Webinars
RECORDED WEBINARS
Bigger, Better, Faster: New Tools for Chemical Protein Synthesis
Recorded Webinar from November 13, 2020
The Kay lab at the University of Utah is focused on D-peptide inhibitor development, which requires the chemical synthesis of mirror-image protein targets. This webinar will describe the use of recently developed chemical and computational tools to accelerate chemical protein synthesis of large proteins. Specific topics will include recently developed next-generation “helping hand” traceless linkers to improve peptide solubility, the use of traceless templating to accelerate ligations, and our automated ligator program (Aligator) for prediction of the optimal synthetic routes.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- “Helping hand” traceless linkers are a valuable tool for solubilizing difficult peptide segments.
- Templated ligations greatly accelerate ligations and can rescue otherwise suboptimal ligation junctions.
- Computational simulation of potential chemical protein synthesis routes can be used to predict optimal synthesis strategies.
SPEAKER:
Michael S Kay MD/PhD
Professor
Biochemistry, University of Utah
SPPS Tips for Success: Optimizing Synthesis of SARS-CoV-2 Epitopes for GMP Manufacture
Recorded webinar from July 28, 2020
Therapeutic peptides have many advantages, including high activity, broad chemical and biological diversity, and low toxicity. These and the relative ease and low cost of peptide manufacture compared to protein-based biologicals has meant that therapeutic peptides are now being used to treat a range of conditions, including metabolic diseases, cancer, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases.
The speed and flexibility of peptide synthesis is a major advantage when handling rapidly evolving conditions, such as neoantigen peptide-based vaccines for the individualized immunotherapy of certain forms of cancer. The dynamics of neoantigen presentation by the tumor cells demands high peptide purity and yield, and also the ability to quickly synthesize many peptides in parallel for timely treatment. Such performance will be invaluable in fighting COVID-19.
This session in the “SPPS Tips for Success” webinar series will focus on the synthesis of 24 SARS-CoV-2 peptides with therapeutic potential which represents a real-world example of synthetic challenges brought by a diverse range of sequences (based on published work by Grifoni and colleagues (1)). Other applications covered in this presentation include the synthesis of GLP-1 receptor agonists as an important treatment for type 2 diabetes, and the synthesis of neoantigen peptides for metastatic melanoma cell therapy development (2). In addition to application data, here we also discuss features of peptides synthesizers that are critical for cGMP and regulatory compliance when manufacturing peptide products for clinical use. Which hardware options are important? What software features should be included, such as designing for 21CFR Part 11 compliance? And what needs to be included in an IQ/OQ package for a peptide synthesizer instrument.
(1) Grifoni, A. et al. Cell Host & Microbe 27, 671–680 April 8, 2020
(2) Lu, Y et al. Clin Cancer Res. 2014 July 1; 20(13)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Understand how peptide-based epitopes and therapeutics are synthesized for COVID-19 and Neoantigen applications, as well as GLP-1 agonists therapeutics for type-2 diabetes treatments.
- Learn how to optimize peptide syntheses through reagent and condition screening.
- Understand which factors are important for the manufacture of clinical peptides under cGMP conditions.
Speaker:
Dr. Cyf Ramos-Colon, Senior Scientist,
Gyros Protein Technologies
The use of parallel peptide synthesizers in the manufacture of long and complex peptides and high throughput manufacture
Recorded Webinar from June 2, 2020. TIDES Digital Week
Reliance on Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis has increased dramatically over the decades to keep pace with the rise in the use of peptides in diagnostic and therapeutic research. In parallel, approaches to automated synthesis have evolved in order to be compatible with a diverse range of coupling chemistries, reaction conditions and synthesis monitoring. Automated peptide synthesises must be reliable, robust, fast, and easy to use.
Almac as a peptide CMO, has used parallel synthesisers for more than 15 years. In that time, we have developed methodology to manufacture very long and complex peptides, and we will present some examples in this filed. More recently, we have applied automated parallel synthesisers in a GMP setting in the manufacture of clinical grade peptides for use in vaccine products.
Speaker:
Alastair Hay, Account Manager
Peptides, Almac Group Ltd.
SPPS Tips for Success: Strategies for Minimizing Side-Reactions
Recorded Webinar from May 26, 2020
As peptide chemists strive to achieve new methods and techniques for solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS), strategies must also be implemented to help reduce the occurrence of unwanted side reactions that inevitability take place during the chemical synthesis process. Attend this free webinar to learn how to implement preventative measures to help reduce or eliminate unwanted side products from forming.
Speaker:
Lukasz Frankiewicz PhD, Senior Product Specialist
Gyros Protein Technologies
Venom Peptides: Rethinking Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Inhibition
Recorded Webinar from May 22, 2020
In this webinar, delineating the mechanism of action behind venom peptide inhibition of voltage-gated sodium channels will be presented. This will include discussion on engineering peptides to achieve subtype specificity and complete inhibition of specific sodium channels to unlock the potential of potent venom peptides as therapeutic leads for the treatment of pain.
Speaker:
Christina I. Schroeder, Stadtman Investigator,
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Recorded Webinar from May 5, 2020
With the increasing chemical complexity of therapeutic peptides, how can you maximize the likelihood of success when developing a solid phase synthesis protocol to automate synthesis for a new peptide sequence? View this webinar to learn how to design SPPS synthesis protocols, analyze sequences and understand which factors influence decisions such as resin selection, choice of chemistry and coupling protocol.
