The AlivaMab Biologics team enjoyed the beautiful San Diego weather and delicious food from Auntie Lynne’s Pacific Rim fusion creations to get fortified ahead of the monthly R&D team meeting. Thanks to our incredible team for all their hard work and dedication in creating the next generation of advanced biologics for our valued partners.
AlivaMab Biologics
Biotechnology Research
San Diego, California 1,811 followers
Superior Antibody Therapeutics
About us
AlivaMab Biologics provides fully integrated solutions for biologics drug discovery through our expanding platform of innovative capability modules. AMB’s customizable capability modules include target validation, protein- and cell-based tool engineering and production, sophisticated functional assay development and execution, discovery of binding domains using Ablexis’ family of AlivaMab Mouse strains, kinetic and epitope characterization, protein and antibody engineering across a breadth of novel biologic drug modalities, full-depth developability assessment, antibody optimization, and production up to medium scale. AMB’s partners also gain from the team’s direct experience and know-how in the discovery and development of biologics drugs across various modalities. Partners may select to work with AMB across the full spectrum of capability modules or to pick and choose across them. AlivaMab Biologics sets its partners’ biologics programs on the path to success with the fastest and most de-risked solutions through discovery and development.
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- Biotechnology Research
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- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- San Diego, California
- Type
- Privately Held
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- Antibody Discovery, Antibody Therapies, Antibody Therapeutics, Monoclonal Antibody Discovery, Antibody Engineering, Bispecific Antibodies, Antibody Drug Conjugates, Functional Antibody Leads, Transgenic Mouse, Antibody Discovery Services, Hybridoma, DNA Immunization, Protein Immunization, Cellular Immunization, Protein Expression and Purification, and Developability Assessment
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San Diego, California 92121, US
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Thanks, Ian Wilkinson, for adding to the conversation about the importance of human Ig lambda light chains. We wholeheartedly agree about lambda light chains being important for engaging certain epitopes, either altogether or with sufficient affinity to meet potency requirements.
Breaking the chain of command - is it time to give lambda a chance? In humans about 67% of light chains are kappa (κ) and 33% lambda (λ). Yet in therapeutic INNs the proportion of λ drops to about 13%. This is partly due to the fact rodents only have 1-5% λ LCs, meaning hybridoma derived mAbs are almost always κ. Early phage libraries and transgenic mice then followed this bias. There was a great LI discussion on this the other week. λ mAbs also have a reputation as being undevelopable. This perception and the historic discovery bias has created an underrepresentation of λ mAbs. But are we missing something here? Some species have a very heavy bias to one LC type or the other: rodents are >95% κ whereas sheep, cows and horse are almost exclusively λ. Humans, rabbits and pigs evolved with a slightly more even mix, surely something is driving this? An increasing number of reports point towards a link between VL germline and function with λ mAbs preferentially engaging certain epitopes, suggesting a potential functional cost to neglecting λ mAbs entirely. So, can we solve the developability problems; are they really that bad? A recent study using the Therapeutic Antibody Profiler tool suggests that although λ mAbs are on average less developable than κ, a sizeable proportion have low-risk profiles and could easily be selected for or engineered. More interesting than that is an Eli Lilly study from 2013 that only has 18 citations. They propose that much of the developability concerns with λ are due to the disulphide bond between LC and HC being more prone to cleavage, making the full IgG less stable under reducing conditions. In κ LCs the sequence ends EC, in λ it ends ECS. The demonstrate that by removing the serine from the end of the λ LC you get a far more stable IgG. Then they show that the serine deleted λ-IgG has about a 6-fold increase in ADCC! Presumably the serine interferes with interaction of Fc receptors in the hinge and upper CH2. Is this widely known? I only see one antibody (opucolimab) with a Ser deleted λ and this isn’t even an Eli Lilly mAb. Is the ADCC enhanced version of a λ LC more or less potent than κ? They didn’t look in the paper but it would be interesting to understand. What is the role of the Serine in λ, it must be there for a reason? Is this like the C-terminal lysine on the HC or something completely different? Are lambdas a naturally 'silent' LC, a bit like IgG4 for HCs? Lots of questions, no real answers. See first comment for links to various publications. ----- I'm Ian, I post about antibody engineering, recombinant proteins and my journey to bootstrap Gamma Proteins into a leading supplier of Fc receptors. If you like my content please reshare with your network and follow me to see more.
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The AlivaMab Biologics (AMB) team had much to celebrate this week! We had our quarterly Gong Party to give a BIG shout out to the very talented AMB team for the successful completion of recent partner projects. We also celebrated the 6-year work anniversaries for Ritsuko Sawada and Sanja Marinkovic-Petrovic – AMB appreciates all your hard work and dedication over the years! Here’s to the AMB team and their commitment to build upon our continuing success to develop the next generation of advanced biologics for patients.
