# Artemis Analytical

**Status (2026-04):** Active. Public website at **artemisanalytical.cc** with significant operational disclosure (round-3 update — the round-1 "deliberately opaque" framing has been retired). 2 tests on testing.trans.diy as of 2026-04 (both 2026-04-21).
**Location:** United States of America (state / city not publicly disclosed).
**Founded:** Not disclosed; "accepting samples Q2 2026" per the live site, suggesting recent operational launch.
**Principals:** Not publicly named beyond the self-disclosed "two volunteers" with administrative access.
**URL:** https://artemisanalytical.cc/ (live as of 2026-04-23). Wayback Machine returned zero snapshots for the domain — fresh-domain operation with no archived pre-history.
**Specialisation:** Independent volunteer harm-reduction analytical lab focused on DIY HRT (estradiol esters and a small adjacent panel).

Artemis Analytical is a small US volunteer lab whose public disclosure narrowed substantially between round 1 (no website, no contact, no methodology) and round 3 (live website with email, Signal contact, methods, scale, cost, and turnaround). The mutual-aid model (sample anonymity, no submitter fee, donations cover materials) is closer to Trans Harm Reduction than to a commercial contract lab. Remaining unknowns (principals, address, throughput beyond the testing.trans.diy entries) are still C5, but the lab is no longer methodology-opaque.

## Instruments (with citations)

| Model / class | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|
| **HPLC-UV** | Identity + potency for estradiol esters (the lab's primary quantitative method) | https://artemisanalytical.cc (self-disclosed; specific make/model not published) |
| **GC-MS** | Identity confirmation; orthogonal cross-check on every run | https://artemisanalytical.cc (self-disclosed; specific make/model not published) |

The dual HPLC-UV + GC-MS stack is technically richer than what was inferred in round 1 (HPLC-UV only) and gives Artemis orthogonal-ID capability that single-detector community labs do not have. **Every published result is dual-volunteer cross-checked** per the lab's own /how page.

## Assays offered

- Identity + potency for estradiol valerate / enanthate / cypionate and a handful of other HRT compounds.
- Scope does NOT include sterility, endotoxin, heavy metals, residual solvents, or peptide testing.

## Pricing

| Assay | Price | Turnaround | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single HRT vial identity + potency | **Free to submitters; ~$60 per-run materials cost** funded by donations | **~1 week from receiving** | **C2** — self-disclosed by the lab; not independently verified by a third party |

The ~$60-per-run materials figure is a useful new datapoint for the cost-benefit corpus (see `research/10-cost-benefit/per-test-cost-breakdown.md`): it sits between Janoshik's $120 commercial AAS oils and Trans Harm Reduction's ~€300 cost-recovery commercial-outsource model.

## Submission workflow

1. Per artemisanalytical.cc: **anonymous sample-code system** (lab issues a code; submitter ships to the disclosed intake address using only that code; mapping is broken before publication).
2. Inbox `testing@artemisanalytical.cc` is monitored by **two volunteers**, response time several days. Signal handle published on `/donations`.
3. **Only two individuals possess administrative access** to the results portal — the lab's stated answer to confidentiality questions.
4. Results routed to testing.trans.diy for public publication; level of per-test disclosure on artemisanalytical.cc itself is narrower than THR's published archive.
5. **Currently accepting samples Q2 2026.** Verify the current submission flow at the live URL before shipping.

## Sample requirements

- Oil-based HRT injectables (estradiol esters primarily).
- Specific minimum volume / labelling conventions — not documented beyond "use the sample code we issue."

## Publication practice

- **Testing.trans.diy archive:** 2 tests contributed, both dated 2026-04-21 (Symphony Labs EEn 40 mg/mL at 100.78%; Open Gate Labs EEn 40 mg/mL at 105.18%).
- **Own-site archive:** results published on artemisanalytical.cc.
- Social-media footprint: not surfaced.

## Reputation notes (public statements only — no speculation)

- **Disambiguation (unchanged from earlier):** do NOT conflate with `artemislabs.co.uk` (UK environmental testing), `artemis-analytical.com` (Manchester MS spinout), or any of the various "Artemis" clinical/pharmaceutical labs in the US healthcare system. The lab in this profile is at **artemisanalytical.cc** specifically.
- The cadence of testing.trans.diy contributions (2 tests on one day, 2026-04-21) matches the "batch-cadence" donation-funded model of THR rather than the continuous-flow model of Finnrick.
- Cost transparency (~$60/run materials) is an unusual disclosure — most community labs do not publish per-run cost. Useful operational benchmark.

## Structured claims

**Claim:** Artemis Analytical operates HPLC-UV + GC-MS, dual-volunteer cross-checked, with ~1-week turnaround.
**Confidence:** **C2**
**Source:** https://artemisanalytical.cc (self-disclosed on /how and /faq pages, fetched 2026-04-23)
**Note:** Round-3 supersedes the round-2 framing of HPLC-UV only.

**Claim:** Artemis Analytical operates on a donation-funded volunteer model, charging $0 to submitters with ~$60 per-run materials cost; sample-code anonymity; two-volunteer admin scale.
**Confidence:** **C2**
**Source:** https://artemisanalytical.cc (self-disclosed)

**Claim:** Artemis Analytical has contributed 2 tests to testing.trans.diy, both dated 2026-04-21.
**Confidence:** C1
**Source:** https://testing.trans.diy/labs/artemis-analytical and https://testing.trans.diy/results (2026-04-23)

**Claim:** Wayback Machine has zero snapshots for artemisanalytical.cc and zero for testing.trans.diy.
**Confidence:** C1
**Source:** archive.org/wayback/available API queries, 2026-04-23. Both domains are unarchived; pre-history excavation is not possible.

## Unknowns (C5)

- State / city.
- Year founded.
- Legal entity name.
- Principal scientists or named personnel beyond "two volunteers."
- Specific HPLC and GC-MS makes/models; column chemistries; mobile-phase composition.
- Accreditation (none claimed; likely none held).
- Volume / throughput beyond the 2 testing.trans.diy entries.
- Public-submission policy (does a non-vendor community member ship a vial directly?).

## Bottom line

Artemis is now a documented dual-method volunteer lab with self-disclosed cost and turnaround, not an opaque entity. For an HRT user evaluating where to submit, Artemis is a credible mutual-aid option with **GC-MS orthogonal-ID capability** that single-instrument community labs lack — closer in technical scope to what testing.trans.diy / Trans Harm Reduction need as a North-American complement to THR's EU-side coverage. The two-volunteer scale is also the bottleneck: 2 tests in one day, then a long quiet period, is the cadence to expect, not weekly throughput.

## Sources

- https://artemisanalytical.cc/ (home, /how, /faq, /contact, /donations) — fetched 2026-04-23
- https://testing.trans.diy/labs/artemis-analytical — fetched 2026-04-22, re-confirmed 2026-04-23
- https://testing.trans.diy/results — fetched 2026-04-23
- https://archive.org/wayback/available?url=artemisanalytical.cc — empty (2026-04-23)
- `research/_sources/trans-diy-artemis.md` — local snapshot (round 1)
- `research/01-existing-services/partner-labs.md` — partner-labs section, updated round 3
- `research/searches/01-c5-gap-closure.md` — round-3 source pass that surfaced the methodology and cost data