The CiteAb Innovation Award is one of our most highly contested categories, with many fantastic products and instruments brought to market to satisfy a gap or solve an issue in the life sciences.

Congratulations to Tocris Bioscience, a Bio-Techne brand, winners of this award with their ProtiFect STAR™ Protein Transfection Reagent!

This product has addressed challenges in intracellular protein delivery, whilst achieving high efficiency and ease of use. Unlike electroporation or other more traditional protein transfection methods which can cause high cell mortality and inconsistent results, ProtiFect STAR™ has a gemini amphiphile structure for direct cytosolic delivery, bypassing endocytic pathways. This gives the following benefits:

• Higher Efficiency
• Improved Cell Viability
• Simplified Protocol

As a result, this product can help to accelerate research by enabling more reliable and reproducible results.

One researcher noted:

"The impact has been undeniable. In just months, we've generated exciting data and are preparing multiple publications."

The Judges

• Lena D'Hooghe: Principal Scientist at UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company
• Asel Sartbaeva: Chemistry researcher at Bath and CEO of EnsiliTech, a biotechnology start-up developing ensilication