Advancing Cancer Research: PAN’s Innovative Collaborations and New Spatial Genomics Technology

PAN members Jessica Tran and Michael Eckart recently contributed to a publication in Cancer Discovery, featured in the Stanford Cancer Institute News. PAN provided real-time biomolecular interaction measurements using Surface Plasmon Resonance (Biacore) technology to characterize how different compounds interact with a protein target. This collaboration highlights the facility’s strengths in kinetic analysis and drug discovery–relevant assays.​

Looking ahead, PAN is expanding into spatial genomics with the Vizgen MERSCOPE platform, an in situ single-cell spatial genomics system based on MERFISH technology. MERSCOPE integrates an automated instrument, chemistry, and analysis software to quantify and localize hundreds of RNA species within intact tissue at subcellular resolution. This capability will enable researchers to link gene expression with precise spatial context across complex tissues. In addition to the Vizgen MERSCOPE technology for Spatial Transcriptomics PAN also offers the Seeker Spatial Transcriptomics technology formerly from Curio Bioscience.