Niv Papo
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Biography
As a molecular biologist focusing on protein engineering and cancer imaging and therapy, Dr. Papo joined the BGU faculty in 2011, and his research focuses on the development of new nono- and multi-specific proteins and protein-small molecule conjugates that promise to aid in both the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Dr. Papo’s areas of expertise include protein engineering, angiogenesis, metastasis, cancer biology, targeted cancer therapy, in vivo imaging, directed evolution, ligand-receptor interactions, molecular recognition, protein sequence-structure-function relationships, and synthetic biology. More generally, Dr. Papo and his research team are developing methods that allow us to design nono- and multi-functional proteins with optimized and targeted pharmaceutical properties, such as the protein’s distribution in the body and how long it remains, resulting in enhanced alternatives to antibodies that will benefit both cancer therapy and diagnostics.
Abstract
Abstract : Rational and combinatorial engineering of protease inhibitors for cancer imaging and therapy