4-year postdoc position available in my lab. Come work with toxins and antibodies, and help us do some cool protein science using both in vitro and in silico methods: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoc in environment-responsive antibody and nanobody discovery - DTU Bioengineering

Join an interdisciplinary team developing precision molecular tools to control protein function using advanced experimental and computational methods.

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New paper from the lab, where we demonstrate a new approach for producing #snakebite #antivenom using recombinant #nanobodies and low-cost microbial #biomanufacturing, out in Trends in Biotechnology. Read paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper from the lab, where we demonstrate a new approach for detecting #toxins from #cholera and E. coli using point of care #diagnostic principles. Read paper here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

New research article from the lab on direct #protein #sequencing without genomic references, which is (normally) particularly challenging: www.mcponline.org/article/S153... Thanks to great co-authors and generous funders!

New review from the lab on large animal models used for studying #snakebite #envenoming and evaluating #therapeutic interventions: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Excited to share our new study showing how combining consensus #allergens with intracellular delivery via #mRNA-LNP technology could help treat #allergy: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Led by Esperanza Rivera de Torre and a fantastic international team across academia and industry!

To those interested in watching my dr.techn. (higher doctorate) defense on #Engineering #Antivenom, but did not get the chance to see it live, here is the full lecture and Q&A: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWA_...

Job opening in Y-king Biologics! We are looking for a Senior Scientist to help us develop pH-responsive antibodies for therapeutic purposes: bioinnovation-ac23af.careers.hibob.com/jobs/58efb9a... Y-king Biologics is a Bio Studio project at the BioInnovation Institute: bii.dk/community/st...

Thanks to Blake Forman for highlighting snakebite as a neglected tropical disease and my group’s research efforts towards developing better antivenoms: www.technologynetworks.com/biopharma/ar...

Exalted to announce that Bactolife has just secured over EUR 30 million from new and existing investors to commercialise and clinically validate our binding proteins! Press release: www.bactolife.com/bactolife-se...

New paper from the lab on how #virulence of human #pathogenic enterotoxigenic E. coli and V. cholerae can be attenuated using #binding #proteins: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Thanks to great co-authors and funders!

For those that are interested, I am defending my dr.techn. dissertation (Engineering antivenom) on January the 23rd at 9.00-12.00 CET in meeting room 1 (first floor) at the Technical University of Denmark: dtu.dk/kalender/dok...

Rao, @andreaslaustsen.bsky.social et al. present a chromosome-level genome assembly of the western nose-horned viper. The 1.55 Gbp assembly (contig N50 = 45.9 Mb; scaffold N50 = 210 Mb; BUSCO = 97.1%) is anchored into 18 pseudo-chromosomes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf210 #genome #evolution

Excited to announce that my dr.techn. (higher doctorate) dissertation #Engineering #Antivenom is now accepted for defence at the Technical University of Denmark and publicly available: orbit.dtu.dk/en/publicati...

Can #mRNA technology be used to treat #snakebite #envenoming? In this new paper, we explore the utility of mRNA-encoded #antibodies delivered using lipid nanoparticles to neutralise #snake #toxins. Read paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

For the Danish speaking audience, @videnskab.dk has made a portrait of me and my research career so far, focusing mostly on my work on snakebite envenoming, but also a few other projects, including research done at Bactolife and VenomAid Diagnostics: videnskab.dk/naturvidensk...

Fantastic to see our article "Nanobody-based recombinant antivenom for cobra, mamba and rinkhals bites" on the cover of @nature.com, represented by a beautiful picture of the Eastern green mamba, taken by Prof. Wolfgang Wüster! Read article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New paper from the lab, where we sequenced the genome of Europe's most venomous snake, Western nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes ammodytes)! Read paper in Genome Biology and Evolution: academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

While a new, broad-spectrum 'nanobody' antivenom performed impressively in preclinical trials, the real significance is “showing this is possible,” @andreaslaustsen.bsky.social told me. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Excited to share a new paper led by @andreaslaustsen.bsky.social, Anne Ljungars, @tpjenkins.bsky.social, Shirin Ahmadi and Nick Burlet. It was a privelege to be a part of this amazing team! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Nanobody-based recombinant antivenom for cobra, mamba and rinkhals bites - Nature

A recombinant antivenom composed of eight nanobodies provides broad protection against venom-induced lethality and dermonecrosis in mice challenged with venoms from cobras, mambas and rinkha...

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New article from the lab, where we describe how we developed a "Nanobody-based recombinant #antivenom for #cobra, #mamba, and #rinkhals bites" out in @nature.com!

New review article from the lab on "Advances in #antibody-based strategies for targeting #cancer-associated #glycopeptide antigens" just out in Drug Discovery Today, mainly written by my awesome PhD student, Edward Meier! Read paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

For those understanding German that are interested in getting up to date with the world of #snakebite #antivenoms and research in this field, Brigitte Osterath has written a great article for @gdch.de: gdch.app/article/wenn... Full access: www.writingscience.de/artikel/schl...

I’m excited to share our new paper in mAbs! We engineered pH-dependent antibodies without histidine “doping,” showing the light chain controls pH sensitivity by modulating water access. Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Excited to share the newest research paper from our lab, where we discover #nanobodies against #snake #neurotoxins using specially designed #consensus toxins and phage display technology. Link to paper in first comment.

New research article where we use consensus #toxins as #antigens for discovery of #nanobodies, showcasing this with short-chain alpha-neurotoxins from snakes - notoriously difficult to discover antibodies against. Read article here:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19420862.2025.2522838

Thanks to Laura Tran for highlighting our work on Binding Proteins against cholera toxin: www.the-scientist.com/new-cholera-... Original research article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy to share this "Ubegribeligt" podcast episode (in Danish) on venom and antivenom, which I had the pleasure of doing together with Huxi Bach from Danmarks Radio: www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/ubegr... In the podcast, we discuss animal venoms, antivenom, and R&D, and spinout!

Pleased to share this new publication on the effects of Binding Proteins against virulence factors from enterotoxigenic E. coli: jasbsci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... As an #antibody engineer, I find it super interesting that we in this study show how stable #Binding #Proteins can be!

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