Jeroen received his Master's in Bioengineering sciences, majoring in cell and gene technologies, his Master's in Laboratory Animal Sciences as well as his PhD in Veterinary Medicine at Ghent University in Belgium. Jeroen is currently Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Calgary.
Tyler was born and raised in Alberta and is a Masters of Business Administration Candidate at the University of Calgary, where he also received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology back in 2015. He has owned and operated successful e-commerce businesses for over five years. He also has previous experience in the banking industry, and is foc
Tyler was born and raised in Alberta and is a Masters of Business Administration Candidate at the University of Calgary, where he also received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology back in 2015. He has owned and operated successful e-commerce businesses for over five years. He also has previous experience in the banking industry, and is focusing his MBA in Finance, which will be complete in Spring of 2021.
Sjoert received his veterinary degree at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and his Dairy Management Certificate and his MBA in Agriculture at the University of Guelph. Sjoert has professional experience as a dairy practitioner, as a technical service veterinarian and served the dairy industry in various commercial roles both in Canad
Sjoert received his veterinary degree at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and his Dairy Management Certificate and his MBA in Agriculture at the University of Guelph. Sjoert has professional experience as a dairy practitioner, as a technical service veterinarian and served the dairy industry in various commercial roles both in Canada, the USA and globally. Sjoert is excited to be involved with Creative Protein Solutions as a Sales and Marketing consultant.
Creative Protein Solutions (CPS) has created biosensors for infectious diseases and inflammation biomarkers, using the patent-pending TreAsure Assay technology, developed at the University of Calgary.
This new approach relies on split enzyme complementation and produces glucose as the signalling molecule, which can be easily measured using existing or custom made glucometers.
The enzyme trehalase (TreA), split into two non-functional fragments, is fused to specific sensing elements. For detecting antibodies, the enzyme fragments are fused with specific antigens. For detecting biomarkers of chronic disease other sensing elements are incorporated. Binding of the sensing element to the antibodies or biomarkers leads to complementation and activation of TreA, which will catalyse the hydrolysis of the substrate trehalose, resulting into glucose molecules.
Lab-based TreAsure Assays convert glucose into a colorimetric signal.
Point-of-Care TreAsure Assays are integrated with existing or CPS's own glucometer technology.
Publications: Our technology has been peer-reviewed:
Laboratory based diagnostic platform for total IgG quantification, antibody and biomarker detection in clinical samples (blood, serum, milk, colostrum, saliva). Can be used for diagnosis of infectious and inflammatory disease, for measuring vaccine responses as well as the detection of autoantibodies and various protein biomarkers.
Our mission is to bring point-of-care testing to everyone, everywhere.
Our technology offers rapid and accurate detection of antibodies and biomarkers while being user-friendly and low cost. It enables frequent testing, surveillance, informed triage and telehealth.
The modern way of testing total IgG. Convenient, rapid and accurate immunoglobulin quantification in colostrum samples from beef or dairy cattle. For in-house quantification during colostrum product processing or research purposes.
Convenient, rapid and accurate immunoglobulin quantification in sera from beef or dairy cattle (and 26 other animal species).
TreAsure Assays can be developed to detect antibodies against virtually any vaccine antigen. This allows for testing the efficacy of human or animal vaccines or vaccine regimens. CPS' first product in this category detects antibodies against E. coli K99, the main component of bacterial scours vaccines.
Convenient, rapid and accurate detection of biomarkers of chronic and inflammatory diseases. Our assays measure biomarkers in blood, milk and serum samples, without the need for sample processing, lengthy protocols and expensive equipment.
TreAsure Assay reagents are integrated with a disposable chip, a small electronic device and mobile technology for sensitive and rapid point-of-care sensing of total IgG level in milk or blood.
TreAsure Assay reagents are integrated with a disposable chip, a small electronic device and mobile technology for sensitive and rapid POC sensing of pathogen-specific antibodies in a pin-prick of blood.
A pen-side test for biomarkers of mastitis is under development for sensitive and rapid detection of (sub)clinical mastitis in milk samples.
A point-of test for biomarkers of inflammation is under development for sensitive and rapid detection of inflammatory diseases in a pin-prick of blood.