[Physstaff] Institute of Photonics Seminar: A Novel High-Throughput Protein Engineering Platform

[Sharon Kelly]

Dear All,

A special Institute of Photonics Seminar will be given by Dr. Tom Baer, Executive Director, Stanford Photonics Research Centre, Stanford University and will take place on Friday 30th October 2015 at 11 a.m. Please see below for the title and abstract of his talk.  The seminar will be held in the Level 1 Auditorium, Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC).  Tea and coffee will be available afterwards.

All are welcome – we look forward to seeing you there.



A Novel High-Throughput Protein Engineering Platform

Dr. Tom Baer
SPRC, Stanford University, USA

Level 1 Auditorium, Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC), 99 George Street, Glasgow
11 a.m. Friday 30th October 2015



Recombinant protein biologics have replaced small molecules as the major blockbuster drugs in the therapeutic pharmaceutical market, comprising a current world-wide market of over $140B per year.  We have developed a new technology platform which significantly increases the precision and reduces the time and investment required to discover novel therapeutic proteins. This innovation combines fluidic miniaturization, image processing, and rapid, proprietary single cell analysis and isolation; enabling screening of millions of protein-expressing cells in less than an hour, using a device the size of a silver dollar. In addition to antibody discovery, this transformative “million well microtiter plate” allows high-throughput drug screening applications currently not accessible with other technologies, including discovery of protein and peptide modulators that activate or inhibit biochemical pathways, and the development of novel enzyme catalysts.  The technology platform also has broad reaching impact for other biotechnology and medical applications where single cell analysis and isolation is critical.  I will discuss several examples of applications of this new platform in antibody engineering, the development of new protein fluorophores, and novel enzymes.




Full details and biography are attached.

Please forward on to any colleagues who would be interested in attending.

Thank you

Sharon

Sharon Kelly
Institute of Photonics
Department of Physics
University of Strathclyde
Technology and Innovation Centre
Level 5
99 George Street
Glasgow
G1 1RD
s.kelly at strath.ac.uk<mailto:s.kelly at strath.ac.uk>
+44 (0)141 548 4120

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