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3 Jul 2024
Dr. Seyed Amirhossein Nasseri and tge Withers' lab (@withlabb) at @UBC are making waves with their latest publication! 🌊
Their work on identifying an alternative pathway for glycan degradation is featured on the latest @ImmunoPodcast episode!
🎧: bit.ly/4ePiaPO
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19 Jun 2024
Super proud of my labmate Amir (not on twitter), and others for publishing this beautiful story in Nature! It's been so great seeing this project evolve over the years! Highly recommend reading this one! @withlabb @BrumerLab @ubcmsl @ubcchem #glycotime
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30 Apr 2024
How a gut bacteria could make blood of all types universal, radically changing transfusion medicine
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9 Nov 2022
Member Spotlight: @AvivoBio (formerly ABOzymes), a British Columbia-based preclinical-stage company, has identified enzymes that convert the cell surface antigens that determine a person’s blood group to group O, the universal donor type. bit.ly/3EdkDmC
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Here’s a scary-good story: we’re funding an @AvivoBio project that is testing an innovative technology to convert A blood types to O – paving the way to universal blood and organ transplants. If successful, this would be a life-saving leap forward.
Have a🩸good #Halloween.
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20 Sep 2022
ABOzymes is now Avivo! Avivo means “from life and for life”. This name update reflects the evolution of the company, while maintaining our founding vision. Visit our new website: avivobio.com/ and be sure to play the video on the homepage.
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3 Aug 2022
A huge congratulations to our 2022 Haworth recipient, Prof Steve Withers (1/2)
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12 Jul 2022
🥳 Congratulations to Drs Stephen Withers (@withlabb), Peter Rahfeld @PRahfeld and collaborators on their successful seed funding to support their groundbreaking inroads with blood type antigen conversion at @ABOzymes. 🩸 👏
@CBR_UBC
#Glycomics
#BloodTransfusion
#health
12 Jul 2022
GlycoNet startup, @ABOzymes, completes seed financing round to fund development of technology to enable universal organ transplants and blood transfusions. Read the full news release: bit.ly/3bZCpya
#Glycomics #Glycotime #Health #Transplants #BloodTransfusion
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4 Jul 2022
After more than two years of limited in-person opportunities for knowledge sharing and networking, GlycoNet was proud to host the 2022 Canadian Glycomics Symposium. Read some highlights from the event: bit.ly/3nydvrN
#glycotime #glycomics
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23 Jun 2022
ABOzymes Raises Seed Round To Fund Tech For Universal Blood Tranfusions @ABOzymes #bctech techcouver.com/2022/06/23/ab…
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14 Jun 2022
Read in @ACSCentSci how ID'ing a novel glycoside phosphorylase enzyme led to the discovery of acholetin, from team incl. @spencemacdon @withlabb @ubcscience, @YasuoYoshikuni @jgi, @jbei @LBNLBioSci @advlightsource @BerkeleyLab. #synbio pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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10 Jun 2022
ICYMI in @ACSCentSci: Novel biopolymer produced by bacterial enzyme is biodegradable and may be biocompatible. From team incl. @spencemacdon @withlabb @ubcscience, @YasuoYoshikuni @jgi, @jbei @LBNLBioSci @advlightsource @BerkeleyLab. @doescience #synbio als.lbl.gov/bacterial-enzyme…
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9 Jun 2022
Researchers discovered an enzyme that synthesizes a biopolymer similar to chitin, but linked in a different way. The polymer is biodegradable and may be biocompatible, with potential applications ranging from medical therapeutics to plastic alternatives. als.lbl.gov/bacterial-enzyme…
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Spence retweeted
27 May 2022
Peter Rahfeld, Co-founder & CSO at @ABOzymes, talks about transforming blood types by altering the antigens in the blood.
Check out the full episode now! ecs.page.link/7nWJK
#cto #medtech #innovation
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Spence retweeted
26 May 2022
Researchers from @jgi and @jbei were part of a team that identified a bacterial enzyme that produces a novel biopolymer called acholetin, similar to the major component of insect exoskeletons
bit.ly/3OE5o9F
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28 Apr 2022
In @ACSCentSci a previously unknown biopolymer completes a set of possible β-linked polysaccharides, from team incl. @withlabb @UBCChem, Jose Pereira & Paul Adams @lbnlbiosci, @YasuoYoshikuni @jgi and @jbei @advlightsource. @BerkeleyLab pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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27 Apr 2022
#ASAP by @JayKizLab, @DLangePhD & team
A silver-based biocompatible coating with sustained release, long-term zero bacterial adhesion, and high durability applicable to diverse biomedical materials/devices was prepared in a single step go.acs.org/Zo
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15 Apr 2022
In @ACSCentSci a previously unknown biopolymer completes a set of possible β-linked polysaccharides, from team incl. @withlabb @UBCChem, Jose Pereira & Paul Adams @lbnlbiosci, @YasuoYoshikuni @jgi and @jbei @advlightsource. @BerkeleyLab pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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31 Mar 2022
Thanks @GenomeBC for joining us on our journey to #makebloodtypesobsolete!
Our Pilot Innovation Fund offers investment& provides mentorship!
We're delighted to support Isolatrix (@UBC @BCCancer) GPS-seq (UBC) protein analysis tech (@ReuvenGordon @uvic) Tope-seq (BCCancer) & converting blood group for transplant (@ABOzymes)
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Our Pilot Innovation Fund offers investment& provides mentorship!
We're delighted to support Isolatrix (@UBC @BCCancer) GPS-seq (UBC) protein analysis tech (@ReuvenGordon @uvic) Tope-seq (BCCancer) & converting blood group for transplant (@ABOzymes)
More genomebc.ca/blog/genome-bcs-…
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