July 12, 2019 - Our team is comprised of creative, friendly, mission-focused antibody enthusiasts who take pride in discovery science. This summer, Abveris will be featuring all of our team members on our blog to showcase the personalities that make our team a community. Twice a week, tune in to learn more about members of our team and see what they do inside and outside of work.

Brendan Greamo

Research Associate 

Q: What excites you about science?

A: I love understanding how things work, and watching this understanding be used to gain an even better grasp of how nature works. 

Q: What is your favorite fun fact?

A: Birds are dinosaurs.

Q: What do you do in your free time?

A: I like to feed my salamander and play basketball.

Q: What is the coolest thing you have done at Abveris or what is your favorite memory of working here?

A:  The coolest thing I have done is to generate Abveris' largest ever batch of purified antibody... next stop:  1 gram!

July 9, 2019 - Our team is comprised of creative, friendly, mission-focused antibody enthusiasts who take pride in discovery science. This summer, Abveris will be featuring all of our team members on our blog to showcase the personalities that make our team a community. Twice a week, tune in to learn more about members of our team and see what they do inside and outside of work.

Matthew Bartolucci - Business Development Intern

Q: What excites you about science?

A: Science allows for all our our greatest questions to be answered. With the world always changing and evolving, our science is the way that we are able to adapt as a society and prepare for the world ahead.

Q: What is your favorite fun fact?

A: Garren, our CEO, and I have both play/played college ultimate frisbee for Bentley University's Icehouse

Q: What do you do in your free time?

A: Hanging out with friends, playing ultimate frisbee, slow-pitch softball and basketball!

Q: What is the coolest thing you have done at Abveris or what is your favorite memory of working here?

A: I love the start-up culture! One minute, I am helping with our marketing tasks, and the next, I am helping others take out the garbage. Everyone pitches in and embraces the culture! 

Madeleine Carbonneau - Business Development Intern

Q: What excites you about science?

A: There is still so much to discover! Every generation of scientists has the opportunity to make fantastic and revolutionary contributions.

Q: What is your favorite fun fact?

A: The national animal of Scotland is a unicorn.

Q: What do you do in your free time?

A: I like to run, drink coffee, and travel.

Q: What is the coolest thing you have done at Abveris or what is your favorite memory of working here?

A: The coolest thing I have done at Abveris is working on the back end of the website. It is really cool to see how different languages, programs, and software work together. Also, the people working at Abveris are all really great and committed to their work which makes working here all the more enjoyable.

Tadhg Daly - Lab Intern

Q: What excites you about science?

A: The pursuit of knowing more than I did yesterday

Q: What is your favorite fun fact?

A: Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.

Q: What do you do in your free time?

A: I like to collect retro video games and merchandise as well as play games with my friends.

Q: What is the coolest thing you have done at Abveris or what is your favorite memory of working here?

A: Assisting in protein purifications and being responsible for my own cell cultures for others to use in fusions

Kelly Rothenberger - Lab Intern

Q: What excites you about science?

A: The possibility for discovering new concepts and that can help people in the future. Especially on the industry side, where creating exciting new things, (such as antibodies) can aid those who are using the new drug products to fight against different diseases. The exponential growth of the biotechnology industry is exciting and I cannot wait to see what I will be apart of in my future!

Q: What is your favorite fun fact?

A: When helium is cooled to almost absolute zero, it becomes a liquid, flowing against gravity and can start running up and over the lip of a glass container.

Q: What do you do in your free time?

A: I mostly enjoy to workout as often as I can, and I also horseback ride when possible.

Q: What is the coolest thing you have done at Abveris or what is your favorite memory of working here?

A: Watching my first fusion (done by Justin) on my 6th day of interning! I am so excited to make more memories!!

July 5, 2019 - Our team is comprised of creative, friendly, mission-focused antibody enthusiasts who take pride in discovery science. This summer, Abveris will be featuring all of our team members on our blog to showcase the personalities that make our team a community. Twice a week, tune in to learn more about members of our team and see what they do inside and outside of work.

Tracey Mullen

Chief Operating Officer

Q: What excites you about science?

A: The fact that the answer to most scientific questions is another question.

Q: Tell us a fun fact?

A: The hazelnut is actually not a nut, it's a seed.

Q: What do you do in your free time?

A: I like rock climbing and yoga (and hiking with a heavy backpack by default...crags tend to be far from civilization...)

