QVQ at the NVF autumn meeting

12 November 2024 On Nov 22nd, our scientist Stephanie Anbuhl will present in Session 4, entitled ‘New modes of drug activity’ on the NVF Autumn Meeting in Oss. The meeting is organized by NVF, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Farmacologie – Dutch Pharmacological Society. Stephie will talk about the potential of single-domain antibodies as modalities in pharmacology and drug development. Interested? Let’s get in touch and chat!

QVQ at Kadans Innovation Summit

10 November 2024 QVQ’s CEO Dr. Edward Dolk will be joining the Kadans Innovation Summit on the 13th and 14th of November in London to meet leading researchers, entrepreneurs, and innovators from the Europe-wide Kadans science clusters.

Discover the applications of our fluorescent single-domain antibodies

08 November 2024 Our recent application note highlights the advantages of fluorescent single-domain antibodies (sdAbs) in fluorescence-based technologies and advanced imaging. Due to their small size, labeled sdAbs have a small linkage error leading to robust signals and improved resolution. They are also cleared quickly from the bloodstream and have enhanced tissue penetration leading to good signal-to-noise ratios. Find out more: https://qvquality.com/functionalization/ QVQ offers sdAbs conjugated to a variety of labels, including fluorescent dyes. Until the end of November, we have a 20% discount on all labeled sdAbs.

QVQ at PEGS Europe in Barcelona

01 November 2024 Dr. Matti Pronker will be attending the 16th PEGS Europe Protein & Antibody Engineering Summit in Barcelona from the 5th to the 7th of November.  Matti will present his poster on the high resolution structure of the FLAG peptide in complex with the M2 anti-FLAG antibody. Besides that he will be available for all your single domain antibody engineering questions.

QVQ at BIO Europe

01 November 2024 Next week, our CSO Dr. Raimond Heukers will be present at the BIO-Europe, Europe’s premier partnering event. (November 4-5, Stockholm, Sweden). You can schedule a meeting with Raimond to discuss QVQ’s single-domain antibody services.

QVQ partners with DataChaperone

10 October 2024 Being a CRO, service is at the core of everything we do. From this, properly processed and analyzed data-packages are important deliverables. QVQ has partnered with DataChaperone to take data analysis and reporting workflows to the next level. For example, using the DataChaperone platform, we are now able to automatically analyze ELISA datasets and generate project update presentations and reports within minutes. The DataChaperone platform is easy to use and has the flexibility to handle diverse experiment designs. Partnering with Lars Eric Fielmich and Bas Cloin from DataChaparone creates the possibility to develop similar automated data analysis workflows for all our assay, which will boost our team’s productivity and ensure faster delivery of higher-quality and uniform result … Read more

New anti-CD9 sdAbs prevent HIV-1 replication

24 September 2024 Together with fantastic collaborators at the Amsterdam University Medical Center, in particular Jeffrey Umotoy and Steven de Taeye, we have generated a set of new single-domain antibodies against the challenging tetraspannin (4TM domains) CD9 described in this recent publication. The researchers at the AUMC showed that these molecules prevented HIV-1 replication and syncytia formation. The molecules are available at QVQ.

QVQ at the ULLA Summer School

03 July 2024 On Friday July 5th 2024, our CSO Raimond Heukers, will be at the ULLA summerschool in Leiden, to take an international group of pharmaceutical science researchers (MSc, PhD and postdocs) into the wonderful world of single domain antibodies (sdAbs). Raimond’s lecture will cover tips and tricks for the successful development, characterization and utilization of single domain antibodies against GPCRs.

sdAbs binding and inhibiting complement factor C5

24 June 2024 Our single domain antibodies (sdAbs) Q101c/Q102c detect and inhibit complement factor C5. The two single domain antibodies recently published  are available as products Q101c and Q102c. Both sdAbs recognize C5 and its R885H variant and inhibit C5 cleavage, as described in this JBC paper by Eva Struijf et al. sdAbs are availabe as unlabeled reagents or directionally labeled for immediate detection.

Anti-Siglec1 sdAbs as targeting ligands on liposomes

24 June 2024 We would like to congratulate our partners from the CanNanoVac consortium, the lab of Joke den Haan, with their latest publication on targeting Siglec1 with sdAb-decorated liposomes. This work not only illustrates the application of sdAbs as targeting ligands on liposomes, it also showcases QVQs ability to generate lead molecules against heavily glycosylated targets. In addition, the paper describes our anti-DC-SIGN product Q94c and anti-HIV gp120 product Q1c. Please visit our product page for more sdAb reagents.

Vacation Listening Tip: Discover Facts and Science with Stuff You Should Know podcast!

24 June 2024 Looking for something interesting to listen to while you unwind on vacation? Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant of the Stuff You Should Know podcast have you covered! In a recent episode, they delve into the history and funny facts of camelids, with a special focus on llamas.But that’s not all — they also explore the uniqueness of single-domain antibodies (sdAbs) and highlight our broad-neutralizing anti-HIV molecules. It’s a perfect blend of entertainment and education to enjoy while you relax.Our anti-HIV molecules are available on our website!

Dream3D lab led by Anne Rios describes a new screening platform for fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) probes

20 June 2024 Multispectral imaging of 3D patient-derived organoids not only generates beautiful images but also allows for the identification of potential new targets and detection probes to recognize tumor tissue during surgery. This EMBO molecular medicine paper highlights the 3D-imaging capacity of QVQ’s anti-NCAM single domain antibody (sdAb) Q55c, as well as for sdAbs against EGFR and HER2. QVQ offers anti-HER2 (Q17), anti-EGFR (Q44), and other target-specific sdAb probes as unlabeled, cysteine-tagged or directionally labeled reagents.