Vala Sciences Employee Directory

Biotechnology ResearchCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees

Vala Sciences is a biotechnology research company based in San Diego, California, focused on in vitro studies of how human cells respond to drug compounds. It provides expert services to pharmaceutical developers and researchers to help reduce avoidable clinical failures through validated high-content screening of cellular responses. In cardiac biology, the company measures real-time responses from single hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes, evaluating multiple functional readouts and comparing them to healthy or disease-model cells to help rank drug candidates by toxicity, dose response, and efficacy.

In neuroscience, Vala has developed co-culture assays with hiPSC-derived neurons, microglia, and astrocytes to support neurodegenerative disease drug discovery and toxicity screening, tracking electrical and calcium signaling as well as neurite and synapse formation and microglial engulfment. The firm also designs and manufactures measurement platforms and cell image analysis software that enable broad single-cell data capture from fixed or live cells, supporting cost-effective screening of compound libraries for candidates with higher clinical success potential and fewer adverse effects.

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