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WHY CHOOSE US

Stress Bioanalytics offers the lowest prices in the field due to low overheads.

We provide free consultations and support documents (e.g., LOS, collection protocols, example questionnaires) and complete any formal paperwork in 72 hours.

We use well-established protocols and meticulously validate every aspect of our work. We stand on the shoulders of the giants in the field, Dr. Meyer and Dr. Laudenslager: our work is 100% compatible with any previous job done in those two laboratories. We are located in Upstate New York. Stress Bioanalytics LLC was founded by Dr. Kestas Bendinskas.

We processed over 4,000 samples for our collaborators and clients in 2022-2024: Department of the Interior PIID 140G0224P0215 USGS Cortland, USGS Portland, University of Illinois in Chicago, University of California in Santa Barbara, Duke, Boston College, Harvard, Kent State, Mississippi University Medical, Colorado State, State University of NY-Long Island Veterinary College, Syracuse University, Dartmouth College, the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, and Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Publications (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0275-520X): 
1.     Miguel Negrete, Adeolu Ademiluyi, Evgenia Karayeva, George Eskridge, Matthew Huggins, Curtis M. Eskridge, Bobby D. Price, Kestutis G. Bendinskas, Karriem S. Watson, and Sage J. Kim, Bridging the Gap: Engaging Black Men in Lung Cancer Research through Barbershop Collaboration (AJMH-2023-07-125), American Journal of Men's Health, February 9, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883241229417 (we measured hair cortisol)
2. Morris MC, Bruehl S, Rao U, Goodin BR, Karlson C, Carter C, Nag S, Huber FA, Bendinskas KG, Hidoyatov M, Kinney K, Rochelle A, Funches G. Biobehavioral Predictors of Pain Intensity, Pain Interference, and Chronic Pain Episodes: A Prospective Cohort Study of African-American Adults. J Pain. 2024 Aug;25(8):104501. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2024.02.015. Epub 2024 Feb 16. PMID: 38369220; PMCID: PMC11283993. (hair cortisol)
3. Schnall R, Liu J, Cordoba E, Brin M, Garofalo R, Kuhns LM, Jandev V, Raviya Careem F, Hidoyatov M, Juarez Padilla J, Pearson C, Batey DS, Norful AA, Bendinskas K. Differences in Self-Reported Stress Versus Hair and Nail Cortisol Among Adolescent and Young Adult Males. Nurs Res. 2024 Jul 17. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000757. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39103309 (hair and nail cortisol).
4. Kestutis Bendinskas, Jianfang Liu, Vikrant Jandev, Fathima Raviya Careem, Muhammadzohir Hidoyatov, Robert Garofalo, Allison A. Norful, Janeth Juarez Padilla, Rebecca Schnall, Hair and nail cortisol levels are associated and affected by glucocorticoid use, Psychoneuroendocrinology, July 15, 2024 (online), 107139, Volume 168, October 2024, (in press) (hair and nail cortisol) (https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1jT%7EX15hUdeiyh) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107139
5. Age and hair cortisol as predictors for SARS CoV-2 infection, Nancy Fiedler, Pamela Ohman-Strickland, Kathleen Black, Daniel Horton, Reynold Panettieri, Jr., Martin J. Blaser, Jeffrey Carson, Kestutis Bendinskas, Hana Cheng, and Emily Barrett, accepted to International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2024, 21(9), 1166, doi: 10.3390/ijerph21091166, Sept 2, 2024 (online open access) (hair cortisol)

6. Brooks B. Gump, Bryce Hruska, Kevin Heffernan, Lynn S. Brann, Margaret Voss, Charlotte Labrie-Cleary, Hanna Cheng, James A. MacKenzie, Sarah Woolf-King, Stephen Maisto, and Kestutis Bendinskas, Race, Cortisol, and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in 9- to 11-Year-Old Children, Health Psychology, July 1, 2023, (salivary and hair cortisol)

7.     Madison K. Firkey, Lyric K., Tully, Veronica M. Bucci, McKenna E. Walsh, Stephen A. Maisto, Judith A. Hahn, Kestutis G. Bendinskas, Brooks B. Gump, Sarah E. Woolf-King; Feasibility of remote self-collection of dried blood spots, hair, and nails among people with HIV (PWH) with hazardous alcohol use, Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research; 3 March 2023; p.1-10 (nail cortisol)
8.     Denisse Vega Ocasio, Anna Stewart-Ibarra, Rachel Sippy, Christina Li, Kaitlyn McCue, Kestutis G Bendinskas, Brooks B. Gump, Cynthia Cuevas, Efrain Beltran, Timothy P. Endy,  Craig N. Morrell, Timothy Dye; Social stressors, arboviral infection, and immune dysregulation in the coastal lowland region of Ecuador: A mixed methods approach in ecological perspective, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021, 105, 3, 756–765 (hair cortisol)
9.     Blodgett, J., Walter, D., MacKenzie, J. A., Gump, B. B., Bendinskas, K.* Both Hair Cortisol and Perceived Stress during Fall Exams Decrease after the Winter Break, 2017, February 22, Austin Biochemistry, Volume 2, Issue 1, 1007-1011 (hair cortisol)

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ABOUT STRESS BIOANALYTICS

Our business specializes in hair cortisol concentration measurements, but we can help you with various other measures in regular or challenging matrixes. Please see our "Services and Prices."

Our physical laboratory address is 185 E. Seneca Street, Oswego, NY 13126. Our shipping and registration address is 246 Joe Fultz Blvd., Oswego NY 13126.

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WHAT PEOPLE SAY

A colleague who could foresee Stress Bioanalytics two years before it was created!

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of Syracuse University, Falk Family Endowed Professor: "Kestas has worked with hair, nail, and salivary cortisol for over a decade. He works very well with other PIs (prompt and attentive) and, in turn, provides high quality data. I’ve referred many colleagues to his lab and always get glowing reviews of his work. "

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TIM nekritz of SUNY-Oswego on 10/06/22:
"Kestas Bendinskas, a Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, recently opened a startup to meet demand for a distinctive type of testing and to provide students with outstanding paid internship opportunities." 

Stress Bioanalytics' first client

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Dr. Contreras of Long Island University, Veterinary Clinical Sciences: "At Stress Bioanalytics, they have fine-tuned and perfected their processes to obtain the best results possible. I honestly could not imagine a better collaborator than Dr. Bendinskas. He is committed to finding solutions and improving processes and is extremely collaborative while working with his clients."

Stress Bioanalytics' first PhD

Dr. Catherine Wergin Schweikert an alumna of Saybrook University, now Dr. Wergin Schweikert on 05/01/24:
"Dr. Kestas was very patient with my many questions. He is very clear and well-versed. I would not have completed my PhD without his help."

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Steve Yablonski of Oswego County Business on 7/28/22:
"Showing me around his new lab and explaining the function of all the high-tech equipment, Kestas Bendinskas was as happy as a seagull with a French fry."