Three Decades of Experience in
Protein Contract Research

Quality Assurance

Kendrick Laboratories, Inc  is a Contract Research Organization specializing in protein analysis services. Mainly, we perform analytical 1D and 2D gel electrophoresis for food, biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Kendrick Labs is registered with the FDA through December 2026 (registration number FEI 3001238747)  and subject to regular FDA inspections. The last FDA audit was in September 2025, and there were no form 483’s issued.

A strong infrastructure of SOPs, developed and refined over many years, is maintained by QA personnel. A summary of regulatory SOPs is provided below; credentials of QA personnel are provided on the following pages. Copies of our QA Manual and Accreditation Summary are available on demand.

Index – Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Kendrick Labs has 41 General SOPs, 102 Laboratory SOPs, 7 Protocol SOPs for in-house testing, and 15 Protocol SOPs custom written for various companies for the purpose of validating a method. Credentials of the Quality Assurance Personnel are below.

Curriculum Vitae of Quality Assurance Personnel

Christina Rose – Quality Assurance Manager

Education and Training:

  • B.S. in Anthropology and Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (May, 2010)
  • Part time Lab Assistant at Kendrick Labs (2000 – 2001)
  • Part time 2D Analyst, (2001 – May 2010); part time QA Assistant (2009 – May 2010)
  • 2D Analyst, (June 2010 – present)
  • Quality Assurance Assistant, (June 2010 – Feb 2011)
  • Quality Assurance Associate (Feb. 2011 – Sept. 2016)
  • Senior Quality Assurance Associate, (Oct 2016- April 2018)
  • Quality Assurance Manager, (April 2018- Present)
  • Training Certification-Quality Assurance Checking of fish speciation reports (May, 2008)
  • Training Certification-Excel Spreadsheets (March, 2010)
  • Training Certification-Method Validation (July, 2010)
  • Training Certification-Quality Assurance Duties and Archiving (February, 2011)
  • Training Certification- Comparison of GCP, GLP, and GMP (June, 2014)
  • Training Certification- Rees Scientific Software and Alarm Response (August, 2016)
  • Training Certification- Checking for and Correcting data changes after SameSpots Applied (November, 2016)
  • Seminar: FDA Enforcement in 2017 (June, 2017)
  • Training Certification-CASSS Midwest Discussion Group: Challenges or Special Considerations When Developing ADCs and Bispecifics (June, 2017)
  • Training Certification-Receiving Materials
  • GLP/GMP Ongoing Training: complete through March, 2026

Nancy Kendrick – Senior Quality Assurance Associate, President/CEO

Education and Training:

  • B.S. in Biology, Chemistry minor, Illinois State University, Normal, IL (1967)  Ph.D. in Neurobiology, Washington University at St. Louis, MO (1973)
  • Postdoctoral fellowship at Washington University, Physiology Dept (1974-1976)
  • Postdoctoral fellowship at Univ. Wisconsin-Madison, Biochemistry Dept (1977-1981).
  • President of Kendrick Labs Inc. (1981-present), QA Manager (1997-2018), Sr QA Associate (2018-Present)
  • President of QuantiGel Corp, (software development company, 1986-1995)
  • Quality Regulations and Standards for Biotechnology: GMPs at MATC (Spring, 1999)
  • Training Certification: Excel Spreadsheets (March, 2010); Method Validation (July, 2010)
  • Training Certification: Comparison of GCP, GLP, and GMP (June, 2014)
  • Seminar: FDA Enforcement in 2017 (June, 2017)
  • Training Certification-CASSS Midwest Discussion Group: Challenges or Special Considerations When Developing ADCs and Bispecifics (June, 2017)
  • Wrote, supervised writing, or gave final approval to SOPs at Kendrick Labs, Inc
  • GLP/GMP Ongoing Training: complete through March, 2026

Societies

  • Member of AES, ASBMB, and AAAS
  • Councilor of American Electrophoresis Society (AES), 1996-1998
  • Vice President AES, 2000-2002;  President AES, 2002-2004

Abstracts for talks

Kendrick, N., Hoelter, M., Koll, A., Powers, G., and Johansen, J. ” Tyrosine phosphorylation of Src versus keratin proteins in human lung tumors” AES Annual Meeting, Nov 2016, San Francisco, CA

Kendrick, N., Hoelter, M., Koll, A., Powers, G., and Johansen, J. “Refinement of an Internal Standard for Phosphotyrosine Western Blotting” AES Annual Meeting, Nov 2016, San Francisco, CA

Kendrick, N., Hoelter, M., Koll, A., and Johansen, J. ” Preparation of a phosphotyrosinylated protein standard for 2D gel western blotting” AES Annual Meeting, Nov 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

Kendrick, N., Hoelter, M. and Johansen, J. “Identification of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases using Western blot image overlays from 2D gels.” AES 30th Annual Meeting, Nov 2013, San Francisco, CA

Johansen, J and Hoelter, M and Kendrick, N, “Optimization of 2D Gel Transblotting for HCP Antibody Analysis”, AES 26th Annual Meeting, Nov 2009, Nashville, TN

In addition, Dr. Kendrick has 29 publications, 3 white papers, and 22 abstracts from work in academia & business.

Isaac O’Malley-Laursen – Quality Assurance Associate

Education and Training:

  • B.S. in Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (May 2011)
  • Part time Laboratory Assistant at Kendrick Labs (Aug 2010 – May 2011)
  • Biochemist at Kendrick Labs (June 2011 – present)
  • Quality Assurance Assistant at Kendrick Labs (March 2013-April 2016)
  • Quality Assurance Associate at Kendrick Labs (April 2016-Present)
  • Senior 2D Analyst at Kendrick Labs (April 2016- Present)
  • Training Certification-Progenesis PG240 software and report writing (September, 2011)
  • Review of changed SOPs (February, 2011)
  • Training Certification-GMP analysis and reports (February, 2012)
  • Training Certification-1D Gel Loading (March, 2012)
  • Training Certification-Host Cell Protein Analysis (September, 2012)
  • Training Certification-Wet Gel Handling (February, 2013)
  • Training Certification-Quality Assurance Checking of Fish Speciation Reports (March, 2013)
  • Training Certification- Quality Assurance Duties and Archiving (November, 2014)
  • Training Certification- Comparison of GCP, GLP, and GMP (November, 2014)
  • Training Certification- Quality Assurance Checking of GMP Reports (July, 2015)
  • Training Certification- Rees Scientific Software and Alarm Response (August, 2016)
  • Training Certification- Checking for and Correcting data changes after SameSpots Applied (November, 2016)
  • Seminar: FDA Enforcement in 2017 (June, 2017)
  • GLP/GMP Ongoing Training: complete through March, 2026