Portrait Starting business in 1997 with a handful of exclusively licensed antibodies against SNAREs and other vesicle associated proteins already well known in the scientific community, sales volume increased rapidly without much PR showing that their commercial availability was highly welcomed. Licensed and self-developed antibodies against synaptic proteins and non-neuronal membrane trafficking proteins and against new "classes" of proteins (neurotransmitter transporters, active zone and cytoskeleton proteins and snRNPs) increased the product portfolio steadily. Customer-specific antibody services (mouse and rat monoclonals, cloning and protein expression, antibody purification and production) are available since 2005. Synaptic Systems market its products worldwide from Germany and and has an excellent reputation among scientists for its high quality products and personalized customer support.