PUXANO Collaborates on VLAIO-Funded GPCR Cryo-EM Research

2 September 2025

Big congratulations to Pieter Laureys on being awarded a VLAIO Baekeland Mandate! Over the next four years, Pieter will collaborate closely with PUXANO and the research group of Prof. Savvas Savvides at Ghent University to tackle one of the most complex challenges in membrane protein research: the production and structural analysis of insect GPCRs.
This research will pursue 2 key objectives:
  • Systematically evaluating various expression systems to produce and purify insect GPCR at high throughput.
  • Structurally characterizing these targets via cryoEM to unlock new insights
This ambitious initiative is a part of PUXANO’s mission to deploy its proprietary platform technologies on challenging targets, driving real-world impact. The results will lay the foundation for structure-guided development of next-generation pesticides.
 
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