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8th Annual Proteins & Antibodies Congress 2015

 
  October 08, 2014  
     
 
Oxford Global, Novotel London West, London, UK
20th & 21st April 2015


Day 1 Stream 1 – Protein Purification & Downstream Processing

  • Overcoming purification challenges: membrane proteins, multiprotein complexes, incorrectly folded proteins
  • Overcoming purification challenges: membrane proteins, multiprotein complexes, incorrectly folded proteins
  • Optimizing protein purification with integrated and continuous processing
  • Combined chromatography and ultrafiltration methods
  • High-throughput process development & scale-up considerations

Day 1 Stream 2 – Antibody Discovery & Engineering

  • Novel strategies for antibody engineering: Fc engineering and antibody-drug conjugates
  • Antibody library design: achieving flexibility and diversity
  • Viral and cellular display platforms: antibody selection & affinity enhancement
  • Case studies: amplification methods, in-silico modelling and humanized antibody synthesis
  • Chimerisation and screening: analysing antigen binding affinity, specificity and expression

Day 2 Stream 1 – Protein Expression & Characterisation

  • Evolving methodologies: transient expression, lentiviral expression, co-expression
  • Biophysical characterisation: higher order structure and conformation
  • Characterisation of antibody drug conjugates and new biotherapeutics
  • Novel technologies: glycosylation control, protein labelling, HDX mass spectrometry
  • Expression system case studies: bacterial, mammalian, cell-free, algae
  • Protein glycosylation: structural characterisation and analysis
  • Engineering CHO cells for optimized protein expression

Day 2 Stream 2 – Therapeutic Antibodies & Alternative Scaffolds

  • Antibodies to target ion channels
  • Immuno-oncology: insights into the next wave of antibody therapies
  • The implications of microRNAs for cancer therapy
  • Emerging armed antibody therapeutics
  • Beyond oncology: case studies in neurodegenerative diseases and inflammation
  • Novel methods to improve PK/PD and drug delivery
  • Alternative scaffolds as emerging therapeutic proteins
 
 
Organized by: Oxford Global
Invited Speakers:

Nicolas Fischer Head of Research, NovImmune

Stefan Geschwinder Principal Scientist, AstraZeneca

Dina Anderson Senior Principal Scientist, Syntaxin

Rob Howes Associate Director, HTS, Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmune

 
Deadline for Abstracts: Please contact Danielle Dalby on d.dalby@oxfordglobal.co.uk or call +44 (0)1865 248455
 
Registration:

For More Information please contact Danielle Dalby

D.dalby@oxfordglobal.co.uk

01865 248455

E-mail: d.dalby@oxfordglobal.co.uk
 
   
 
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