Andreas H. Laustsen-Kiel
@andreaslaustsen.bsky.social
Professor & Biotech Entrepreneur
Antibody discovery | Toxinology | Snakebite envenoming | Infectious diseases | Microbiome | Antimicrobial resistance
Website: http://antibody.dk/
Antibody discovery | Toxinology | Snakebite envenoming | Infectious diseases | Microbiome | Antimicrobial resistance
Website: http://antibody.dk/
Job opening in Y-king Biologics!
We are looking for a Senior Scientist to help us develop pH-responsive antibodies for therapeutic purposes: bioinnovation-ac23af.careers.hibob.com/jobs/58efb9a...
Y-king Biologics is a Bio Studio project at the BioInnovation Institute: bii.dk/community/st...
We are looking for a Senior Scientist to help us develop pH-responsive antibodies for therapeutic purposes: bioinnovation-ac23af.careers.hibob.com/jobs/58efb9a...
Y-king Biologics is a Bio Studio project at the BioInnovation Institute: bii.dk/community/st...
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Job opening in Y-king Biologics!
We are looking for a Senior Scientist to help us develop pH-responsive antibodies for therapeutic purposes: bioinnovation-ac23af.careers.hibob.com/jobs/58efb9a...
Y-king Biologics is a Bio Studio project at the BioInnovation Institute: bii.dk/community/st...
We are looking for a Senior Scientist to help us develop pH-responsive antibodies for therapeutic purposes: bioinnovation-ac23af.careers.hibob.com/jobs/58efb9a...
Y-king Biologics is a Bio Studio project at the BioInnovation Institute: bii.dk/community/st...
Thanks to Blake Forman for highlighting snakebite as a neglected tropical disease and my group’s research efforts towards developing better antivenoms: www.technologynetworks.com/biopharma/ar...
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Thanks to Blake Forman for highlighting snakebite as a neglected tropical disease and my group’s research efforts towards developing better antivenoms: www.technologynetworks.com/biopharma/ar...
Exalted to announce that Bactolife has just secured over EUR 30 million from new and existing investors to commercialise and clinically validate our binding proteins!
Press release: www.bactolife.com/bactolife-se...
Press release: www.bactolife.com/bactolife-se...
January 6, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Exalted to announce that Bactolife has just secured over EUR 30 million from new and existing investors to commercialise and clinically validate our binding proteins!
Press release: www.bactolife.com/bactolife-se...
Press release: www.bactolife.com/bactolife-se...
New paper from the lab on how #virulence of human #pathogenic enterotoxigenic E. coli and V. cholerae can be attenuated using #binding #proteins: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to great co-authors and funders!
Thanks to great co-authors and funders!
December 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
New paper from the lab on how #virulence of human #pathogenic enterotoxigenic E. coli and V. cholerae can be attenuated using #binding #proteins: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to great co-authors and funders!
Thanks to great co-authors and funders!
For those that are interested, I am defending my dr.techn. dissertation (Engineering antivenom) on January the 23rd at 9.00-12.00 CET in meeting room 1 (first floor) at the Technical University of Denmark: dtu.dk/kalender/dok...
December 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
For those that are interested, I am defending my dr.techn. dissertation (Engineering antivenom) on January the 23rd at 9.00-12.00 CET in meeting room 1 (first floor) at the Technical University of Denmark: dtu.dk/kalender/dok...
Reposted by Andreas H. Laustsen-Kiel
Rao, @andreaslaustsen.bsky.social et al. present a chromosome-level genome assembly of the western nose-horned viper. The 1.55 Gbp assembly (contig N50 = 45.9 Mb; scaffold N50 = 210 Mb; BUSCO = 97.1%) is anchored into 18 pseudo-chromosomes.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf210
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf210
#genome #evolution
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Rao, @andreaslaustsen.bsky.social et al. present a chromosome-level genome assembly of the western nose-horned viper. The 1.55 Gbp assembly (contig N50 = 45.9 Mb; scaffold N50 = 210 Mb; BUSCO = 97.1%) is anchored into 18 pseudo-chromosomes.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf210
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf210
#genome #evolution
Excited to announce that my dr.techn. (higher doctorate) dissertation #Engineering #Antivenom is now accepted for defence at the Technical University of Denmark and publicly available: orbit.dtu.dk/en/publicati...