Q: What is the coolest thing you have done at Abveris or what is your favorite memory of working here?

A: PEGS Boston 2019! Seeing so many members of our team present and representing Abveris was truly inspiring.

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Canton, MA, USA, Cambridge, MA, USA, and Rotterdam, the Netherlands, July 1, 2019 - Abveris, Inc., a global leader in contract research antibody discovery, and Harbour Antibodies H2L2 BV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harbour BioMed, today announced a partnership to offer fully-human antibody discovery service that combines Abveris’ antibody discovery services with the Harbour H2L2 human transgenic mouse platform. The combined offering eliminates the need for antibody humanization through the use of the H2L2 Harbour Mice™, and benefits from Abveris’ full suite of therapeutic antibody discovery capabilities.

Abveris was selected as a designated CRO to offer its fully-human antibody discovery service under the Co-Offering Agreement utilizing the H2L2 Harbour Mice™. The Co-Offering Agreement with Harbour includes a low-upfront evaluation fee and pre-negotiated commercial terms that Abveris can in turn provide to partners. The new Co-Offering allows Abveris clients to assess the H2L2 human transgenic mouse technology before committing to a full commercial license.

“We have historically generated potent, fully-human antibodies using the H2L2 Harbour Mice™. This program will allow us to continue to offer H2L2 antibody discovery with the elimination of contractual barriers for our biopharma partners seeking fully-human antibody discovery,” said Garren Hilow, CEO of Abveris. “We look forward to continuing our partnership with Harbour to use the H2L2 Harbour Mice™ in both our hybridoma platform and our AbX Biologics single B-cell discovery platform.”

“We are really excited about this Agreement which allows us to offer our partners access to this leading technology platform in the form of the H2L2 Harbour Mice™. It is an integral part of our strategy to build truly innovative products both in-house and with our partners, and the partnership with Abveris will further allow us to better fulfill unmet medical needs for patients worldwide,” said Jingsong Wang, MD, Ph.D., Chairman & CEO of Harbour BioMed.

Harbour’s patented H2L2 mouse platform provides antibody generation through a natural in vivo process, allowing for the generation of diversified, affinity-matured, human antibody repertoires. Harbour Mice™ licensees include over 40 multinational pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and academic institutions. Abveris will leverage this platform in combination with its own proprietary immunization and high-throughput characterization capabilities to provide a fully-human therapeutic antibody discovery offering to its growing customer base.

About Abveris:

Abveris is a premium Boston-area contract research organization specializing in antibody discovery. Abveris partners with large and small biopharmaceutical companies to discover novel therapeutic products and critical reagent antibodies using diverse platforms, including the proprietary DiversimAb™ hyperimmune mouse technology and a variety of humanized mice. Additional information about Abveris is available at www.abveris.com

Contact:
Ryan Kelly, MBA
Abveris, Inc.
480 Neponset Street, Suite 10B
Canton, MA 02021, USA
contact@abverisantibody.com

About Harbour Antibodies:

Harbour Antibodies H2L2 BV is a fully owned subsidiary of Harbour BioMed, a global biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing innovative therapeutics for oncology and immunological diseases (www.harbourbiomed.com). Harbour Antibodies owns two strains of transgenic mice for generating human therapeutic antibodies: (1) mice that generate antibodies comprised of two heavy chains and two light chains (H2L2) with fully human variable regions; and (2) mice that generate novel “heavy chain only” antibodies (HCAb). The HCAb mice enable the development of antibody fragment-based therapeutics such as nanobodies, bi-specific antibodies and CAR-T with favorable drug-like properties. For additional information, please visit www.harbourantibodies.com

Contact:
Jung Lee, Ph.D.
Harbour Antibodies
One Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
Jung.Lee@harbourbiomed.com

June 25, 2019 - Our team is comprised of creative, friendly, mission-focused antibody enthusiasts who take pride in discovery science. This summer, Abveris will be featuring all of our team members on our blog to showcase the personalities that make our team a community. Twice a week, tune in to learn more about members of our team and see what they do inside and outside of work

Eric Batitay

Senior Vivarium Manager

Q: What excites you about science?

A: The joy of discovery!

Q: What is your favorite fun fact?

A: Elephants think that humans are cute... and my wife thinks so, too!

Q: What do you do in your free time?

A: Spending time with my amazing family!