Speaker:
Cyf Ramos-Colon PhD
Senior Scientist
Gyros Protein Technologies
Sequence-Specific “Peptoids” for Antifouling, Antibacterial and Self-Assembly Applications
Recorded Webinar from November 15, 2019
In this webinar, sponsored in partnership with Xtalks K.H Aron Lau will highlight recent efforts in exploring solid-phase synthesized peptoids for applications beyond their conventional use in combinatorial drug discovery.
Speaker:
K.H Aaron Lau, PhD
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor),
Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry,
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sustainability Considerations in Peptide Chemistry
Recorded Webinar from August 22, 2019
In this webinar, sponsored in partnership with Xtalks, Craig Jamieson will discuss current efforts in the peptide chemistry community towards pursuing more sustainable replacement solvents for peptide synthesis, as well as other considerations such as coupling chemistry.
Speaker:
Craig Jamieson, PhD
Senior Lecturer
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Innovation vs Application: Maximizing Efficiency in Peptide Drug Discovery from a Chemistry Perspective
Recorded Webinar from May 16, 2019
This presentation will discuss the discovery process used in the development and selection of a Glucagon agonist, including SAR studies and the positive impacts of integrating innovative technology. Faced with limited time and resources, flexible instrumentation has been used to efficiently incorporate molecular improvements that are critical for overcoming the inherent challenges of peptide drug discovery, including optimizing physical properties and receptor selectivity.
Speakers:
William Blackwell III,
Investigator, Intarcia Therapeutics
James Cain, Ph.D.,
Global Product Manager, Gyros Protein Technologies
Challenging SPPS: Difficult sequences and side reactions
Recorded Webinar from April 4, 2019
Peptide therapeutics have seen increased interest in the last decade, making peptide synthesis a critical step in the drug discovery and development process. One of the major drawbacks in peptide synthesis is that success largely depends on the peptide sequence being synthesized, so what do you do when you have a sequence with failed couplings at certain cycles? Do you extend the coupling time? Change reagents? Do multiple couplings? Here we’ll discuss our take on these questions using fast parallel synthesis optimization of a sterically hindered model peptide, Aib-ACP (VQ-Aib-Aib-IDYING-NH2) which saw improvements from 7.8% using HCTU to 91% using COMU and increasing the reaction temperature to 75 °C with short reaction times (2 x 3 min). What if your synthesis challenges aren’t difficult couplings but side reactions? We’ll discuss strategies for minimizing their occurrence during fast SPPS.
Speaker:
Cyf Ramos-Colón, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Gyros Protein Technologies
Polar Hinges as Functionalized Conformational Constraints in (Bi)cyclic Peptides
Redorded webinar from November 8, 2018
Speakers:
Dr Alex Hoose
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
University of Glasgow
Strategies to Increase Robustness in the Optimization and CMC Production of Peptide Therapeutics with Parallel Peptide Synthesis
Recorded Webcast from TIDES 2018 Digital Week
With the advancement of personalized medicine and newer disease targets, peptide therapeutic development has greatly expanded. Its potential to achieve increased receptor specificity and decreased toxicity satisfies efficacy and safety regulatory requirements. Technology advances in automated SPPS enable screening and CMC production of peptides with greater structural complexity allows for the design of more physiologically stable products with increased target specificity and membrane permeability. Structural modification strategies for peptide lead optimization can include cyclization, stapling, and PEGylation, which can be difficult to synthesize and purify, requiring more efficient synthesis protocols and automation to ensure reproducible and efficient manufacturability.
Here we describe the process development and parallel optimization of SPPS relating to different biologically relevant peptides. Solid-support screening, reagent screening and temperature screening are demonstrated using an automated peptide synthesizer as part of the optimization process for difficult peptides such as Aib-Enkephalin (90% optimized crude purity vs 21% crude purity) and JR 10-mer (67% optimized crude purity vs 21% crude purity). In addition, the synthesis optimization in parallel of GLP-1 related peptides and dual GLP-1/glucagon receptor agonists will be shown, testing multiple resins and coupling reagents in search of optimal crude purities that may translate into ease of purification during the manufacturing process. Finally, the fully automated synthesis, from linear, on-resin cyclization, and resin cleavage, of NYAD-1 stapled peptide will be shared.
Presenter:
James Cain, Global Product Manager, Gyros Protein Technologies
Strategies for efficient, high throughput optimization of biopolymers and mimetic compounds
Peptide, peptidomimetic and oligonucleotide therapeutics are increasingly at the forefront of drug development programs for personalized medicine, cancer therapeutics, and genetic diseases among others. This has driven the search for faster and more efficient solid phase synthesis (SPS) protocols, making method development crucial in the discovery process towards scale-up. Automated synthesizers are part of the SPS toolbox that allows simultaneous optimization and high-throughput synthesis via parallel synthesis.
In this webinar, we describe the process development and parallel optimization of SPS of different biologically relevant compounds. Solid-support screening and reagent screening are demonstrated using automated peptide synthesis as part of the optimization process for peptide nucleic acids (PNA), peptoids, and cyclic peptides. For example, parallel synthesis condition scanning for the synthesis of SK-8mer PNA analog, H-Lys-AGTGGATC-Lys-NH2, led to an increase of 27% crude purity resulting in high purity product (73% crude pure) for biological analysis. Coupling reagents, resins and reaction time combinations for increased crude purity results will be discussed for biopolymers and mimetic compounds.
Presenters:
James Cain, Global Product Manager, Gyros Protein Technologies
Cyf Ramos-Colón, Senior Scientist, Peptide Applications, Gyros Protein Technologies
Cell Penetration Profiling using the Chloroalkane Penetration Assay for Peptides, Proteins and Nucleic Acids
