CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- This
month, Salimetrics celebrates its 20th anniversary. "These past
twenty years have witnessed exponential growth in knowledge
facilitated by salivary bioscience research, and Salimetrics has
been part of that journey every step of the way. Now, after many
years of basic and descriptive study, salivary bioscience is ready
to translate its findings in an even bigger way," says Douglas Granger, Ph.D., Salimetrics Founder and
Chief Scientific and Strategy Advisor. Salimetrics has always
focused on providing the knowledge and tools to enable an
international research effort. The initial focus of salivary
bioscience was largely centered on assessing hormones in saliva
such as cortisol. "We had a vision from the start that a wide range
of measurements could be possible using saliva, and that
Salimetrics would be the best partner to bring about those tools
and methods," says Granger. "Recent advancements now include
salivary measures of environmental chemical exposure, infectious
disease, metabolomics, oral microbiome, and inflammation.
Salimetrics is committed to being the best partner for the next
generation of salivary bioscience research."
Historically, Salimetrics has always been more than just a good
assay manufacturer. More often considered a scientific
collaborator, Salimetrics' extensive customer support stands by
investigators in support of their specific aims, and always goes
above and beyond. "It's team science, through and through," says
Granger. From students to novice researchers to industry leading
pharmaceuticals and contract research organizations, Salimetrics
collaborates with investigators in both the academic and diagnostic
fields across many scientific disciplines. "It gives me great pride
when those we work with have tremendous success, are instrumental
in revealing a new discovery, and through the incorporation of
salivary measurements, become nextgen key opinion leaders in their
respective fields." Now with a base community of over 20,000
researchers worldwide, Salimetrics is indeed at the epicenter of
salivary bioscience and remains committed to building and
maintaining long-lasting relationships and collaborations with
investigators interested in pushing knowledge boundaries.
What many researchers may not know is that Salimetrics itself
has also transformed over 20 years. In 2013, its Technology Center
and Saliva Testing Laboratory relocated to Carlsbad, California. The academic arm of this
endeavor has moved from a lab at Penn
State, to a center at Johns Hopkins
University, and more recently to an institute at the
University of California, Irvine. Most
importantly, Salimetrics has remained family owned and
operated.
"We value our relationships with researchers. At the heart of
our efforts, we have always been and always will be a company
focused on quality and driven by rigorous, uncompromising
scientific values. We're not driven by a mediocre and extensive
product line, but rather by developing the most accurate,
reproducible, and precise tools and protocols that provide better
results and drive research forward. We're a company built on
attention to detail, constantly in pursuit of scientific knowledge
and focused on always doing better for the field in which we
serve," says Hans Schroeder,
Salimetrics CEO.
"We would like to personally thank all of the researchers who
have been on this journey with us for the last 20 years," says
Granger. "We consider it a privilege to have the opportunity to
work with you now and in the future. The next 20 years will be
especially interesting as we sort out the details of the basic
science and determine for whom and under what circumstances
salivary bioscience can make a difference. No doubt we can
accomplish more together than independently. Onward!"
Our Story:
Salimetrics' efforts started in a small, dark, underequipped
basement lab at Penn State University
in the 1990s. "At first, salivary cortisol was attracting
considerable empirical attention, and the research findings were
high impact. However, we noticed the assays used in that research
were largely developed in-house by academics. Comparing data
between studies was a challenge because the methods were not
standardized, and these methods were not optimized for use with
saliva. At that time, the immunodiagnostic industry was unwilling
to develop and commercialize assays designed specifically for
saliva," says Granger. "Our team recognized the importance to this
emerging scientific endeavor of better assays. That led our group
to take a leap of faith that would result in the much needed "step
up" in assay quality, precision, accuracy, and standardization for
salivary cortisol. So, we maxed out our credit cards and charged
ahead." The release of the Salimetrics Salivary Cortisol Assay Kit
in 1998 marked a new beginning for salivary bioscience research.
Since then, Salimetrics' assays have become the gold standard and
the Salimetrics Salivary Cortisol Assay has become the most
published salivary cortisol assay in the field.
"In 2009, Hans Schroeder, my
brother in-law, joined the company as a senior executive. Hans has
transformed Salimetrics' manufacturing and business operations and
now serves as Chief Executive Officer" says Granger. "In 2013,
Steve Granger, Ph.D., my brother,
joined the company as Chief Scientific Officer and has modernized
our scientific approach to assay development." Various Granger and
Schroeder family, children, and friends have also worked at the
company over the years. Beyond our families, the Salimetrics' team
includes caring people with different backgrounds, from PhDs and
Biotech experts to MBAs and CPAs, from academics and industry, who
individually and collectively work to make us a better partner for
salivary bioscience. Today, Salimetrics provides more than 20
different high-quality salivary assay kits and also offers
experienced saliva lab services for researchers without access to
high-quality saliva testing.
SOURCE Salimetrics, LLC