Q: What is the coolest thing you have done at Abveris or what is your favorite memory of working here?

A: December 2017 is by far my best memory. It is when I started here at Abveris working with some of the greatest minds in the world.

June 21, 2019 - Our team is comprised of creative, friendly, mission-focused antibody enthusiasts who take pride in discovery science. This summer, Abveris will be featuring all of our team members on our blog to showcase the personalities that make our team a community. Tune in to learn more about members of our team and see what they do inside and outside of work.

Kate Teague

Senior Manager, Business Operations

Q: What excites you about science?

A: I think it's cool that we've come so far in our understanding of the world around us, but there's still always more to discover and learn.

Q: What is your favorite fun fact?

A: A brown bear named Wojtek was officially drafted into the Polish army during WWII and rose to the rank of corporal. He aided his unit in the Battle of Monte Cassino by transporting 100-pound crates of artillery shells. He was also known to be an avid beer drinker.

Q: What do you do in your free time?

A: I enjoy cooking, reading, skiing, and going to the beach.

Q: What is the coolest thing you have done at Abveris or what is your favorite memory of working here?

A: I love planning our company outings and parties! We always have a great time and I feel so fortunate to work with such a great group of people. 

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Canton, MA, June 17, 2019 - Abveris, Inc., a leader in contract research antibody discovery, today announced the deployment of the Berkeley Lights, Inc. Beacon® optofluidic platform for antibody discovery.

Concurrent with this announcement, Abveris will be launching a sister company, AbX Biologics, with an exclusive focus on therapeutic antibody discovery services. AbX Biologics will partner with biopharma companies to provide premium contract research capitalizing on a combination of proprietary in vivo technologies and the Beacon platform. The full AbX Biologics solution is expected to launch in 2020, with beta collaborations beginning Q3 2019. Abveris will continue to provide critical reagent antibody discovery and other antibody-related services.

“We are committed to integrating new and innovative technologies to our expanding suite of antibody discovery capabilities in an effort to continue providing premium services for our partners. We believe that the pioneering technology of the Beacon platform in combination with our own cutting-edge discovery expertise will enable us to deliver development-ready candidates in industry-leading timelines,” said Tracey Mullen, Chief Operating Officer of AbX Biologics and Abveris.

The Beacon platform provides accelerated single-cell screening and high-resolution analysis to identify and isolate antigen-specific antibody-secreting cells in a single day. AbX Biologics will leverage this groundbreaking technology in combination with its proprietary immunization and high-throughput characterization capabilities to provide a streamlined, best-in-class therapeutic antibody discovery offering to its growing customer base.

“We are delighted that Abveris and AbX Biologics have selected the Beacon Platform and our Antibody Discovery workflow for their therapeutic antibody discovery programs,” said Dr. Eric Hobbs, CEO of Berkeley Lights. “Berkeley Lights is driven to help companies accelerate the discovery of the best cells for their unique programs. We believe our work with AbX Biologics will help speed its antibody discovery efforts by screening more potential drug candidates faster, reducing the time from target to high value lead, and ultimately delivering new therapies to market faster.”

About Abveris:

Abveris is a premium Boston-area contract research organization specializing in antibody discovery. Abveris partners with large and small biopharmaceutical companies to discover novel therapeutic products and critical reagent antibodies using diverse platforms, including the proprietary DiversimAbTM hyperimmune mouse technology and a variety of humanized mice. Additional information about Abveris is available at www.abveris.com

About Berkeley Lights:

Berkeley Lights, Inc. (BLI) is a digital cell biology company that develops and commercializes workflows and processes for the biotechnology sector to accelerate the design, discovery, development, and delivery of cell-based products. By operating at the intersection of biology, technology and information, our workflows automate the manipulation, analysis and selection of individual cells, creating ultimate scalability and deep cell insights. BLI enables the rapid deployment of biology for the production of sustainable and scalable sources of food, therapies, and energy.

The Beacon platform is for Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.

Contact for Abveris:

Garren Hilow

contact@abverisantibody.com

781-562-1170

June 13, 2019 - Our team is comprised of creative, friendly, mission-focused antibody enthusiasts who take pride in discovery science. This summer, Abveris will be featuring all of our team members on our blog to showcase the personalities that make our team a community. Tune in to learn more about members of our team and see what they do inside and outside of work.

