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Expert in biologic drugs and chemical biology. Skilled in biophysics, protein chemistry and drug discovery.

Profile Summary

I am an experienced researcher in chemical biology, protein biochemistry and drug discovery, especially with peptides and proteins. I have worked on a range of state-of-the-art projects, both academic and industrial, to discover new targeted therapies and novel-acting drugs, ranging from small molecules to peptides and mini-proteins. Reflected in +10 international publications. I am proficient in synthetic chemistry, solid-phase synthesis, purification methods (HPLC, affinity chromatography) and analytical tools (HPLC, mass spectromatry, NMR). I have experience in protein expression, purification and conjugation strategies. I have worked with a wide range of biophysical techniques, such as SPR and SAW biosensors, circular dichroism, mass spectrometry, ITC, AlphaScreen and high-field NMR, to study protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions. In addition, I have worked with cell-based assays, CACO-2, MDCK and patient-derived cancer cells. Last but not least, I am experienced in computational algorithms such as Rosetta, Amber and Schrödinger, to design and predict the activity of peptides and small molecules.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Chemical Biology
• ☆ Organic Chemistry
• ☆ Computational Chemistry
• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Biophysics
• ☆ Pharmaceutical Sciences

Services

• Research
• Product Development

Research Fact Checking, Systematic Literature Review

Product Development Formulation

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher

Institut de Recerca Biomèdica

October 2017 - Present

PhD Student

Institut de Recerca Biomèdica

September 2013 - September 2017

GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development

September 2011 - September 2012

Education

PhD in Chemistry

Universitat de Barcelona

September 2013 - September 2017

MD Pharmacy

Universitat de Barcelona

September 2006 - June 2011

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Salvador Guardiola, Monica Varese, Marta Taulés, Mireia Díaz-Lobo, Jesús García, Ernest Giralt(2020). Probing the Kinetic and Thermodynamic Fingerprints of Anti-{EGF} Nanobodies by Surface Plasmon Resonance . Pharmaceuticals. 13. (6). p. 134. {MDPI} {AG}

(2020). Probing the Kinetic and Thermodynamic Fingerprints of Anti-EGF Nanobodies by Surface Plasmon Resonance . Pharmaceuticals.

Salvador Guardiola, Monica Varese, Marta Taulés, Mireia Díaz-Lobo, Jesús García, Ernest Giralt (2020). Probing the Kinetic and Thermodynamic Fingerprints of Anti-EGF Nanobodies by Surface Plasmon Resonance . Pharmaceuticals.

(2019). A Third Shot at EGFR: New Opportunities in Cancer Therapy . Trends in Pharmacological Sciences.

(2019). Protein chemical synthesis combined with mirror-image phage display yields D-peptide EGF ligands that block the EGF-EGFR interaction . Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology.

(2019). Enthalpy- vs. entropy-driven molecular recognition in the era of biologics . Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology.

(2018). From venoms to BBB-shuttles. MiniCTX3: a molecular vector derived from scorpion venom . Chemical communications (Cambridge, England).

(2018). Small molecule inhibits α-synuclein aggregation, disrupts amyloid fibrils, and prevents degeneration of dopaminergic neurons . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

(2018). Blocking EGFR Activation with Anti-EGF Nanobodies via Two Distinct Molecular Recognition Mechanisms . Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English).

(2018). Targeted Covalent Inhibition of Prolyl Oligopeptidase (POP): Discovery of Sulfonylfluoride Peptidomimetics . Cell chemical biology.

(2017). Toward a Novel Drug To Target the EGF-EGFR Interaction: Design of Metabolically Stable Bicyclic Peptides . Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology.

(2017). Combating virulence of Gram-negative bacilli by OmpA inhibition . Scientific reports.

(2016). Peptides Targeting EGF Block the EGF-EGFR Interaction . Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology.

(2011). Synthesis and antiviral evaluation of bisnoradamantane sulfites and related compounds . Medicinal chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates)).

BOOK CHAPTER

Modulation of Protein–Protein Interactions Using Cyclic Peptides . Chemical Biology.