LifeSciVC

JUNE 12, 2025

Josh’s work at the Marine Biological Laboratory unlocked the potential of utilizing an endogenous protein to make a single alphabet change on RNA (RNA editing), a process that was precise, reversible and had druglike characteristics. We intended to learn from nature (genetics) and use pharmaceuticals properties to drive patient benefit.

RNA 68

RNA Protein Expression DNA Science 68

Codon

DECEMBER 10, 2023

A zoologist, ecologist, and protein engineer all call themselves “biologists,” but rarely attend the same conferences. Such a model would make it possible to discover protein functions by scraping metagenomic databases , or to create proteins with functions that exist nowhere in nature.

Protein Expression 112

Protein Expression Laboratories DNA Engineering 112

Codon

DECEMBER 10, 2023

A zoologist, ecologist, and protein engineer all call themselves “biologists,” but rarely attend the same conferences. Such a model would make it possible to discover protein functions by scraping metagenomic databases , or to create proteins with functions that exist nowhere in nature.

Protein Expression 90

Protein Expression Laboratories DNA Engineering 90

Drug Target Review

JULY 5, 2023

This selectable marker enables the identification of cells which have taken up the GOIs and aids the initial selection of recombinant protein expressing cell lines. They work in the following way: the genes in an expression vector are flanked by inverted terminal repeat sequences (ITRs) to which a specific transposase enzyme can bind.

Engineering 105

Engineering DNA Laboratories Production 105

Drug Target Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The current landscape of protein drug development is characterised by accelerated timelines where new drugs are approved in months rather than years. For example, advances in media and feeds have contributed to higher cell protein expression by optimising nutrient availability and reducing accumulation of waste products within a culture.

Drug Development 64

Drug Development Clinical Supply Production FDA 64

Alta Sciences

APRIL 17, 2024

Several viral vectors are being used currently, in addition to non-viral vectors, such as oligonucleotides, naked DNA, and lipoplexes and polyplexes. They work by binding to specific sequences of nucleotides present within the mRNA structure and can induce mechanisms that either decrease, restore, or modify protein expression.

Drug Development 52

Drug Development Treatment Drugs FDA Approval 52

Codon

APRIL 14, 2025

In the four years I’ve been working as a machine learning engineer at Dyno Therapeutics , a biotechnology company in Boston, I’ve become increasingly convinced that biologists have an almost masochistic tolerance for difficult and protracted work. One such opportunity, for example, is in protein expression.

Protein Expression 90

Protein Expression Engineering Research RNA 90