| Biomolecule Banks Platform |
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In order to screen novel drug candidates, banks consisting
of different sources will be established. Materials to be used for the establishment
of these banks include extracts from selected plant species, isolated biological
molecules, and chemicals to be synthesized within the course of the projects,
other synthetic molecular libraries to be purchased, recombinant proteins and
monoclonal antibodies to be raised against cancer-specific proteins. These banks
will be used for the screening of cancer-specific drug candidates during the
project. The established banks (plant-derived or synthetic chemicals, recombinant
proteins, monoclonal antibodies, recombinant lenti-viruses etc.) will be continiously
active, and the molecules stored in the bank will have economic and scientific
value in all aspects of drug screening technologies. Furthermore recombinant
proteins and recombinant lentiviruses for therapeutic purpose will be prepared
and obtained. Selected targeted recombinant proteins will be used as antigens
for producing monoclonal antibodies, and among obtained antibodies those which
react to native forms of antigens will be selected for further studies. |
| Biomolecule Banks Platform consists of three groups: |
| RNAi Bank Group (Bilkent U.) - Dr. Uygar Tazebay |
| Recombinant Protein Bank Group (Bilkent U.) - Dr. Uygar Tazebay |
| Monoclonal Antibody Bank Group (Bilkent U.) - Dr. Tamer Yağcı |