expertise in RNA technologies—we carry forward a strong scientific legacy. Our team of co-founders are all trained researchers who’ve spent their careers studying, designing, and optimizing oligonucleotide-based detection systems. This deep academic foundation sets us apart and ensures the scientific integrity of everything we build.
Our Story
We are a team of four passionate, highly trained scientist co-founders, each with graduate-level education (M.Sc. or Ph.D.) in the field of aptamers and oligonucleotide-based biosensing systems. Our paths came together through our work in academic research, and our company was founded as a spin-out from the laboratory of Dr. Jonathan Perreault at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), where we gained hands-on experience in aptamer selection and RNA-based detection technologies.
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Dr. Perreault, who continues to support and advise our team, brings over 20 years of expertise in RNA engineering and synthetic biology. His academic career includes time at Yale University in the lab of Dr. Ronald Breaker, a recognized pioneer in the aptamer and ribozyme field. His guidance helps us maintain a strong scientific foundation.
Each of us has contributed to original research projects in this field, and our names appear in multiple peer-reviewed publications focused on aptamer development. This background gives us the ability to produce not only standard aptamers, but also highly tailored ones designed for specific applications — many of them the result of methods we developed ourselves.
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We approach aptamer selection not as a routine service, but as a complex process that requires careful design and deep understanding. While others may rely on generic protocols, our academic training allows us to offer a more thoughtful, adapted approach — with an emphasis on scientific quality and relevance.
Meet The Team
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Our Publications
Below is a selection of peer-reviewed publications to which our team members have actively contributed. These works reflect the depth of our experience in aptamer design, selection technologies like SELEX, and functional oligonucleotide systems. They also illustrate our long-standing commitment to advancing knowledge in this field — a foundation we carry into every project we undertake.
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Novel strategies to optimize the amplification of single-stranded DNA. A Nehdi, N Samman, V Aguilar-Sánchez, A Farah, E Yurdusev, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 8, 401
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Adaptation of a Model Spike Aptamer for Isothermal Amplification-Based Sensing. E Yurdusev, PL Trahan, J Perreault Sensors 24 (21), 6875
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Electrochemically Exfoliated Graphene Oxide for Simple Fabrication of Cocaine Aptasensors. Y Lei, BD Ossonon, PL Trahan, J Chen, J Perreault, AC Tavares, ACS applied materials & interfaces 15 (29), 35580-35589
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Fluoride-controlled riboswitch-based dampening of gene expression for cloning potent promoters. V Korniakova, A Devinck, MC Groleau, E Déziel, J Perreault, Frontiers in Genetics 12, 591543
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​Harnessing Coding Sequence Cleavage: Theophylline Aptazymes as Portable Gene Regulators in Bacteria. E Yurdusev, F Pan Du, E N Suslu, Y Nicole, J Perreault. in preparation
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