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  • Protein engineering approaches targeting antibody frameworks.
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  • Stabilizing the native state and preventing aggregation of the denatured state.

Main Results:

  • Development of strategies to improve biophysical properties of human variable domains.
  • Creation of aggregation-resistant antibody variants.
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