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Pioneering novel immunotherapies
through AI-led TCR & antibody design

Powered by cutting-edge drug discovery AI & EXPERIMENTAL validation

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OUR MISSION

Pioneer the combination of machine and human intelligence to develop the best immunotherapies for cancer patients in urgent need

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TCR and Antibody specific LLMs fine-tuned/created

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Pipeline programmes

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In silico design to lead candidates in six months

HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?

Elevate your drug discovery outcomes.
 

We deliver safer, more precise drug candidates for your pipeline – faster.

How it works

Rapid design & engineering of new candidates and biobetters

Unlock the full potential of your research with EMLy Co-pilot & LLMs

Industry-first TCR and antibody-specific LLMs connected to EMLy co-pilot, empowering scientists with cutting-edge informatics & insights.

Discover how we identify novel targets and therapeutics through the Long term Cancer Survivor Program

Leverage our unmatched scale in deep sequencing, enhanced by EMLy AI error correction, to boost immune repertoire accuracy and align with our exclusive proprietary databases.

 

Discover how we identify our next target through the Long Term Survivor Programme.

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OUR TECHNOLOGY

Introducing EMLy™ 
The world’s leading repertoire decoding technology specifically built for TCR, Antibodies & Bi-Specifics.

A multi-modality platform

EMLy’s protein language models are designed to be both modality- and disease-agnostic. As solution architects, we recognise that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to protein design—each solution is uniquely tailored to meet specific therapeutic needs.

TCR
Antibody
Bispecific
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OUR STUDY

The Long-term Cancer Survivor Study

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Cancer patients cured by immunotherapies hold the key to curing other patients in their immune repertoire 

 

We are investigating the immune repertoire of long-term cancer survivors to uncover novel TCRs, antibodies and targets

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Samples

We can access blood and tumour samples, directly or via University of Surrey.

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Sequencing

We can deep sequence immune sequence immune repertoires and have databases of 1bn TCRs and 2bn antibodies.

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Analysis

We can analyse repertoires with our proprietary LLMs.

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Engineering

We can engineer TCRs & antibodies into immune engagers.

INTRODUCING C0-PILOT

Your partner in AI driven drug discovery

OUR ACADEMIC PARTNERS

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OUR TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS

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Our groundbreaking work

Long term cancer survivor study

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ETC-201 Oncology First-in-Class

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WHO WE ARE

Meet the team

We are committed to developing the next generation of scientists and welcome motivated individuals who share our vision. If you aspire to break boundaries in precision medicine and are able to demonstrate understanding in the convergence of these fields, we are interested in hearing from you.

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Michelle Teng

CEO

Co-founder​

20 years of experience across pipeline from discovery to translational medicine in Immunocore (KIMMTRAK) & AstraZeneca (FluMist)

 

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Jacob Hurst

CTO

Co-founder​

25 years of experience in translational medicine (KIMMTRAK), TCR and antibody repertoire analytics (Abysis)

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NICK PUMPHREY

CSO

Over 20 years of experience developing TCR-based therapeutics at Immunocore and Adaptimmune (Afamicel)

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SCOTT CUTHILL

CBO

25 years of experience in

Pharma Biotech sector including senior BD roles in Chroma Therapeutics, Ipsen, ValoTx

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BECKIE BOWN

CFO

Over 20 years of finance

experience in biotech/ pharma, including supporting financing transactions and collaborative arrangements

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MITHI THAYA

Tech Advisor

Experienced tech

founder with multiple

successful exits

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TOM HOLDICH

Consulting CMO

Physician with 37 years’

industry experience of

drug development, the

last 10 years in TCR T-cell

therapy at Adaptimmune

and consulting for other

Biotechs

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MARK MIDDLETON

Consulting CMO

Head of Oncology and

Professor of Experimental Cancer Medicine at the

University of Oxford

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JOHN MCCAFFERTY

Scientific Advisor

Serial entrepreneur.

Founder of Cambridge

Antibody Technology,

Maxion Tx, IonTas

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NICK CROSS

Chairman

Serial founder and investor

with considerable Board

experience, including

Immunocore,

Adaptimmune, Oxford

Asymmetry and Oxford

Semiconductor Ltd

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Bent Jakobsen

Director

TCR therapies pioneer.

Founded Immunocore

and Adaptimmune

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OUR CASE STUDIES

At the forefront of innovation

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Affinity optimisation

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Stability and developability

Affinity optimisation

EMLy™ can take TCR/

antibody sequences

and predict affinity

matured variants

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Protocol driven molecular docking

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...to explore the
complex conformational phase space  

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High throughput screen of protein variants

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Evaluation of

dynamic interactions

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Top 50 hit candidate variants selected for validation testing

stability and developability

With EMLy you can

supercharge stability

and developability

of your asset

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Combining alpha
& beta mutations results in a 20-fold increased expression yield

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