■ Services
■ Service for Space Experiments
- Confocal Science provides experimental device and technology based on the extensive experience obtained from technical support of JAXA protein crystallization space experiments.
- Confocal Science is providing technical support for the "Kirara project" of Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation (JAMSS).
- Confocal Science has a professional services agreement with AXIOM SPACE, Inc. of the United States.
■ Service for Ground Experiments
- C-Platform: An integrated service for the higher resolution crystallography.
- C-ClinicAD: A "comprehensive assistance service" to solve problems in protein crystallization experiments. Confocal Science provides appropriate solutions to problems in protein purification, crystallization, structural analysis, etc.
- C-Collection: X-ray diffraction data collection in Diamond Light Source in UK
■ Active learning services for junior high and high school students
- Confocal Science provides active learning programs and technical support on the subject of protein crystallization.
■ Products
■ For space experiments
- JCB-SGT:A flexble container for space experiments. There are a large number of on-board achievements.
- JCB-SGT-DX:A flexble container for space experiments. It can perform an experiment under deoxygenated conditions.
■ For ground experiments
- C-Kit Ground Pro XRD: A protein crystal growth kit for X-ray diffraction experiments. No extensive screening required. Logical and low cost. Necessary tools for protein crystallization experiments using the counter-diffusion (CD) method based on a self-exploring mechanism and the newly developed DPOC method (effective for low-concentration protein samples and trace ligands), which adds a protein concentration function to the CD method, is included. ＞＞C-Kit Ground Pro XRD user manual ＞＞Available from CosmoBio USA
- C-Kit Ground Pro ND: A protein crystal growth kit for neutron diffraction experiments. In order to obtain large crystals for neutron diffraction experiments, it includes the tools necessary for step-by-step research, from the experimental tool for examining crystallization conditions to the 2 mm-diameter quartz-large crystallization cell for direct diffraction experiment.
- C-Kit Pro Advanced Tool: Two calculation programs (Excel VBA) to optimize your crystallization conditions and a crystal manipulation tool
- C-Profile: Program to calculate protein’s physicochemical profiles from FASTA sequence
- C-Bag: A set of oxygen absorbing storage bags to prevent deterioration of samples and reagents that are easily oxidized.
- C-Bag DX: A compact deoxygenated culture set. Cancer cells, stem cells, and anaerobic bacteria can be easily cultured in a deoxygenated environment.
■ Active learning services for junior high and high school students
- C-Kit Education/Space
C-Kit Education: "C-Kit Education" is an experiment kit on the theme of protein crystal growth for science literacy education in class. The main target is high school student. The purpose of this kit is to foster experimental science skills through planning experiments, determining how to prepare reagents, conducting the experiments, summarizing the results, and presenting them. (Click here for more information on the kit.)
C-Kit Space：This is a kit for space experiment classes using the International Space Station (ISS), hosted by the Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation (JAMSS). The crystallization method is the same as that in "C-Kit Education." Students can try their hand at space experiments using their own unique conditions determined using "C-Kit Education."