Enabling High-Throughput Screening and Characterization of Targeted Protein Degraders with HiBiT Technology

In this webinar, you will learn:

  • HiBiT and NanoBRET technologies and Promega assays for screening and interrogating cellular mechanisms of degraders
  • Evotec's high-throughput screening platforms and workflow
  • How Evotec applied these platforms for robust identification and characterization of degraders

Summary

Targeted protein degradation is emerging as a promising new modality in drug discovery. Degraders are highly attractive as therapeutics and offer unique advantages in achieving high degradation potency through catalytic, event-driven pharmacology without posing strict requirements on the target binding site or affinity. However, significant challenges persist to efficiently screen for degraders and characterize their cellular mechanisms and dynamic degradation responses. Join our featured speakers from Promega and Evotec to learn how high-throughput targeted protein degradation platforms can be developed using HiBiT technology and the assessment of cellular protein-protein or protein-small molecule interactions by NanoBRET® technology, including binary engagement, ternary complex formation, and ubiquitination.


Speakers

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Kristin Riching, PhD
Senior Research Scientist and Group Leader
Promega

Dr. Kristin Riching is a Senior Research Scientist and Group Leader at Promega focused on developing technologies to enable insights into the kinetics and mechanism of action of targeted protein degraders.  With the expertise she gained in deconvoluting mechanisms underlying degrader efficacy, she also leads efforts to advance development of tools to study new induced proximity mechanisms.  She joined Promega in 2014, and received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Pierrick Rochard, PhD
Group Leader, High-Throughput Biology and Screening
Evotec

Dr Pierrick Rochard is a Group Leader in the High Throughput Biology and Screening department at Evotec. He is leading screening and profiling projects against various targets taking advantage of an extensive experience of many technologies to develop assays and strategies for the identification and prioritization of drug-like small molecules. In this context, he has been conducting several targeted protein degradation projects and has developed expertise in hit triage workflow optimization. Prior to joining Evotec in 2014, he occupied various positions in the early drug discovery chain, from target identification and validation to hit to lead and lead optimization programs.
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Mélissanne de Wispelaere, PhD
Molecular Virologist and Group Leader
Evotec

Dr. Mélissanne de Wispelaere is a molecular virologist and Group Leader at Evotec, specializing in antiviral research. Her work focuses on developing innovative therapies against major human diseases. Since 2020, she has led a research group at Evotec, managing interdisciplinary projects across multiple sites. Her strategies involve leveraging the host proteasomal pathway to degrade specific viral targets and discovering small molecule antivirals that bind to conserved viral RNA structures.

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