Chloe Emery

Senior Vivarium Manager

Q: What’s your favorite fun fact?

A: Did you know a rat can tread water for up to 3 days, and hold its breath underwater for 3 minutes?! That's how they can climb up your toilet.

Q: What excites you about science?

A: There are no mistakes in science, just temporary setbacks. Every misstep teaches you something that will help you succeed in the future.

Q: What do you do in your free time?

A: During the summer, I'm at the beach every waking moment that I'm not here at Abveris. In the colder months I'm at home knitting or painting. I'm also back in school for my Veterinary Nursing degree through Purdue's College of Veterinary Medicine, so that takes up a good chunk of time.

Q: What is your favorite memory of working at Abveris?

A: This is a really tough question! I feel like I do a lot of laughing here. Everyone is jokester, and they all enjoy taking a few moments out of their day to mess with each other. So I think all of my favorite memories are of pranks or someone jumping out to try and scare you. Or Brian singing about his chicken sandwich all day...

Boston, MA - June 11, 2019 - Ryan Kelly, the Associate Director of Business Development at Abveris, will give a talk about our advanced immunization strategies and antibody discovery platform technologies at the Future of Drug Discovery and Development Symposium hosted by ACROBiosystems and Biocytogen.

The symposium will be held on Thursday June 13, 2019 from 1-6PM in Cambridge.

Register for free to attend the symposium on Eventbrite.

Join the symposium to learn more about cutting-edge therapeutic antibody discovery technologies and the latest research in biologics drug development. The conference is free to attend, light refreshments and dinner will be provided.

Confirmed Speakers:

Chun-Nan Chen

CEO and CSO, Single Cell Technology

Qingcong Lin

CEO, Biocytogen Boston Corp

Stephen Gillies

CSO, LinkedUp Bioscience Inc

Johanna Lahdenranta

Director of In Vivo Pharmacology, Bicycle Therapeutics

Ryan Kelly

Associate Director, BD at Abveris, Co-Founder at AbX Biologics

Xiaodong Li

Associate of Patent and Intellectual Property, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

Click here to learn more about the symposium.

Event Details & Address:

Thursday June 13, 2019 from 1-6PM

Residence Inn Boston Cambridge

120 Broadway, Six Cambridge Center

Cambridge, MA

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Canton, MA, June 4, 2019 - Abveris, Inc., a leader in contract research antibody discovery, today announced that it has entered into a multi-target agreement with TetraGenetics, Inc. a biopharmaceutical company developing novel antibody therapeutics for ion-channel mediated disorders. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will leverage their proprietary technologies to discover antibodies against traditionally difficult ion channel targets chosen by TetraGenetics.

"We are pleased to be working with TetraGenetics to develop antibodies against some of the most elusive therapeutic targets," commented Garren Hilow, CEO of Abveris. "The combined benefits of our proprietary hyperimmune platform along with TetraGenetics' unique ion channel technology provide a significant competitive advantage for discovery of antibodies against this traditionally difficult target class.

For the collaboration, the TetraGenetics’ TetraExpress platform will be leveraged in combination with the proprietary antibody discovery capabilities of Abveris for the discovery of diverse panels of antibodies with therapeutic potential.

“As our newest antibody partner, Abveris brings unique technology and a reputation for excellent execution to our growing list of drug discovery programs,” said Doug Kahn, CEO of TetraGenetics.

About Abveris:

Abveris is a Boston-area specialty antibody discovery contract research organization located in Canton, Massachusetts, USA. Abveris partners with large and small biopharmaceutical companies to discover novel therapeutic products and critical reagent antibodies using diverse platforms, including the proprietary DiversimAb™ hyperimmune mouse technology. Additional information about Abveris is available at www.abveris.com.

About TetraGenetics:

TetraGenetics is focused on the discovery and development of first-in-class biologic medicines for autoimmune diseases, oncology and pain. The company has the leading drug discovery platform (TetraExpress™) for identifying antibodies targeting ion channels and other transmembrane proteins. TetraGenetics is actively building a proprietary drug pipeline and working collaboratively with major biotech companies for antibody drug discovery. For more information, please visit: www.tetragenetics.com.

Contact for Abveris:

Garren Hilow

contact@abverisantibody.com

781-562-1170

Contact for TetraGenetics:

Suzanne Gibbons-Neff

suzanne@sgnpr.com

203-858-1325