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Excited to announce that my dr.techn. (higher doctorate) dissertation #Engineering #Antivenom is now accepted for defence at the Technical University of Denmark and publicly available: orbit.dtu.dk/en/publicati...
Can #mRNA technology be used to treat #snakebite #envenoming?
In this new paper, we explore the utility of mRNA-encoded #antibodies delivered using lipid nanoparticles to neutralise #snake #toxins.
Read paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this new paper, we explore the utility of mRNA-encoded #antibodies delivered using lipid nanoparticles to neutralise #snake #toxins.
Read paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Can #mRNA technology be used to treat #snakebite #envenoming?
In this new paper, we explore the utility of mRNA-encoded #antibodies delivered using lipid nanoparticles to neutralise #snake #toxins.
Read paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this new paper, we explore the utility of mRNA-encoded #antibodies delivered using lipid nanoparticles to neutralise #snake #toxins.
Read paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
For the Danish speaking audience, @videnskab.dk has made a portrait of me and my research career so far, focusing mostly on my work on snakebite envenoming, but also a few other projects, including research done at Bactolife and VenomAid Diagnostics: videnskab.dk/naturvidensk...
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
For the Danish speaking audience, @videnskab.dk has made a portrait of me and my research career so far, focusing mostly on my work on snakebite envenoming, but also a few other projects, including research done at Bactolife and VenomAid Diagnostics: videnskab.dk/naturvidensk...
Fantastic to see our article "Nanobody-based recombinant antivenom for cobra, mamba and rinkhals bites" on the cover of @nature.com, represented by a beautiful picture of the Eastern green mamba, taken by Prof. Wolfgang Wüster!
Read article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Fantastic to see our article "Nanobody-based recombinant antivenom for cobra, mamba and rinkhals bites" on the cover of @nature.com, represented by a beautiful picture of the Eastern green mamba, taken by Prof. Wolfgang Wüster!
Read article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New paper from the lab, where we sequenced the genome of Europe's most venomous snake, Western nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes ammodytes)!
Read paper in Genome Biology and Evolution: academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
Read paper in Genome Biology and Evolution: academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
New paper from the lab, where we sequenced the genome of Europe's most venomous snake, Western nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes ammodytes)!
Read paper in Genome Biology and Evolution: academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
Read paper in Genome Biology and Evolution: academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
Reposted by Andreas H. Laustsen-Kiel
While a new, broad-spectrum 'nanobody' antivenom performed impressively in preclinical trials, the real significance is “showing this is possible,” @andreaslaustsen.bsky.social told me. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
While a new, broad-spectrum 'nanobody' antivenom performed impressively in preclinical trials, the real significance is “showing this is possible,” @andreaslaustsen.bsky.social told me. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Reposted by Andreas H. Laustsen-Kiel
Excited to share a new paper led by @andreaslaustsen.bsky.social, Anne Ljungars, @tpjenkins.bsky.social, Shirin Ahmadi and Nick Burlet. It was a privelege to be a part of this amazing team!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nanobody-based recombinant antivenom for cobra, mamba and rinkhals bites - Nature
A recombinant antivenom composed of eight nanobodies provides broad protection against venom-induced lethality and dermonecrosis in mice challenged with venoms from cobras, mambas and rinkha...
www.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Excited to share a new paper led by @andreaslaustsen.bsky.social, Anne Ljungars, @tpjenkins.bsky.social, Shirin Ahmadi and Nick Burlet. It was a privelege to be a part of this amazing team!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New article from the lab, where we describe how we developed a "Nanobody-based recombinant #antivenom for #cobra, #mamba, and #rinkhals bites" out in @nature.com!
