Scientific collaborations
Active participation as SME partner in scientific projects is one of the core activities of Hycult Biotech’s R&D department. Our projects range from one-to-one collaborations to international consortia. We add value in research projects and consortia by combining strength of our scientific focus, industrial development skills as well as commercial experience.
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Current projects
| Project | Goal | Product pipeline | More information |
| HDM-FUN (Horizon 2020) | Host-Directed Medicine in invasive FUNgal infections | Biomarker panel assay for diagnosis of fungal infections | https://www.hdm-fun.eu/ |
| COMPRare (European Joint Programme Rare Diseases) | Towards the most accurate diagnosis and monitoring of Complement-mediated rare kidney diseases | Diagnostic biomarker assays for complement-mediated kidney diseases, including the development of several kits such as the C3NeF detection assay (cat# HK3051) | https://www.ejprarediseases.org/comprare/ |
| COMPASS (Health Holland) | Complement alternative pathway assays for standardized stratification and diagnosis of kidney diseases | Improving kidney disease care through standardized immune blood tests | https://www.health-holland.com/project/2026/2026/improving-kidney-disease-care-through-standardized-immune-blood-tests |
Completed projects
| Project | Goal | Product pipeline | More information |
| CORVOS (MSC-ITN) | COmplement Regulation and Variations in Opportunistic infectionS | Development of antibodies and assays for measuring complement activation in infectious diseases | https://www.corvos.eu/content/home/ |
| DISCOvERIE (Horizon 2020) | Development, dIagnostic and prevention of gender-related Somatic and mental COmorbitiEs in iRritable bowel syndrome In Europe | Biomarker panel assays for diagnosis of IBS / research tools for animal models | https://discoverie.eu/ |
| STRIDE-COM (LSH-TKI) | Improved risk stratification prior to Kidney Transplantation by Discriminating Pathogenic from Clinically Irrelevant Donor Epitope Specific HLA antibodies in relation to complement activation | Biomarker panel assay for prediction of kidney rejection | |
| SCIFIMED | Screening of inFlammation to enable personalized Medicine | Aim to develop a multiplex detection system to simultaneously quantify and analyse the functional activity of all seven FH-protein family members | https://www.scifimed.eu/ |
| NWO-NACTAR (NWO-TTW) | Novel Antibacterial Compounds and Therapies Antagonizing Resistance – Boosting host immunity against Klebsiella pneumoniae via therapeutic antibodies | Research tools / functional assays for assessing complement activation | |
| Dual biomarker (LSH-TKI) | Towards a dual-biomarker blood test for the diagnosis of intestinal ischemia patients | Biomarker panel for investigation of gut integrity | |
| Immune Fitness (TKI AGRI & FOOD) | Identification of markers for immune-fitness and nutrients that are able to keep the immune system healthy during aging | Identification and validation of biomarkers for immune fitness | |
| ENLIGHT-TEN+ | Identification of microenvironmental factors shaping the functional properties of tissue resident T cells in autoimmune diseases | Training/workshos in assay development and exploitation of research results | |
| RELENT (Horizon 2020) | RELapses prevENTion in chronic autoimmune disease: common mechanisms and co-morbidities | PR3 (cat# HK384) A1AT ELISA (cat# HK387) Cathepsin G / NE-A1AT (under development) | https://www.relent.eu |
| Health-i-care (INTERREG) | Innovations for safer Healthcare – To protect the public from infections and help combat antibiotic resistance. | EcHECk assay for the detection of EHEC O157 infections (cat.# HK508) | Health-i-care |