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William Kirby

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Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Kristen MaioranaiD· 2 shared Matthew L. Michnik· 2 shared Ratmir DerdaiD· 2 shared Vincent AlbertiD· 2 shared Zoe O'GaraiD· 2 shared Abdelrhman Zakaria· 1 shared Andreas Dorian· 1 shared Christin Kossmann· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Genetically-encoded discovery and development of peptide-macrocycle imaging agents for PD-L1

Ratmir Derda, Vincent Albert, Matthew L. Michnik, Hongchang Bao, Tara Bahadur K. C., William Kirby, Haley Irwin, Kristen Maiorana, James C. Walker, Govinda Sharma, Rima Mistry, Abdelrhman Zakaria, Danial Yazdan, Jiahui Wang, Martin Truksa, , Frank R. Wuest

This paper develops PD-L1-targeting macrocycle imaging agents using phage-display technology without non-canonical amino acids, achieving single-digit-nanomolar potency and structural characterization.

bioRxiv · Sep 20, 2026 · PreprintPharmacology & Toxicology

Universal Baseline for in vitro Selection of Genetically Encoded Libraries

Kejia Yan, Guilherme Meira Lima, Tara Bahadur, Vincent Albert, Zoe O'Gara, Gary Bao, Christin Kossmann, William Kirby, Fernando Bañales Mejia, Matthew L. Michnik, Kristen Maiorana, Ratmir Derda

The paper introduces a universal baseline method to improve reproducibility in in vitro selection of genetically encoded libraries using NGS data.

bioRxiv · Feb 15, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry