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Upcoming webinar with Sanofi’s SNAC-DB: A New Open-Source Resource for Antibody & NANOBODY® VH

December 18, 2025 by Joshua Dorai

We’re excited to invite you to an upcoming webinar with Sanofi, where Abhinav Gupta (Principal ML Scientist, Large Molecule Research) and Ruijiang Li (Computational Scientist Lead, Large Molecule Research) will introduce SNAC-DB a new open-source database designed to improve how AI models predict antibody and nanobody-antigen complexes.

What You’ll Learn

Current AI models struggle to accurately predict antibody-antigen complexes, limiting their usefulness in drug discovery. SNAC-DB addresses this gap with:

  • Expanded Coverage: 32% more structural diversity than SAbDab, capturing overlooked assemblies such as antibodies/nanobodies as antigens, complete multi-chain epitopes, and weak CDR crystal contacts.
  • ML-Friendly Data: Cleaned PDB/mmCIF files, atom37 NumPy arrays, and unified CSV metadata to eliminate preprocessing hurdles.
  • Transparent Redundancy Control: Multi-threshold Foldseek clustering for principled sample weighting, ensuring every experimental structure contributes.
  • Rigorous Benchmark: An out of sample test set comprising public PDB entries post May 30, 2024 (fully disclosed) and confidential therapeutic complexes.

Proven Impact

Fine tuning models on SNAC-DB nearly doubled performance compared to training on SAbDab alone. This work was presented at the ICML 2025 Workshop on DataWorld in Vancouver, and all resources including the dataset, code, and paper are publicly available.

View Resources: Paper | Open Review | Dataset | Code

Who Should Attend

Relevant for anyone working in antibody discovery, structural biology, computational modeling, or AI driven drug development.

We look forward to having you join us on 28th January, 2026 at 12pm ET!

Register here

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Our Team is Growing!

November 13, 2025 by Joshua Dorai

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Randall J. Brezski, our new Director of Antibody Business Intelligence and Engagement at The Antibody Society.

We’re excited to work with Randy as we expand our business intelligence and engagement initiatives to better support our global antibody community.

Welcome to the TAbS team, Randy! 🎉

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Precision in Antibody Format Design – Webinar with Dotmatics & BioGlyph.

October 6, 2025 by Joshua Dorai

In next generation antibody discovery, precision is everything. Even small oversights can cascade through workflows, compromising data and decisions.

Join experts from Dotmatics and BioGlyph in a webinar hosted by The Antibody Society to explore how precision from sequence design to data integration can transform antibody R&D.

We’ll highlight how platforms like Luma and BioGlyph tackle challenges in data fidelity, workflow integration, and early error detection, helping scientists make smarter, faster decisions.

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀:

  • Fernando Garces, Ph.D. – CEO, BioGlyph
  • Christian Olsen, Ph.D. – VP, Strategy, Protein Therapeutics, Dotmatics

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: October 16, 2025 | 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 12:00 PM EDT / 9:00 AM PDT

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/293844e7-fe36-4d3e-9b06-aab3652ebd0f@7384e819-4d00-4994-9c4a-b036004b889f

A𝗱𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿: https://mcusercontent.com/281543b4b89e8ab3d8438030b/files/f33ea104-7356-3ae4-d9ea-8a6ae3a1bb33/Upcoming_Webinar_Dotmatics_amp_TAbS_team_up_to_discuss_Unprecedented_Precision_in_Antibody_Format_Design_Oct16_2025.ics

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Welcoming Esther Kang as Our New Business Manager at The Antibody Society!

January 2, 2025 by Joshua Dorai

 

Esther is a bilingual professional with a strong background in project management, strategic communications, and cross-functional collaboration, with extensive experience working in diverse international environments. Fluent in English and Korean, she specializes in supporting global initiatives, particularly in the areas of education, non-profit management, and most recently at an EV battery start up. Esther has worked with organizations such as Ultium Cells and Jeonbuk National University, where she successfully led cross-departmental projects, facilitated partner relations, and developed training programs.

As the Business Manager at the Antibody Society, Esther will be responsible for overseeing the Society’s operational functions, ensuring the successful execution of TAbS’ business plan, and managing key office systems and procedures. Esther is excited to bring her experience in integrating diverse workforces and advancing organizational objectives to help the Antibody Society further its mission and foster global collaboration within the antibody research community. In her spare time, she is an avid hiker, aspiring plant mom, and food enthusiast.

We wish her the very best as she embarks on this new chapter in her career!

Filed Under: Welcoming new TAbS team members!

Welcoming Kristen McPike to the TAbS team!

October 29, 2024 by Joshua Dorai

 

We are very pleased to announce that Kristen McPike has joined us as a Program and Alliance Manager.

Kristen has a Bachelors of Science in Biology from Loyola University Chicago and a Masters of Science in Anatomy from Howard University College of Medicine. Kristen is passionate about communicating about science and medicine. She loves using the skills she developed throughout her education and during her previous role as a Project Manager with AstraZeneca’s Lung Immuno-oncology (IO) Team to help teams and organizations work more efficiently. In addition to this, Kristen co-founded a 501c3 called Black in Anatomy and runs her own tutoring business where she’s supported over 100 students in STEM related coursework. In her spare time, Kristen loves biking, swimming, hiking, fostering cats, and traveling the world with her fiancee. We wish Kristen all the best in her new role!

Filed Under: Welcoming new TAbS team members!

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