Quantum-enabled EPR spectroscopy

Access the inaccessible

Static structures miss the motion that dictates biological function. FATHOM® resolves dynamic behavior.

3D protein ribbon structure with alpha helices, beta sheets, and a disordered region in purple at one end.
3D rendering of a protein ribbon structure with cyan helices and sheets and a short purple section.
HighQ Fathom deep EPR spectrometer machine with a screen displaying a graph.
The problem

Structure isn't static.

Cryo-EM, NMR, AlphaFold, and X-ray crystallography give you a snapshot. Biological function lives in what the snapshot misses — the loops that flex, the domains that switch, the conformational ensembles that decide how a molecule binds.

The solution

Measure the motion.

FATHOM resolves nanoscale distance distributions and conformational dynamics on micromolar samples, in under a few hours, on an instrument built for the structural biology lab.

The instrument

The world's first quantum-enabled EPR spectrometer.

FATHOM measures the protein dynamics that static structural techniques can't resolve — the conformational motion behind binding, signalling, and drug action.

Our Company

Born from quantum research. Built to transform drug discovery.

High-Q Technologies emerged from the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo. Backed by Quantum Valley Investments and guided by scientific advisors from MIT, we are building the measurement infrastructure for the next generation of structural biology.

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Insights from the lab.

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Protein showing orthosteric and allosteric ligand binding and conformational changes measured by EPR spectroscopy
Allosteric Regulation: Molecular Mechanisms, Protein Dynamics, and Drug Discovery

Allosteric regulation is a fundamental mechanism of cellular control, enabling proteins to respond to signals at one site and translate them into changes in activity at another, often distant, site. Proteins regulated in this way, known as allosteric proteins, are involved in a wide range of biological processes, including enzyme regulation, signal transduction, cell adhesion and transcription.

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Allosteric Regulation: Molecular Mechanisms, Protein Dynamics, and Drug Discovery
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance: A Comprehensive Guide

Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy is a powerful way to study materials, molecules, and systems with unpaired electrons. It is often called EPR, ESR, electron spin resonance spectroscopy, or spin resonance spectroscopy.

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Electron Paramagnetic Resonance: A Comprehensive Guide
Protein conformational dynamics showing a protein transitioning between different structural states
Protein Conformational Dynamics: Methods to Measure Protein Changes

A protein conformational change is often described as a transition from one structural state to another: open to closed, inactive to active, or apo to ligand-bound. That language is useful for describing structural differences, but it can obscure the physical problem that determines how a protein behaves in solution.

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Protein Conformational Dynamics: Methods to Measure Protein Changes
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Our applications scientists work directly with structural biology and drug discovery groups to understand where EPR fits within your research.

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