Cellular Research

Cellular Research, Inc. was a single-cell genomics company backed by Canaan Partners that developed molecular-indexing (its "Precise" assay) technology for high-throughput single-cell gene expression analysis. The company was acquired by Becton Dickinson (BD) in 2015 and its technology became the foundation of the BD Rhapsody single-cell analysis platform. As a life-sciences instrument and reagent company folded into BD, it exposes no independent public developer portal, API, or machine-readable API surface; this profile is retained as a portfolio-lead identity record only.

Cellular Research is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Single-Cell Genomics, Genomics, Life Sciences, and Biotechnology.

2.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
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CompanySingle-Cell GenomicsGenomicsLife SciencesBiotechnologyMolecular Diagnostics

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 2.2/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 21
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 17
Access Clarity 0.0 / 17
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 11
Contract Governance 0.0 / 10
Discoverability 4.3 / 9
Regulatory Posture 0.0 / 15
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: cellular-research
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
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  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cellular-research.png
name: Cellular Research
description: Cellular Research, Inc. was a single-cell genomics company backed by Canaan Partners that developed molecular-indexing
  (its "Precise" assay) technology for high-throughput single-cell gene expression analysis. The company was acquired by Becton
  Dickinson (BD) in 2015 and its technology became the foundation of the BD Rhapsody single-cell analysis platform. As a life-sciences
  instrument and reagent company folded into BD, it exposes no independent public developer portal, API, or machine-readable
  API surface; this profile is retained as a portfolio-lead identity record only.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cellular-research/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- canaan-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Single-Cell Genomics
- Genomics
- Life Sciences
- Biotechnology
- Molecular Diagnostics
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence