Antibody Engineering Volume 1

Roland Kontermann obtained his PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Heidelberg. After working as a postdoc in the laboratory of Sir Gregory Winter at the MRC Centre for Protein Engineering, Cambridge, UK, he was a group leader at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Tumor Biology of the University of Marburg, and subsequently Head of Research at vectron therapeutics AG. Since 2004 he is Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology of the University of Stuttgart. Current research focuses on the development of recombinant bispecific and bifunctional antibody molecules, including half-life extension strategies, and targeted nanoparticulate carrier systems for tumor therapy. He has over 60 scientific publications and co-editor (together with Stefan Dübel) of the Antibody Engineering Lab Manual.

Stefan Dübel received his PhD at the Center for Molecular Biology Heidelberg and spent his post-doc at the German Cancer Research Center with research on the development of antibody display libraries. In the following years, he substantially participated in the invention of recombinant antibody phage display technology, as well as other recombinant antibody technologies and the development of various antibody fusion proteins. In 1996, he moved to the University of Heidelberg to establish the antibody engineering group at the Institute of Molecular Genetics. After holding a group leader position at the University of Heidelberg from 1996, Stefan Dübel went to the Biological Faculty of the Technical University of Braunschweig as a full professor in 2002. Here, he currently serves as head of the Department of Biotechnology in Braunschweig and managing director of the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology. He has co-authored more than 90 scientific papers, 17 patents, as well as two acknowledged textbooks in the field of recombinant antibodies. He is also board member of scientific journals and the biotech industry.

Cloning of the Antigen-binding Site from Hybridoma.- Cloning of Variable Domains from Mouse Hybridoma by PCR.- Coning Hybridoma cDNA by RACE.- Construction of scFv Fragments from Hybridoma or Spleen Cells by PCR Assembly.- Generation of Antibody Repertoires.- Mouse Immune Libraries for the Generation of ScFv Fragments Directed Against Human Cell Surface Antigens.- Human Antibody Gene Libraries.- Synthetic Antibody Libraries.- Immune Libraries from Nonhuman Primates (NHP).- Generation of Rabbit Immune Libraries.- Selection of Antibody Fragments from Combinatorial Libraries.- Immunotube Selections.- Phage Display and Selection in Microtitre Plates.- Phage Display and Selections on Biotinylated Antigens.- Phage Display and Subtractive Selection on Cells.- Selection of Phage Antibody Libraries for Binding and Internalization into Mammalian Cells.- Improving Phage Display Throughput by Using Hyperphage, Miniaturized Titration and pVIII (g8p) ELISA.- Yeast Display and Selections.- The Generation of Transgenic Mice Expressing Human Antibody Repertoires.- Selection of Antibody Fragments by Means of the Filter-Sandwich Colony Screening Assay.- Semi-automated Magnetic Bead-Based Antibody Selection from Phage Display Libraries.- Engineering and Production of Immunoglobulins.- Aspects of Isotype Selection.- Generation of Heavy and Light Chains (Chimeric Antibodies).- Humanising Antibodies by CDR Grafting.- Humanization by Resurfacing.- Human Antibodies by Guided Selection.- In Silico De-Immunization.- Affinity Maturation by Chain Shuffling and Site Directed Mutagenesis.- Affinity Maturation by Random Mutagenesis and Phage Display.- Engineering of the Fc Region for Improved PK (FcRn Interaction).- Antibody-Dependent Enzyme Prodrug Therapy (ADEPT).- Production of Recombinant Human IgG Antibodies in the Baculovirus Expression System.- Expression of IgA Molecules in Mammalian Cells.- Antibody Characterization.- Expression of Complete Antibodies in Transgenic Plants.- Expression ofFull Length Monoclonal Antibodies (mAb) in Algal Chloroplast.- Expression of IgG Antibodies in Mammalian Cells.- Protein A/G Chromatography.- Epitope Analysis Using Synthetic Peptide Repertoires Prepared by SPOT Synthesis Technology.- Epitope Mapping by Printed Peptide Libraries.- Antibody Epitope Mapping Using Yeast Display.- Size Exclusion Chromatography.- Structural Characterization of Antibodies by Mass Spectrometry.- Antibody Glycans Characterization.- Affinity Measurements by Competition ELISA.- Anti-Histidine Antibodies as Tools for Reversible Capturing of His-Tagged Fusion Proteins for Subsequent Binding Analysis.- Affinity Measurements Using Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM).- Affinity Measurements with Radiolabeled Antibodies.- Neutralization Tests.- Functional Characterization of Antibodies Neutralizing Soluble Factors In Vitro and In Vivo.- Competitive ELISA.- Quantification of Human IgG and Related Fc Fusion Proteins by a Human IgG/Fc Capture ELISA.- Determination of Fc-Mediated Antibody-Effector Functions by Chromium Release Assay.- Binding Studies with Flow Cytometry.