MemX Biosciences first generation products are based on lipidic bicelle technology. Formed by the mixture of lipids and detergents, bicelles provide a native-like bilayer environment for membrane proteins. The bicelle discs can be described as patches of lipid bilayers with detergent molecules lining the apolar edges of each bilayer. Bicelles present a compromise between a rigid lipidic medium and an artificial detergent medium while offering beneficial aspects from both. Once the membrane proteins are reconstituted into bicelles, they can be readily used for structural and functional studies.