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Are you aware of the growing understanding* on the importance of the human immunoglobulin lambda repertoire for expanding diversity in antibody drug discovery? If your chosen antibody drug discovery platform sadly lacks the diversity of the human Ig lambda repertoire, you don’t know what you’re missing. Ablexis, LLC’s AlivaMab® Mouse suite of transgenic mice provides broad diversity of both human Ig kappa and human Ig lambda light chains to maximize probability of success in discovery and development. AlivaMab Biologics’ common light chain multispecific antibody discovery platform provides flexibility and diversity to overcome deficiencies of fixed common light chain transgenic animals and naïve display libraries. Connect with the experts at info@alivamab.com to learn more! *”…subtle changes between the structures of LCκ and LCλ isotypes increase the diversity of antibodies, extending the predetermined restrictions of the general antibody fold and expanding the diversity of antigen binding.”(Raybould et al., Commun. Biol. 7(1). “…l antibodies show a significant increase in CDR-H3 conformational diversity when compared to baseline.” (Guloglu and Deane, Front. Immunol. 14:1223802.)
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To all our San Diego area innovators, Ablexis, LLC and AlivaMab Biologics are excited to be a part of Innovation Day 2024 on September 24th at Petco Park, hosted by UC San Diego and Connect. Learn how our unique platform and comprehensive approach are transforming biologics drug discovery and engineering by meeting us at our booth number 127 (location left field). Visit us to learn more about how we embody the organizer’s vision of San Diego as the “future of innovation”. We hope to see you there!
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Ablexis, LLC and AlivaMab Biologics (AMB) will be attending West Coast Antibody HubXChange in San Francisco next week! Jane Seagal will lead a round table discussion “The battle of biologics modalities” where she will lead discussions on topics that will be sure to spark interest and maybe even some debates! · Single Domain Antibodies vs scFvs – advantages and limitations · Common Light Chain Discovery - key risk factors for a successful campaign · T-cell Engagers vs CARs, ADCs vs radiolabeled antibodies – who will win the battle? If you’d like to meet with us or to learn more about our comprehensive approach for the discovery and engineering of the next generation of biologics, please request to meet via the HubXChange organizers. Otherwise, connect with us at info@alivamab.com.
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Yesterday was our quarterly Lab Clean Up Day followed by a fun team BBQ at AlivaMab Biologics. A BIG shout out to the AMB Team for all their hard work and making it a success!
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The AlivaMab Biologics team took a break from all their hard work and enjoyed a great time at Petco Park yesterday cheering on the home team Padres. Even though the Padres lost to the Detroit Tigers in a 9th inning grand slam (Booo!), the AMB team enjoyed the time spent with co-workers, family and friends!
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AlivaMab Biologics reposted this
Ablexis and AlivaMab Biologics celebrate our ten years of innovations in antibody drug discovery, commencing in 2014 with launch of the 1st generation AlivaMab® Mouse strains and continuing onward with our launching of the 6th generation AlivaMab Mouse strains, used in synergy with the innovative high-throughput discovery and engineering platforms of AlivaMab Biologics. The patented AlivaMab Mouse technology remains a platform differentiated from other transgenic animals and in vitro display technologies, providing superior performance and efficiency in antibody discovery while risk-mitigating downstream development. Our most recent innovations include the AlivaMab Mouse-XKL strains, demonstrated to produce even greater combinatorial diversity in the IgG repertoire, and AlivaMab Mouse-SD, for the discovery of single-domain human VH antibodies. For common light chain antibody discovery, AlivaMab Biologics offers its unique platform that combines the best of in vivo, in vitro, and NGS-based discovery. To learn more about why AlivaMab Mouse and AlivaMab Biologics provide the best platforms for biologics drug discovery and engineering, contact us at info@alivamab.com or info@ablexis.com.
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The Ablexis, LLC and AlivaMab Biologics (AMB) team appreciated all the interest we received during last week’s East Coast Antibody HubXChange! AMB’s VP of Antibody Discovery, Jane Seagal, was kept busy working triple duty with the keynote presentation, a poster, and a round table discussion, all showcasing: · Successful discovery of diverse antibody panels for CLC, human VH single-domain, membrane multispanners, and TCRm antibodies enabled by Ablexis’ suite of ten different AlivaMab® Mouse strains combined with AMB’s discovery platforms · Successful engineering of multispecific antibodies enabled by AMB’s matrix-based engineering platform, amenable across formats and functions, including our validated off-the-shelf human CD3 antibodies, TCRm, human VH single-domain, and common light chain antibodies If you were unable to attend or connect with us in person, please don't hesitate to get in touch! AlivaMab Biologics offers collaborative, adaptable, and customized solutions for the discovery and engineering of next generation biotherapeutics. Get in touch by emailing us at info@alivamab.com.
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