Publications by Kelvin Ka Ching Lau

Artificial Metalloenzymes with Two Catalytic Cofactors for Tandem Abiotic Transformations

Xile Hu, Florence Pojer, Kelvin Ka Ching Lau, Weijin Wang

Artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) enable the integration of abiotic cofactors within a native protein scaffold, allowing for non-natural catalytic activities. Previous ArMs, however, have primarily relied on single cofactor systems, limiting them to only on ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2025

Antibody-peptide conjugates deliver covalent inhibitors blocking oncogenic cathepsins

Bruno Emanuel Ferreira De Sousa Correia, Luc Reymond, Florence Pojer, Elisa Oricchio, Sandrine Madeleine Suzanne Georgeon, Albert Santamaria Martinez, Kelvin Ka Ching Lau, Natalya Katanayeva, Aaron Simone Petruzzella, Sarah Wehrle

Cysteine cathepsins are a family of proteases that are relevant therapeutic targets for the treatment of different cancers and other diseases. However, no clinically approved drugs for these proteins exist, as their systemic inhibition can induce deleterio ...

Nature Portfolio2024

Low-dose cryo-electron ptychography of proteins at sub-nanometer resolution

Henning Paul-Julius Stahlberg, Kelvin Ka Ching Lau

Cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-EM) of frozen hydrated specimens is an efficient method for the structural analysis of purified biological molecules. However, cryo-EM and cryo-electron tomography are limited by the low signal-to-noise ratio (SN ...

Nature Research2024

Standardized Production of Anti-Desmoglein 3 Antibody AK23 for Translational Pemphigus Vulgaris Research

Florence Pojer, Kelvin Ka Ching Lau

Antibody-mediated receptor activation is successfully used to develop medical treatments. If the activation induces a pathological response, such antibodies are also excellent tools for defining molecular mechanisms of target receptor malfunction and desig ...

2024

Machine learning predictions of MHC-II specificities reveal alternative binding mode of class II epitopes

Florence Pojer, George Coukos, Kelvin Ka Ching Lau, Amédé Noredine Larabi, Julien Racle, David Gfeller, Philippe Guillaume Coune, Marta Andreia Da Silva Perez, Alexandre Harari

CD4+T cells orchestrate the adaptive immune response against pathogens and cancer by recognizing epitopes presented on class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC-II) molecules. The high polymorphism of MHC-II genes represents an important hurdle toward ...

CELL PRESS2023

Broadly potent anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody shares 93% of epitope with ACE2 and provides full protection in monkeys

Didier Trono, Henning Paul-Julius Stahlberg, Priscilla Turelli, Florence Pojer, Charlène Mireille Raymonde Raclot, Kelvin Ka Ching Lau, Yoan Désiré Duhoo, Jérémy Campos, Myriam Isabelle Lamrayah, Vanessa Genet

Due to the rapid evolution of SARS-CoV-2 to variants with reduced sensitivity to vaccine-induced humoral immunity and the near complete loss of protective efficacy of licensed therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, we isolated a potent, broad-spectrum neutrali ...

2023

Manganese Transfer Hydrogenases Based on the Biotin-Streptavidin Technology

Xile Hu, Florence Pojer, Kelvin Ka Ching Lau, Weijin Wang

Artificial (transfer) hydrogenases have been developed for organic synthesis, but they rely on precious metals. Native hydrogenases use Earth-abundant metals, but these cannot be applied for organic synthesis due, in part, to their substrate specificity. H ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2023

Cryo-EM structures and binding of mouse and human ACE2 to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern indicate that mutations enabling immune escape could expand host range

Didier Trono, Henning Paul-Julius Stahlberg, Priscilla Turelli, Florence Pojer, Dongchun Ni, Sergey Nazarov, Kelvin Ka Ching Lau, Alexander Myasnikov, Emiko Uchikawa

nvestigation of potential hosts of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is crucial to understanding future risks of spillover and spillback. SARS-CoV-2 has been reported to be transmitted from humans to various animals after req ...

2023

High-affinity peptides developed against calprotectin and their application as synthetic ligands in diagnostic assays

Christian Heinis, Florence Pojer, Kelvin Ka Ching Lau, Cristina Diaz Perlas, Lluc Farrera Soler

A peptide was developed that binds to calprotectin, a marker of major inflammatory disorders, and found to be suited for diagnostic tests. The use of synthetic peptides in assays is of great interest due to their high precision, robustness and low price. ...

Nature Portfolio2023

Genomic screening of 16 UK native bat species through conservationist networks uncovers coronaviruses with zoonotic potential

Dongchun Ni, Kelvin Ka Ching Lau

There has been limited characterisation of bat-borne coronaviruses in Europe. Here, we screened for coronaviruses in 48 faecal samples from 16 of the 17 bat species breeding in the UK, collected through a bat rehabilitation and conservationist network. We ...

Nature Portfolio2023