Biolytix AG

Biolytix AG is an independent, ISO 17025-accredited specialty contract testing laboratory headquartered in Dittingen, Switzerland (Neumattweg 16, CH-4243 Dittingen), founded in 1998. With more than two decades of continuous operation, the company has built a reputation as a leading partner for molecular biological and microbiological analytics, serving clients across all major international markets from its Swiss base. The laboratory's declared strategic ambition is to hold a globally leading position in its core competencies of real-time PCR and ELISA, and its long operating history, accredited quality system, and breadth of molecular services reflect that focus. A recent leadership renewal and facility expansion signal continued investment in capacity and innovation.

The environmental and product analytics division (Umwelt- und Produktanalytik) addresses the hygiene and quality assurance needs of manufacturers and suppliers across a broad range of industries. Using stringent microbiological and molecular methods, the Biolytix team performs product hygiene assessments, environmental monitoring, and contamination detection across diverse sample matrices. Outputs include documented quality and safety evidence that clients can use to satisfy regulatory audits, customer requirements, or voluntary certification schemes. This division serves sectors ranging from industrial manufacturing to consumer goods where product contact hygiene and material safety are critical.

In the food and beverage sector, Biolytix offers one of its most comprehensive service portfolios. Allergen identification using ELISA and PCR covers the major regulated allergens and supports both routine production monitoring and label verification. Genetically modified organism (GMO) trace detection — also conducted by ELISA and PCR — serves producers, processors, and importers required to meet EU and Swiss GMO labeling thresholds. Species identification and authenticity testing help manufacturers guard against adulteration and meet country-of-origin labeling obligations. Additional food-sector analyses include Legionella testing in process water, mycotoxin quantification, dioxin investigations, hygiene control programs, and EHEC (enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli) screening — a pathogen the laboratory specifically highlights as a serious risk for raw meat and raw-milk producers.

Genetic analysis (Gen-Analysen) is one of Biolytix's most technically differentiated service lines. DNA and RNA extraction is carried out using matrix-adapted protocols with dual-step quality control to guarantee nucleic acid purity and yield adequate for downstream applications. Genotyping services based on real-time PCR include transgene determination and Speed Congenics breeding program support. The laboratory has more than two decades of experience developing, optimizing, and validating custom PCR assays, covering everything from primer design and nucleic acid extraction through method verification, inter-laboratory comparisons, and laboratory equipment evaluation. Applied Biosystems GeneChip Array (Affymetrix-GeneChip®) analysis rounds out the platform with genome-wide transcriptome profiling, exon-level analysis, and high-resolution copy-number variation studies, providing broad molecular phenotyping capability for research and applied clients.

Gene expression quantification via quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) delivers precise mRNA measurement for pharmaceutical development, toxicology, and fundamental gene-function research, with fully interpreted results provided so clients can draw biological conclusions without separate bioinformatics resources. DNA methylation analysis is an additional specialty: Biolytix offers targeted bisulfite sequencing, methylation-specific PCR, and the 5-mC DNA ELISA test, covering the full workflow from primer design for the target genomic region, bisulfite conversion, amplification, cloning and sequencing, sequence analysis, quantitative methylation determination, and written reporting. The laboratory notes the clinical relevance of these services in cancer research, neurodegenerative disease investigation, and developmental disorder studies. MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry is also available for rapid, high-throughput microorganism identification.

Water analysis represents an additional capability, offered both to industrial clients and directly to households via an online ordering model. Services encompass microbiological parameters including Legionella detection and broader potable and process water quality assessment. The laboratory's partnership with aquabasilea AG and issuance of a publicly documented quality certificate to that client illustrates its role as a formal quality assurance provider for water-infrastructure operators. Biolytix has also achieved HALAL certification for its own operations, extending its value to food, ingredient, and consumer-product manufacturers that must demonstrate HALAL compliance throughout their supply chain.

Biolytix actively participates in national and European research and development projects, with interdisciplinary expertise spanning microbiology, molecular biology, and gene regulation, supported by a broad scientific network and state-of-the-art instrumentation. ISO 17025 accreditation — the internationally recognized benchmark for testing and calibration laboratory competence — governs all analytical outputs, ensuring validated methods, metrological traceability, and a robust quality management system. The combination of long-established molecular expertise, an accredited quality framework, HALAL certification, and a continuously evolving service menu makes Biolytix AG a credible and versatile testing partner for food and beverage producers, pharmaceutical and biotech researchers, environmental monitoring programs, and any organization requiring rigorous molecular or microbiological contract analysis.