BOSTON, Aug. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Kerafast,
Inc. announced today that King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology (KAUST), located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, is the 200th academic
institution to join their international community of scientists.
Kerafast is the developer of an online portal for academic
researchers worldwide to share their laboratory-created reagents.
The company specializes in providing access to difficult-to-obtain
materials, while providing generous royalties to the investigators
and their institutions. The KAUST addition brings new biomaterials
to the catalog, including nanopeptide reagents used for biomedical
applications.
Kerafast's Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Jennifer Rossi, said, "Our 200th institution
milestone was reached by including nanopeptide reagents from the
laboratory of Professor Charlotte
Hauser, the first KAUST researcher to provide materials for
our catalog. We are excited to work with KAUST and give back to the
science community by streamlining access to rare and important
research materials designed to accelerate research and cure
disease."
Dr. Riddhi Shukla, technology
deployment manager at KAUST Innovation, added, "We are committed to
advancing research, both at our institution and on a global scale.
Dr. Hauser's nanopetides are important research tools for
regenerative medicine, and our collaboration with Kerafast will
enable their dissemination to laboratories worldwide."
About Kerafast, Inc.
Kerafast, Inc. is a reagent company whose primary mission is to
make bioresearch materials and tools easily accessible to the
global scientific community through its online platform. Since its
founding in 2011, Kerafast has partnered with 200 academic research
institutions internationally and provided reagents to scientists in
63 countries across six continents. In 2018, Kerafast merged with
Absolute Antibody, a company specializing in recombinant antibody
technology. Both companies became part of the LSBio family of
brands in 2020. For more information, visit Kerafast.com.
About KAUST
Established in 2009, King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology (KAUST) is a graduate research university devoted to
finding solutions for some of the world's most pressing scientific
and technological challenges in the areas of food, water, energy
and the environment. With 19 research areas related to these themes
and state of the art labs, KAUST has created a collaborative and
interdisciplinary problem-solving environment, which has resulted
in over 11,000 published papers to date. With over 100 different
nationalities living, working and studying on campus, KAUST has
brought together the best minds and ideas from around the world
with the goal of advancing science and technology through
distinctive and collaborative research. KAUST is a catalyst for
innovation, economic development and social prosperity in
Saudi Arabia and the world.
Contact:
Jennifer M. Rossi, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer
Kerafast Inc.
617.982.7069
jennifer.rossi@kerafast-inc.com
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