Tobias Pflüger
NanoTemper Technologies GmbH, Germany
Title: Solutions for studying protein complexes in structural biology and drug development
Biography
Biography: Tobias Pflüger
Abstract
Key to understanding the functional role of target proteins is elucidating the structure-function relationship between two proteins or protein complexes. Current analysis is often complex, time-consuming, and lacks data quality.
One of the goals of structural biology is to bring together multiple disciplines and methodologies as a means to better characterize proteins and protein complexes. For highly utilized techniques such as cryo-EM, X-ray crystallography and NMR, having the ability to identify and quantify binding affinities as well as analyze conformational and colloidal properties, enables researchers to gain a better understanding of the functional properties of protein targets.
During this workshop, you will learn about practical solutions to monitor and optimize protein stability and quality. An overview of the various analytical and biophysical methods commonly used by structural biologist will be discussed. We will share case studies demonstrating the benefits of understanding conformational and colloidal properties of protein complexes and how to use this information for further downstream analysis. Finally, we will share examples of protein-small molecule and protein-protein interactions and novel methodologies that assist researchers in making better decisions.