Ceres Nanosciences

02/04/2026

📢 New Insight from the Frontlines of Public Health Surveillance!

A study in Kampala, Uganda, shows that wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) can detect SARS-CoV-2 transmission 2–5 weeks before clinical cases, with the strongest signal at ~4 weeks.

Analyzing 244 samples across four facilities, they found high detection rates and episodic viral surges—demonstrating WBS as a cost-effective, population-level tool for outbreak preparedness, especially in resource-limited settings.

Beyond COVID-19, WBS can support multi-disease surveillance and smarter public health response. Read the full article: https://www.ceresnano.com/post/wastewater-based-surveillance-as-a-proactive-public-health-tool-insights-from-sars-cov-2-monitoring

Article Link: https://rdcu.be/e011LAbstract: Wastewater-based surveillance offers a cost-effective, population-level complement to clinical testing for early detection of infectious disease outbreaks; however, its adoption in low- and middle-income countries remains limited. We conducted a study in....

01/30/2026

Deep proteome coverage. Improved reproducibility. Greater cost efficiency.

In this co-authored tech note with the University of Connecticut Proteomics & Metabolomics Facility, we benchmark plasma proteomics workflows and share practical, data-driven insights to help optimize your lab’s performance.

Read and download here: https://www.ceresnano.com/post/balancing-depth-reproducibility-and-cost-efficiency-in-plasma-proteomics
Curious to know more? Contact us: sales@ceresnano.com. We're happy to help!

In This Experiment We evaluated whether the manual Nanotrap® Discovery Kit enhances proteome coverage and depth while improving workflow reproducibility in human plasma samples compared to two alternative commercial enrichment kits and unenriched plasma using a standard digestion workflow and Bruke...

01/28/2026

New Application Note: Capture of Small DNA Fragments for Transplant Analysis

Transplant-derived cfDNA is often smaller (80–120 bp) and can be missed by conventional extraction methods. This app note evaluates extraction performance for small DNA fragments using transplant patient samples—highlighting implications for more sensitive, non-invasive monitoring.

📄 Read the app note: https://www.ceresnano.com/post/capture-of-small-dna-fragments-for-transplant-dna-analysis

📩 Want to learn more?
Contact us at sales@ceresnano.com to discuss how this approach could improve your transplant cfDNA workflow.

One of the challenges of working with cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is its small size. cfDNA fragments tend to be 167 bp or multiples thereof, and traditional bead-based DNA extraction methods are less efficient at capturing small-size DNA. Traditional DNA extraction methods have a lower fragment size cutof...

01/16/2026

Coming to the Microbes in Wastewater today?

Stop by our poster, and meet Lauren, our Field Applications Scientist Leader. Discuss the poster results, ask questions, and learn how the findings can inform your capture and concentration strategies.

Poster #4: Evaluating Saturation and Competitive Binding Effects in Nanotrap® Microbiome Particles
Date/Times: January 16: 10:15–10:55 am; 2:50–3:30 pm

We hope to see you there!

01/07/2026

As we look back on 2025, we’re proud to share the Top 5 Ceres Nanosciences resources our community engaged with most this year.

From application notes to conference posters, these pieces highlight how Nanotrap® Technologies are advancing infectious disease surveillance and proteomics workflows.

👉 Explore the Top 5 resources of 2025 https://www.ceresnano.com/top5

Questions? Contact sales@ceresnano.com

01/06/2026

Can wastewater reveal rubella circulation before clinical cases appear?

In this new tech note, we demonstrate how Nanotrap® Particles enable efficient capture and concentration of rubella virus from wastewater—supporting sensitive downstream detection for public health surveillance.

👉Learn how this workflow can help overcome low viral abundance and complex sample matrices in wastewater monitoring.

📩 Read the tech note:

While eliminated in the United States, rubella virus remains an endemic threat in many countries globally,with five of six WHO regions establishing rubella elimination goals. Nanotrap® Microbiome A Particles offer an automated method for non-invasive surveillance of the virus, allowing health offic...

01/01/2026

Happy New Year from Ceres Nanosciences! We’re excited for a year ahead filled with innovation, collaboration, and scientific progress. Thank you to our customers, partners, and team for your continued support.

12/29/2025

Our Field Applications Team Leader, Lauren Saunders, and our SVP, Commercial, Tara Jones-Roe, are heading to the Microbes in Wastewater 2026 conference next month in Newport Beach, California.

We're excited to support Lauren as she presents her poster and to connect with the wastewater-based microbial surveillance community. To schedule time at the conference, reach out to sales@ceresnano.com.

12/23/2025

Wishing our partners, collaborators, customers, and our incredible Ceres team a very happy holiday season!

Thank you for your trust, innovation, and partnership throughout the year. We’re grateful for the opportunity to work alongside you and look forward to all we’ll accomplish together in the year ahead.

Happy Holidays from all of us at Ceres Nanosciences! 🎄✨

12/18/2025

Early detection can transform public health response.

A new Frontiers in Public Health study shows that wastewater metagenomic surveillance, combined with AI-driven community analytics, can identify foodborne outbreaks weeks before traditional reporting. In Quebec City, Salmonella trends in wastewater closely matched predicted community illness, peaking more than a month before an official food recall.

Ceres Nanosciences is proud to support advanced wastewater surveillance by enabling sensitive pathogen detection from complex samples, helping move public health from reactive to proactive. Read more: https://www.ceresnano.com/post/leveraging-artificial-intelligence-community-analytics-and-nanopore-metagenomic-surveillance-to-moni

Article titled: Leveraging artificial intelligence community analytics and nanopore metagenomic surveillance to monitor early enteropathogen outbreaks, where Nanotrap Microbiome B Particle Technology is used to capture and concentrate the total bacterial biomass.

12/16/2025

Excited to share a new customer story from the UC Davis Proteomics Core Facility.
Using the Nanotrap® Protein Enrichment Affinity Kit, the team achieved reduced interference from albumin and IgGs, a simpler workflow with fewer prep steps, and more reproducible results—all while minimizing sample loss and enabling scale-up. A great example of how streamlined enrichment can elevate proteomics workflows. Read the story https://www.ceresnano.com/customer-advance-uc-davis

Read how the UC Davis Proteomics Core Facility team is using Nanotrap Technology to decrease Albumin and Immunoglobulins (IgGs) to enable better detection of the interesting proteins with a simplified workflow, less clean-up steps, and more reproducible results.