Qkine Ltd
Qkine is a Cambridge, UK-based manufacturer of high purity, animal-free growth factors, cytokines and other complex proteins. Qkine combines proprietary production processes with protein engineering technology to tackle fundamental biological and scale-up challenges for the fast-growing stem cell, organoid, regenerative medicine and cultured meat sectors.
Qkine is a Cambridge, UK-based manufacturer of high purity, animal-free growth factors, cytokines and other complex proteins. Qkine combines proprietary production processes with protein engineering technology to tackle fundamental biological and scale-up challenges for the fast-growing stem cell, organoid, regenerative medicine and cultured meat sectors.
Spun-out from Dr Marko Hyvönen’s laboratory at the University of Cambridge in 2016, Qkine builds on expertise in protein purification and structural biology developed at the University.
Qkine is building a portfolio of the most innovative and highest quality growth factors for stem cell culture to open up opportunities for stem cell biologists, the cellular agriculture industry and related sectors to fine-tune their cell culture in a way that has not been possible before. Our new product development programme uses protein engineering and other innovative hypothesis-led techniques to address challenges with complex bioactive protein manufacture. All animal-free and highly reproducible. For more information, please visit: www.qkine.com
Products and services
Growth factors for neural stem cell
All Qkine recombinant growth factors are animal-free, highly bioactive, and have exceptional lot-to-lot consistency for homogeneous and reproducible cell culture. We have recently launched Fibroblast Growth Factor 8a and 8b for the differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells into neural cell types and brain organoid cultures. To learn more about our high purity growth factors and cytokines for neural stem cell, visit our website.
Growth factors for cellular agriculture
Qkine offers cost-effective growth factors suitable for serum free media, with species-specific growth factors available for your research. We combine proprietary production processes with protein engineering technology to improve activity, stability, and compatibility with animal-free manufacture or to increase manufacture yield. To learn more about our high purity and high bioactivity animal-free growth factors for cellular agriculture, please visit our website.
Growth factors for organoid culture media
Qkine manufactures a full range of high purity recombinant proteins for organoid research such as R-spondin 1 which has been extensively tested in pancreatic tumour organoid cultures by the Tuveson Laboratory based at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Our products help to improve reproducibility, and to provide new options for protocol refinement and optimisation. To see our full list of organoid growth factors, please visit our website.