October 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
New article from the lab, where we describe how we developed a "Nanobody-based recombinant #antivenom for #cobra, #mamba, and #rinkhals bites" out in @nature.com!
New review article from the lab on "Advances in #antibody-based strategies for targeting #cancer-associated #glycopeptide antigens" just out in Drug Discovery Today, mainly written by my awesome PhD student, Edward Meier!
Read paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
New review article from the lab on "Advances in #antibody-based strategies for targeting #cancer-associated #glycopeptide antigens" just out in Drug Discovery Today, mainly written by my awesome PhD student, Edward Meier!
Read paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
For those understanding German that are interested in getting up to date with the world of #snakebite #antivenoms and research in this field, Brigitte Osterath has written a great article for @gdch.de: gdch.app/article/wenn...
Full access: www.writingscience.de/artikel/schl...
Full access: www.writingscience.de/artikel/schl...
October 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
For those understanding German that are interested in getting up to date with the world of #snakebite #antivenoms and research in this field, Brigitte Osterath has written a great article for @gdch.de: gdch.app/article/wenn...
Full access: www.writingscience.de/artikel/schl...
Full access: www.writingscience.de/artikel/schl...
I’m excited to share our new paper in mAbs!
We engineered pH-dependent antibodies without histidine “doping,” showing the light chain controls pH sensitivity by modulating water access.
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We engineered pH-dependent antibodies without histidine “doping,” showing the light chain controls pH sensitivity by modulating water access.
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I’m excited to share our new paper in mAbs!
We engineered pH-dependent antibodies without histidine “doping,” showing the light chain controls pH sensitivity by modulating water access.
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We engineered pH-dependent antibodies without histidine “doping,” showing the light chain controls pH sensitivity by modulating water access.
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Excited to share the newest research paper from our lab, where we discover #nanobodies against #snake #neurotoxins using specially designed #consensus toxins and phage display technology. Link to paper in first comment.
July 19, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Excited to share the newest research paper from our lab, where we discover #nanobodies against #snake #neurotoxins using specially designed #consensus toxins and phage display technology. Link to paper in first comment.
New research article where we use consensus #toxins as #antigens for discovery of #nanobodies, showcasing this with short-chain alpha-neurotoxins from snakes - notoriously difficult to discover antibodies against.
Read article here:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19420862.2025.2522838
Read article here:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19420862.2025.2522838
June 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
New research article where we use consensus #toxins as #antigens for discovery of #nanobodies, showcasing this with short-chain alpha-neurotoxins from snakes - notoriously difficult to discover antibodies against.
Read article here:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19420862.2025.2522838
Read article here:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19420862.2025.2522838
Thanks to Laura Tran for highlighting our work on Binding Proteins against cholera toxin: www.the-scientist.com/new-cholera-...
Original research article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Original research article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Thanks to Laura Tran for highlighting our work on Binding Proteins against cholera toxin: www.the-scientist.com/new-cholera-...
Original research article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Original research article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Happy to share this "Ubegribeligt" podcast episode (in Danish) on venom and antivenom, which I had the pleasure of doing together with Huxi Bach from Danmarks Radio: www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/ubegr...
In the podcast, we discuss animal venoms, antivenom, and R&D, and spinout!
In the podcast, we discuss animal venoms, antivenom, and R&D, and spinout!
June 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Happy to share this "Ubegribeligt" podcast episode (in Danish) on venom and antivenom, which I had the pleasure of doing together with Huxi Bach from Danmarks Radio: www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/ubegr...
In the podcast, we discuss animal venoms, antivenom, and R&D, and spinout!
In the podcast, we discuss animal venoms, antivenom, and R&D, and spinout!
