The disclosure relates to methods and devices for measuring samples, such as biological samples, especially those at low abundance, with high sensitivity and at low cost. A sample is disposed on a shrinkable scaffold and the shrinkable scaffold is shrunk, reducing the area where the sample is distributed, so as to effectively concentrate the sample on the surface of the scaffold. In the event that a biological sample is covalently attached to a scaffold having a silica structure, the increase in signal enhancement is also due to optical effects stemming from covalent linkage of the biological sample onto the silica structure of the scaffold. Silica (SiO.sub.2) may be deposited onto a surface of a polymer film by functionalizing the surface of the polymer film to bind silica from a sol-gel solution, and coating the film with a sol-gel solution containing silica precursors, wherein solid silica from the sol-gel solution is deposited onto the surface of the polymer film. Also disclosed is an immunoassay platform comprising a silica-encapsulated first detection agent deposited on a polymer substrate.

This invention relates to a method of immobilizing a protein on particles, and more particularly to a method of immobilizing an antibody on magnetic particles. The method of immobilizing the protein on the particles can prevent aggregation due to non-specific binding between proteins and between proteins and particles, whereby a relatively small amount of protein can be immobilized on particles.

The present disclosure relates to methods and kits for forming a stable complex comprising a binding agent and a target (e.g., a macromolecule). In some embodiments, the target comprises a peptide, a polypeptide, or a protein to be analyzed. In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to formation of a stable complex comprising a binding agent and a target (e.g., a macromolecule) to be analyzed in a method which employs barcoding and nucleic acid encoding of molecular recognition events, and/or detectable labels. Provided herein is also a programmable system for information transfer comprising one or more adaptor molecules.

The present invention provides haloalkane substrates, and linkers for connecting such substrates to functional elements (e.g., tags, labels, surfaces, etc.). Substrates and linkers described herein find use, for example, in labeling, detection, and immobilization of proteins, cells, and molecules. In particular, the linkers provided herein find use within substrates for dehalogenase variants that form covalent bonds with their haloalkane substrates.

The present invention relates to a magnetic-optical composite nanostructure, which has a heterogeneous nature due to consisting of a first core-shell nanoparticle and second core-shell nanoparticles and thus realizes magnetic and optical functions at the same time.

Disclosed herein are formulations, substrates, and arrays. Also disclosed herein are methods for manufacturing and using the formulations, substrates, and arrays. Also disclosed are methods for identifying peptide sequences useful for diagnosis and treatment of disorders, and methods for using the peptide sequences for diagnosis and treatment of disorders, e.g., celiac disorder. In certain embodiments, substrates and arrays comprise a porous layer for synthesis and attachment of polymers or biomolecules.

The invention relates to kits and components thereof used in the conduct of solid-phase binding assays.

Methods and systems for identifying a protein within a sample are provided herein. A panel of antibodies are acquired, none of which are specific for a single protein or family of proteins. Additionally, the binding properties of the antibodies in the panel are determined. Further, the protein is iteratively exposed to a panel of antibodies. Additionally, a set of antibodies which bind the protein are determined. The identity of the protein is determined using one or more deconvolution methods based on the known binding properties of the antibodies to match the set of antibodies to a sequence of a protein.

The present application provides a novel coronavirus antibody detection kit based on magnetic particle chemiluminescence. The detection kit includes: streptavidin magnetic particles, biotin-labeled novel coronavirus antigens, an acridine sulfonamide-labeled secondary antibody, a sample diluent and a quality control material; wherein the biotin-labeled novel coronavirus antigens include a recombinant nucleocapsid protein and a recombinant spike protein S1. The sample to be tested, the biotin-labeled antigens and the streptavidin magnetic particles are mixed, incubated and washed, and then the acridine sulfonamide-labeled antibody is added to form a magnetic particle-streptavidin-biotin-antigen-novel coronavirus antibody-secondary antibody complex, and then the luminous intensity is detected to qualitatively determine the sample to be tested.

The invention relates to a method for coupling in-line the analysis of molecular interactions by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) with a structural identification by mass spectrometry using the same functionalized support for both types of analysis.