EcoGen
North Vancouver, BC
Company Overview
-research and development in determining new methods of assessing genetic damage and its consequences in animal populations. -determination of genetic damage in field populations of animals and humans by means of flow cytometry. -utilize state of the art statistical methodologies for all projects. -determination of carcinogenicity and/or genetic toxicity of pulp mill effluent, mining effluent, herbicide and pesticides, and other industrial chemicals using flow cytometry methods with genetically altered fish strains.
Company Information
Physical Address
2015 McLallen Crt.
North Vancouver, BC V7P 3H6
CA
Mailing Address
2015 McLallen Crt.
North Vancouver, BC V7P 3H6
CA
Additional Details
Legal Name: International EcoGen Inc.
Number of Employees: 2
CA
We have increased the sensitivity of our flow cytometry assay by several orders of magnitude, thus making it highly cost effective in investigating epidemiological effects of chemicals or pollutants where a genetic damage component is suspected.
Because the samples can be frozen and shipped on ice, we can offer this service to many countries. We assist in the experimental design to ensure that the results are meaningful and to maximize statistical power while minimizing cost.
Contacts
Michael Easton
Title: President
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
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Services
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Genetic Diversity Measurement
Genetic diversity analysis of animal populations using molecular genetic techniques and/or morphometric analysis methods. This methodology is best employed before environmental impacts occur so that a baseline of genetic diversity is established from which to measure the rate of genetic change as the effluent or chemical affects the local population.
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Genotoxicity - Environmental Effects Monitoring
- mutagenic analysis by flow cytometry of field or lab animals
(birds, amphibians, mammals, fish, reptiles, clams, crabs)using small blood samples that can be preserved by freezing. This assay examines the net amount of DNA in the nucleus to a very high degree of accuracy. We are able to determine clastogenic effects using this method. A clastogen is a chemical that can cause the DNA to be physically broken. Our assay assesses damage after all the DNA repair mechanisms have had a chance to operate and the damage becomes fixed in the cells of the peripheral blood circulation. We can examine cells from other tissues as well.
- in situ field bioassay - The degree of genetic damage and the
chemicals of interest are measured in the same animal to investigate the causal relationship between clastogenic damage and the chemical or chemicals. We use a tailor-made multivariate analysis in defining the relationship.
Products
- Carcinogen Assessment - Bioassay
Additional Information
541690
Alaska, North Carolina, Tennessee
Argentina, Brazil, Japan, Singapore, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New York