Pleased to share this new publication on the effects of Binding Proteins against virulence factors from enterotoxigenic E. coli: jasbsci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
As an #antibody engineer, I find it super interesting that we in this study show how stable #Binding #Proteins can be!
As an #antibody engineer, I find it super interesting that we in this study show how stable #Binding #Proteins can be!
June 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Pleased to share this new publication on the effects of Binding Proteins against virulence factors from enterotoxigenic E. coli: jasbsci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
As an #antibody engineer, I find it super interesting that we in this study show how stable #Binding #Proteins can be!
As an #antibody engineer, I find it super interesting that we in this study show how stable #Binding #Proteins can be!
Reposted by Andreas H. Laustsen-Kiel
🚨 We’re hiring a PhD student! 🚨
Join us at DTU Bioengineering + collaborators Messoud & Håkan Ashina + Esperanza Rivera de Torre to bring preventative migraine therapeutics from 💻 to 🧠
🔗 Apply: lnkd.in/dCRU_EN3
🔍 Project: lnkd.in/dbpi8MwX
Join us at DTU Bioengineering + collaborators Messoud & Håkan Ashina + Esperanza Rivera de Torre to bring preventative migraine therapeutics from 💻 to 🧠
🔗 Apply: lnkd.in/dCRU_EN3
🔍 Project: lnkd.in/dbpi8MwX
May 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
🚨 We’re hiring a PhD student! 🚨
Join us at DTU Bioengineering + collaborators Messoud & Håkan Ashina + Esperanza Rivera de Torre to bring preventative migraine therapeutics from 💻 to 🧠
🔗 Apply: lnkd.in/dCRU_EN3
🔍 Project: lnkd.in/dbpi8MwX
Join us at DTU Bioengineering + collaborators Messoud & Håkan Ashina + Esperanza Rivera de Torre to bring preventative migraine therapeutics from 💻 to 🧠
🔗 Apply: lnkd.in/dCRU_EN3
🔍 Project: lnkd.in/dbpi8MwX
Reposted by Andreas H. Laustsen-Kiel
I co-wrote an opinion piece in a Danish newspaper. There are a few EU initiatives focused on recruiting american scientist. These ignore that the developments in the US the past years have spread here as well. We need a strategy and stronger political will, if we are to be a safe haven for science.
Sammen med @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & @aaaautzen.bsky.social fra @theyoungacademydk.bsky.social har jeg en kronik i Weekendavisen om problemet i at byde sig til over for amerikanske forskere på jagt efter grønnere græsgange uden først at feje for egen dør.
www.weekendavisen.dk/2025-19/opin...
www.weekendavisen.dk/2025-19/opin...
Krigen mod forskning
Kronik. Hvis vi vil være tilflugtssted for USAs forskere, må vi feje for egen dør først.
www.weekendavisen.dk
May 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I co-wrote an opinion piece in a Danish newspaper. There are a few EU initiatives focused on recruiting american scientist. These ignore that the developments in the US the past years have spread here as well. We need a strategy and stronger political will, if we are to be a safe haven for science.
Reposted by Andreas H. Laustsen-Kiel
🚨 Big news! We’ve received a NovoNordisk Foundation Tandem Grant for #MIGRAINE — designing #AI-powered #GPCR-targeting biologics for chronic migraine. From computer to human in 4 years. Proud to team up with Messoud and Hakan Ashina, as well as Esperanza Rivera de Torre!
🧠 + 💊 + 🧬 = new hope.
🧠 + 💊 + 🧬 = new hope.
May 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🚨 Big news! We’ve received a NovoNordisk Foundation Tandem Grant for #MIGRAINE — designing #AI-powered #GPCR-targeting biologics for chronic migraine. From computer to human in 4 years. Proud to team up with Messoud and Hakan Ashina, as well as Esperanza Rivera de Torre!
🧠 + 💊 + 🧬 = new hope.
🧠 + 💊 + 🧬 = new hope.