Key Takeaways
- ProImmune Ltd announced a collaboration with the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute to advance veterinary immunology research through development and validation of novel species-specific Ankyron binders.
- ProImmune will generate highly target-specific Ankyron binders for targets across porcine, bovine, avian, and salmonid species to be used in key research applications, including flow cytometry and immunofluorescence imaging.
- Ankyrons are small (~15 kDa), high-specificity binding proteins that enable rapid and cost-effective discovery against broad panels of protein targets across a wide variety of species using ProImmune's high-throughput, in vitro screening platform.
- Data on validated Ankyron binders will be made available through the Immunological Toolbox website, a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)-funded initiative between the Roslin and Pirbright Institutes.
- The collaboration aims to overcome challenges associated with the limited availability of high-quality, species-specific research reagents to enable new strategies for prevention, control, and diagnosis of both veterinary and zoonotic diseases.
ProImmune Collaboration Addresses Critical Research Gaps
ProImmune Ltd, a global leader in immunological reagents and services, announced a collaboration with the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute to advance veterinary immunology research through development and validation of novel species-specific Ankyron binders. Under the agreement, the Roslin Institute will use its in-depth knowledge of the animal health field to present target proteins where reagent availability is lacking and urgently required.
ProImmune will then generate highly target-specific Ankyron binders for targets across porcine, bovine, avian, and salmonid species to be used in key research applications, including flow cytometry and immunofluorescence imaging, in particular where there are no research antibodies available.
“Ankyrons are transforming reagent availability and accessibility across veterinary research and the wider life sciences community. A relative lack of research tools has hampered progress in veterinary immunology: the availability of Ankyrons will help to enable these studies and fill important gaps in the immune reagent portfolio,” said Professor Jayne Hope, Professor of Immunology at the Roslin Institute.
