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What to expect from PEGS Europe 2023: Day 2

Drug Discovery World

Ahead of protein and antibody engineering conference PEGS Europe 2024 in Lisbon, DDW’s Megan Thomas looks at what to expect from each track of the annual biologics technology meeting. Klaus Wagenbauer, PhD, Founder & CEO, Plectonic, on: ‘Programmable DNA-origami-based T cell engagers: PTE’.

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Reflecting on PEGS Europe 2023 

Drug Discovery World

This presentation covered three primary drivers for a protein expression model: speed, cost and sustainability. “It coli expression systems and is using high-throughput expression pipelines to screen constructs for optimal expression to generate protein and cellular reagents. GSK has developed high-throughput mammalian and E.

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Can artificial intelligence help craft new medicines?

Drug Discovery World

The drug target for Penicillin is a protein that helps bacteria to synthesise its cell wall. One of the first and most basic requirements for a protein to be characterised as a drug target is to show that inhibiting its function prevents the disease. Salvarsan was soon overtaken by the Penicillin antibiotics.