Tag: PMM2

Developing High Throughput Enzymatic Assays

Developing High Throughput Enzymatic Assays

At Perlara, we work to find therapeutics for rare genetic diseases. We develop and use immunoassays, phase contrast imaging, as well as enzymatic assays, in order to screen thousands of compounds and obtain hits from cell readouts to complement our model organism...
CE Neuro 2018 Conference Recap

CE Neuro 2018 Conference Recap

Perlara’s worm team recently attended two C. elegans neuroscience conferences – CE Neuro 2018 & CE Aging 2018 – both held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. This post recaps Zach and my time at the CE Neuro 2018 conference, which focused on...
Perlara Events – June 2018

Perlara Events – June 2018

Starting this month, we are going to use our blog to update you on upcoming events – be they conferences that Perlara team members are participating in, or events that may be of interest to the life sciences community at large. In addition, we will include...
Modeling PMM2 deficiency in Drosophila

Modeling PMM2 deficiency in Drosophila

An update on the development of PMM2 Drosophila models, and our work to design high throughput drug screen for PMM2 deficiency — Phosphomannomutase 2 deficiency (PMM2-CDG) is the most common type of congenital disorder of glycosylation resulting from a defect in...
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