Main Conference Day 3 - BST (British Summer Time, GMT+1)
Main Conference Day 3 - BST (British Summer Time, GMT+1)
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- Stephen Beers, PhD - Professor of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Southampton
The presentation will describe the development of BI-1910, which is a strong FcgR independent TNFR2 targeting agonist. It will highlight cell types agonized, the induced change in cell composition and cytokine milieu in the tumor, and the therapeutic outcome in preclinical studies. I will also describe the toxicology result and the entering into a Phase I clinical trial.
- Ingrid Teige, Ph.D. - Vice President Preclinical, BioInvent International AB
We have shown that immune sex differences are involved in shaping the TME of pancreatic cancer and can be targeted for gender-specific immunotherapy. These differences highlighted the G-protein coupled receptor FPR2 and found that antagonizing FPR2 in myeloid cells has a remarkable effect on restoring T cell anti-tumor activities and reversing immunosuppressive myeloid cell function exclusively in females.
- Dhifaf Sarhan, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Division Head, Karolinska Institutet
ImmTACs are TCR-based bispecific molecules designed to activate potent T-cell response to kill tumour cells. Here we present engineering of IMC-R117C ImmTAC targeting peptide derived from PIWIL1, a novel colorectal cancer target, in the complex with HLA-A2. Optimized TCR discovery and affinity engineering approach ensured high TCR specificity, as demonstrated by IMC-R117C ability to mediate potent and specific T-cell activation and killing of PIWIL1+ cancer cells, while sparing PIWIL1- cells.
- Milos Aleksic, Ph.D. - Senior Director, Drug Discovery, Immunocore Limited
- Benjamí Oller-Salvia, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor and "La Caixa" Junior Leader F, Ramon Llull University
- Ulrich Brinkmann, Ph.D. - Expert Scientist, Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center, Munich
Our immune system interacts with diseases in a multidimensional manner involving substantial biological, chemical, and physical exchanges. My lab aims to develop novel strategies to engineer the multidimensional immunity-disease interactions to create safe and effective therapies against cancer. In this talk, I will present a chemical approach, termed “switchable” immune modulator, to limit the systemic exposure and therefore ameliorate the toxicities of immune stimulatory antibodies and cytokines.
- Li Tang, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Laboratory of Biomaterials, EPFL
- Marcel Walser, PhD - Senior Director, Molecular Partners AG
- Aymen Al-Shamkhani, Ph.D. - Professor in Immunology, University of Southampton
- Andrew Buchanan, Ph.D. - Principal Scientist, Biologics Engineering, AstraZeneca
Bivalent binding of antibodies is critical for their function but we lack an understanding of the factors determining bivalent binding. Here, we introduce a new method to analyse bivalent binding of antibodies in surface plasmon resonance. We find that the molecular reach, which is the maximum antigen separation distance that still allows a single antibody to reach them both, produces the best correlate of antibody function.
- Omer Dushek, Ph.D. - Professor of Molecular Immunology, University of Oxford
- Werner Meier - Chief Scientific Officer, Revitope Oncology
The applications of antibodies rely on their ability to bind the target antigen with high specificity and selectivity. However, uncontrolled binding of antibodies to their antigen, in time and space, might not be ideal for several applications. In this talk, I will discuss our efforts towards engineering: 1) light-activated antibody fragments, 2) photo-reactive antibody fragments, and 3) antibody fragments that can concurrently be activated and form a covalent bond with antigen upon light stimulation.
- Amit Sachdeva, PhD - Associate Professor in Bio-Organic Chemistry, University of East Anglia
- Benjamí Oller-Salvia, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor and "La Caixa" Junior Leader F, Ramon Llull University
- James Hunt - Director, R&D Biologics Engineering, AstraZeneca
Here we report a first-in-class disulfide rebridging and click-chemistry-based method for the generation of Fc-containing, IgG-like mono- and bispecific antibodies. These are in the FcZ-(FabX)-FabY format, i.e., two distinct Fabs and an Fc, potentially all from different antibodies, attached in a homogeneous and covalent manner. We have dubbed these molecules synthetic antibodies (SynAbs). We have also adapted this platform to make a trispecific, first-in-class, checkpoint inhibitory T cell engager (CiTE).
- Vijay Chudasama, Ph.D. - Professor, Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University College London
- Bruce Car, Ph.D. - Chief Scientific Officer, Biohaven
- Luke Masterson, PhD - Senior Director, AstraZeneca
- Terry Rabbitts - Professor of Molecular Immunology, Institute of Cancer Research
- Hai Tran, PhD - Principal Scientist, Protein Engineering, EpiBiologics
- Laura Itzhaki, Ph.D. - Professor of Structural Pharmacology, University of Cambridge