August 2024

Best Hosts for Antibody Discovery and Generation

2024-08-26T10:53:32-04:00August 23rd, 2024|Articles|

Written by: Genya Gorshtein, MSc Published: August 26, 2024 Contents Introduction Advantages of Antibody Discovery In Diverse Species Unique Features of Antibodies from Diverse Hosts Antibody Discovery Platforms for Diverse Hosts Introduction The historical use of mice for monoclonal antibody generation has been driven [...]

Antagonistic Antibodies: Opportunities and Obstacles

2024-08-14T14:55:26-04:00August 14th, 2024|Articles|

Written by: Jenna Kerry, MSc Published: August 14, 2024 Contents What are Antagonistic Antibodies? How do Antagonistic Antibodies Work? Antagonistic Antibody Opportunities Antagonistic Antibody Obstacles Antibody Discovery Platform for Antagonistic Antibodies What are Antagonistic Antibodies? Antagonistic antibodies are a monoclonal antibody that bind to and [...]

Sequence Variant Analysis of Monoclonal Antibodies

2024-08-09T14:29:53-04:00August 9th, 2024|Articles|

Written by: Genya Gorshtein, MSc Published: August 8, 2024 Contents Introduction What are Protein Sequence Variants Impact of Sequence Variants on Monoclonal Antibodies Challenges in Sequence Variant Analysis and Detection Sequence Variant Analysis Service Introduction Sequence variants are unwanted impurities in antibody and biotherapeutic [...]

Interview with Dr. Thierry Le Bihan, Principal Scientist in Polyclonal Antibody Sequencing

2024-08-15T10:46:23-04:00August 1st, 2024|Articles|

Principal Scientist in Polyclonal Antibody Sequencing Dr. Thierry Le Bihan joined Rapid Novor as a Principal Scientist in 2018, tasked with leading a multidisciplinary team to develop a polyclonal antibody sequencing platform. Thierry brought extensive proteomics and mass spectrometry expertise from his previous roles as Director of Proteomics at The Campbell Family Institute [...]

July 2024

Antibody Discovery in Humans – Starting with Functional, Circulating Antibodies

2024-08-22T15:27:46-04:00July 23rd, 2024|Webinars|

In this webinar, you will: Explore how using a proteomics approach with REpAb® de novo sequencing accesses a larger diversity of antibodies, and enhances antibody discovery workflows. Case study on de novo sequencing functional and neutralizing antibodies directly from the serum of a Human patient vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2.  Discover novel antibody binders only [...]

June 2024

Epitope Mapping: Alanine Scanning Mutagenesis vs. HDX-MS

2024-06-10T13:42:22-04:00June 10th, 2024|Articles|

Written by: Genya Gorshtein, MSc Published: June 10, 2024 Contents Introduction Alanine Scanning Mutagenesis Epitope Mapping HDX-MS Epitope Mapping Antibody Epitope Mapping Services Introduction Epitope mapping elucidates the antibody function by identifying specific binding sites on the antigen that interact with the antibody. Alanine [...]

May 2024

April 2024

The Landscape of Bispecific and Multispecific Antibodies

2024-05-06T12:28:27-04:00April 19th, 2024|Articles|

Written by: Genya Gorshtein, MSc Published: April 19, 2024 Contents Introduction Bispecifics and Multispecific Antibody Formats Mechanism of Action of Bispecific Antibodies Bispecific and Multispecific Development with Rapid Novor Introduction The complex nature of diseases often limits the therapeutic efficacy of monovalent antibodies. To [...]

September 2022

Antibody-Drug Conjugates as Anti-Cancer Therapeutics

2024-01-22T13:13:13-05:00September 19th, 2022|Articles|

Written by: Genya Gorshtein, MSc Published: September 14, 2022 Contents Introduction ADCs as Novel Anti-Cancer Chemotherapeutics Key Components of ADCs Future Generation of ADCs De Novo Protein Sequencing Applications in ADC Development Introduction An antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) is a monoclonal antibody (mAb) with a covalently attached [...]

August 2022

What are Polyclonal Antibodies?

2023-05-25T10:36:53-04:00August 18th, 2022|Articles|

Written by: Genya Gorshtein, MSc Published: August 18, 2022 Contents Introduction How are Polyclonal Antibodies Produced? Applications of Polyclonal Antibodies Challenges of Polyclonal Antibodies De Novo Polyclonal Antibody Sequencing Introduction Polyclonal antibodies (pAbs) are a heterogeneous mix of antibodies derived from B cells in the [...]

Structure and Function of Antibodies

2024-05-06T12:43:57-04:00August 10th, 2022|Articles|

Written by Genya Gorshtein, MSc August 10, 2022 Contents General Structure of Antibodies Fab and Fc Fragments Hinge Region CDR and FR Regions Antibody Structure Analysis Services General Structure of Antibodies Antibodies or immunoglobulins (Ig) maintain a common quaternary structure consisting of two identical heavy chains (HCs) and [...]