Computational Antibody and Antigen Design

Dear Colleagues,

Using computational modeling to help antibody engineering is complementary to traditional animal models and phage display methodologies, hopefully speeding up and providing additional variations into antibody design. Starting from antibody/antigen sequences, one can model the structures of antibody and antigen, predict antibody–antigen interactions through docking and/or molecular dynamics simulations, and provide computationally designed/optimized systems for experimental verification. Computational antibody design can lead to high affinity, high stability, and high specificity. In vaccine design, computational modeling can generate small and stable protein scaffolds, mimicking antigen epitopes to induce potent neutralizing antibodies. Even with this promising power, widely-integrated application of computational modeling in antibody engineering is still yet to arrive. This Special Issue will showcase various aspects of computational antibody and antigen design.

This Special Issue of Antibodies focuses on: (1) computational/structural characterization of antibody structures; (2) bioinformatics study of antibody and antigens; (3) computational algorithms in antibody and antigen design; and (4) applications of computational methods in antibody/antigen development. 

Dr. Buyong Ma
Guest Editor

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