Don’t miss the plenary session by Dr. Katerina L., CSO at Vilya, on "Rediscovering Macrocycles as a Modality in Drug Discovery." This talk will highlight recent advances and emerging opportunities in macrocycle drug discovery. More details here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gYXThuWv #MedicinalChemistry #DrugDiscovery #ACSSymposium #Innovation #Pharmaceuticals #ACS
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Vilya is a cutting-edge computational biotechnology company, co-founded a team of scientists from from the Institute of Protein Design (IPD) led by David Baker, Ph.D. and by ARCH Venture Partners. At Vilya, we are creating a novel class of medicines to precisely target disease biology. Our platform is built on ground-breaking research in advanced computational approaches and taps into uncharted chemical space within cyclic peptides to design new molecular structures not found in nature. We aim to boldly leverage cutting edge computing to change how we design new medicines, and to ultimately cure diseases. Who will love working with us? We are a group of machine learning scientists, computational chemists, medicinal chemists, biologists and scientific enthusiasts that are driven to design and create life-altering medicines that will make a big impact on the world. Learn more about our job openings and join us! join@vilyatx.com
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It's official! We're excited to announce the expansion of our Series A financing to $71 million from lead investor ARCH Venture Partners with participation from NVIDIA’s NVentures, Menlo Ventures, Madrona, Lifeforce Capital, and Altitude Life Science Ventures. This milestone will accelerate the advancement of our proprietary computational drug design and development platform, and further our mission to create a new class of medicines that precisely target disease biology. We are also welcoming Greg Yap Partner at Menlo Ventures, to our board. Greg's insights and experience will be invaluable as we continue to innovate and grow. A big thank you to our incredible team and all our partners for making this possible. We are grateful for their support and confidence in our vision. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gEuYP8rW #Vilya #BioTech #DrugDiscovery #Innovation
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Check out Derek Lowe’s In the Pipeline commentary which underscores the foundational work of Vilya's computational macrocycle discovery platform, published in Science Magazine last month. His detailed analysis showcases how our innovative approach is advancing the prediction of non-natural peptide-like structures, pushing the boundaries of chemical probe and drug discovery. Dive into the full article to see how we're navigating this vast and promising chemical space!
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Our CEO, Cyrus Harmon, and Co-founder, Inca Dieterich, will discuss Vilya's pioneering work at the forefront of macrocyclic computational drug design during the Techbio and AI-Guided Discovery panel. Check out their talk and chat with them about Vilya's innovative approach! #bioequity #drugdiscovery #biotech
Thrilled to be joining Cyrus Harmon in Spain for Bio€quity Europe to showcase Vilya's innovative platform, revolutionizing the ability to create a novel class of medicines. Let us know if you’ll be there and looking forward to seeing everyone next week! #BioEquityEurope #Vilya #BioEquity #Innovation
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Excited to continue our expansion on this work done at the Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington.
In a new study we introduce an AI-assisted drug discovery approach and use it to generate over 14.9 million novel peptides with appealing pharmaceutical features, including molecules that inhibit key proteins linked to coronavirus infection and cancer in the lab. This research was led by Patrick Salveson, Ph.D., a recent postdoc in the Baker Lab. It led to a spinout company, Vilya, which emerged from the Institute for Protein Design in 2022. The molecules developed in the study, which are ring-shaped peptides called macrocycles, have the potential to treat a wide range of health disorders. The number and diversity of macrocycles described in this study far exceed what has been found in nature, and roughly half satisfy the so-called ‘rule-of-five’ criteria for drug-like compounds. Read a summary and access the full paper on the Baker Lab blog: https://lnkd.in/gX5xNkpq
Expansive discovery of diverse macrocycles
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We're thrilled to share our latest publication in Science, validating our innovative approach to designing novel macrocycles. "Our platform rapidly generates chemically and structurally diverse drug-like compounds, marking a significant advance in medicinal chemistry," shares Patrick Salveson, Ph.D., CTO of Vilya. This breakthrough paves the way for transformative medicines that could dramatically impact a variety of diseases. Dive deeper into our findings here: https://lnkd.in/ggDJvgPg #Biotech #DrugDiscovery
Vilya Announces New Publication in Science Validating Foundational Approach to Design of Novel Chemically Diverse Macrocycles
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Excited to be a panelist alongside Jason Rolfe, Lindsay Pino, and Rao Talasila to dicuss AI in biotech hosted by Madrona, Google, Cooley LLP, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., and J.P. Morgan Private Bank. At Vilya we are excited to be at the cutting edge of AI in drug discovery. Looking forward to discussing this and more during the panel on April 17th.
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We're #hiring a new Senior/Principal Scientist - Computational Chemist (SF Bay Area) in South San Francisco, California. Apply today or share this post with your network.
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We are delighted to announce Cyrus Harmon has joined us as CEO of Vilya. “I am very excited to join the phenomenal team at Vilya developing new macrocycle drugs,” said Harmon. “Macrocycles have shown promise in several areas where small molecules and proteins are limited. Vilya’s artificial intelligence platform explores uncharted chemical space to design novel molecular structures, helping us overcome historic barriers to macrocycle development and advance this highly innovative class of molecules. We have already made substantial progress in enhancing the platform and identifying promising macrocycles and I look forward to digging in with the team to advance these unique opportunities.” https://lnkd.in/gtpmZnXc
Vilya Appoints Cyrus Harmon, Ph.D., as Chief Executive Officer
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