Competence Center for Drug Discovery
The Competence Center for Drug Discovery (CC Drug Discovery) is dedicated to the discovery and development of new drugs for innovative therapies against serious diseases.
The Competence Center for Drug Discovery at the ZHAW works on a national and international level with partners from industry and academia to develop new clinical drug candidates. Our mission is to address therapeutic issues in an interdisciplinary environment and to promote the synergy of biological, chemical and medical expertise. Our core competence in medicinal chemistry enables us to work with our partners on a range of indications (e.g. cancer, infectious diseases, metabolic diseases) for the benefit of patients.
Translational drug discovery
In June 2022, the first symposium “Competencies in Drug Discovery" took place at the ZHAW Wädenswil. During the symposium, projects from various therapeutic indications were discussed in an interdisciplinary environment to promote the synergy of biological, chemical and medical competencies.
Sponsors
Competencies
We cover the entire chemistry driven value chain of small molecule and peptide drug discovery:
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Computer aided drug design
- Natural Products
- Parallel and automated organic synthesis
- Microwave assisted organic synthesis
- NMR binding studies of small molecules
- Cheminformatics
- Recombinant protein production in different expression systems
- Protein characterization
- Microbial and cellular test methods
- Culture Collection of Switzerland (www.ccos.ch)
Projects
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Inflammasominhibitoren
Die Hemmung des Inflammasoms ist eine vielversprechende Strategie zur Bekämpfung bestimmter Krankheiten mit einer (Auto-)Immunkomponente, darunter Gicht, Arthritis, Alzheimer und Parkinson. Ausgehend von unseren identifizierten Leitmolekülen werden wir einen oder mehrere neue Hemmstoffe des Inflammasoms entwickeln, ...
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Burn Wound Treatment
In diesem Projekt werden MMP-Inhibitoren zur Behandlung von Brandwunden evaluiert.
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Induktion der Wirkstoffbildung bei Actinomyceten
Actinomyceten sind eine vielversprechende Quelle für die Gewinnung bioaktiver Substanzen und rücken für die Bekämpfung multiresistenter Bakterien zunehmend in den Fokus. Die ZHAW-Stammsammlung umfasst mehr als 3000 Stämme von Streptomyceten und seltenen Actinomyceten. Echinomycin, welches Gram-positive Bakterien ...
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A topical anti-infective
ZHAWOC6027, a novel drug candidate for skin infections requires optimized CMC, formulation, suitable dosing regimens, the regulatory tox package, and registration.
Selected publications
- Antiprotozoal Structure–Activity Relationships of Synthetic Leucinostatin Derivatives and Elucidation of their Mode of Action / M. Brand, L. Wang, S. Agnello, S. Gazzola, F. M. Gall, L. Raguž, M. Kaiser, R. S. Schmidt, A. Ritschl, J. Jelk, A. Hemphill, P. Mäser, P. Bütikofer, M. Adams, R. Riedl, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 15613.
- Drug Design Inspired by Nature: Crystallographic Detection of an Auto‐Tailored Protease Inhibitor Template / F. M. Gall, D. Hohl, D. Frasson, T. Wermelinger, P. R. E. Mittl, M. Sievers, R. Riedl, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 4051.
- A Structural View on Medicinal Chemistry Strategies against Drug Resistance / S. Agnello, M. Brand, M. F. Chellat, S. Gazzola, R. Riedl, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 3300.
- Pseudouridimycin: The First Nucleoside Analogue That Selectively Inhibits Bacterial RNA Polymerase / M. F. Chellat, R. Riedl, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 13184.
- Targeting Antibiotic Resistance / Chellat, Mathieu; Raguž, Luka; Riedl, Rainer - Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6600-6626; Angew.Chem. 2016, 128, 6710–6738.
- Molecular recognition of the catalytic zinc (II) ion in MMP-13: Structure-based evolution of an allosteric inhibitor to dual binding mode inhibitors with improved lipophilic ligand efficiencies / Fischer, Thomas; Riedl, Rainer - invited article for the Special Issue "Enzyme-Inhibitor Interaction as Examples of Molecular Recognition" Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17, 314. Front cover story 3/2016.
- Merging Allosteric and Active Site Binding Motifs: De novo Generation of Target Selectivity and Potency via Natural-Product-Derived Fragments / Lanz, Jan; Riedl, Rainer - ChemMedChem. 2015, 10, 451–454. Front cover story 3/2015.
Complete List of Publications
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Kalbermatter, David; Jeckelmann, Jean-Marc; Wyss, Marianne; Shrestha, Neeta; Pliatsika, Dimanthi; Riedl, Rainer; Lemmin, Thomas; Plattet, Philippe; Fotiadis, Dimitrios,
2023.
Structure and supramolecular organization of the canine distemper virus attachment glycoprotein.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
120(6), S. e2208866120.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2208866120
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Sabani, Besmira; Brand, Michael; Albert, Ina; Inderbitzin, Joelle; Eichenseher, Fritz; Schmelcher, Mathias; Rohrer, Jack; Riedl, Rainer; Lehmann, Steffi,
2023.
Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine.
47(102607).
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2022.102607
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Bagatella, Stefano; Haghayegh Jahromi, Neda; Monney, Camille; Polidori, Margherita; Gall, Flavio Max; Marchionatti, Emma; Serra, Fabienne; Riedl, Rainer; Engelhardt, Britta; Oevermann, Anna,
2022.
Journal of Neuroinflammation.
19(304).
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-022-02653-1
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Kiss, Cedric; Gall, Flavio M.; Dreier, Birgit; Adams, Michael; Riedl, Rainer; Plückthun, Andreas; Mittl, Peer R. E.,
2022.
Structure of a hydrophobic leucinostatin derivative determined by host lattice display.
Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Structural Biology.
78(12), S. 1439-1450.
Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2059798322010762
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