Design and synthesis of cyclic lipidated peptides derived from the C-terminus of Cx43 for hemichannel inhibition and cardiac endothelium targeting
Laculli, D.; Montgomery, J.; Lamouroux, A.; Caufriez, A.; Gozalbes, R.; Vinken, M.; Molica, F.; Kwak, B.; Ballet, S.,DOI: 10.1039/d4md00850b RSC Med. Chem. 2025,16, 1289-1303
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The versatility of peptide hydrogels: From self-assembly to drug delivery applications
Heremans, J.; Ballet, S.; Martin, C.,J Pept Sci. 2025 Feb;31(2):e3662. doi: 10.1002/psc.3662. Epub 2024 Nov 19 PMID: 39561971
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Structural basis of μ-opioid receptor targeting by a nanobody antagonist
Yu, J.; Kumar, A.; Zhang, X.; Martin, C.; Van Holsbeeck, K.; Raia, P.; Koehl, A.; Laeremans, T.; Steyaert, J.; Manglik, A.; Ballet, S.; Boland, A.; Stoeber, M.;Nat Commun. 2024 Oct 9;15(1):8687. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52947-6. PMID: 39384768 PMCID: PMC11464722
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Multitarget ligands that comprise opioid/nonopioid pharmacophores for pain management: Current state of the science
Breault, E.; Desgagn, M.; De Neve, J.; Coté, J.; Barlow, T.; Ballet, S.; Sarre, P.; doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2024.107408 Pharmacological Research Volume 209, November 2024, 107408
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Fluorinated Peptide Hydrogels Result in Longer In Vivo Residence Time after Subcutaneous Administration
Honfroy, A., Bertouille, J., Turea, A., Cauwenbergh, T., Bridoux, J., Lensen, M., Mangialetto, J., Van den Brande, N., White, J., Gardiner, J., Brigaud, T., Ballet, S., Hernot, S., Chaume, G., Martin, D., Biomacromolecules. 2024 Oct 14;25(10):6666-6680. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00872.
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Design, Synthesis, and In Vitro Characterization of Proteolytically-Stable Opioid-Neurotensin Hybrid Peptidomimetics
De Neve, J., Breault, E., Previti, S., Vangeloven, E., Loranger, B., Chartier, M., Brouillette, R., Lanoie, A., Holleran, BJ., Longpré, JM., Gendron, L., Tourwé, D., Sarret, P., Ballet, S., doi 10.1021/acsptsci.4c00236 pubs.acs.org/ptsci ACS Pharmacol. Transl. Sci.
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Allosteric nanobodies to study the interactions between SOS1 and RAS
Fischer, B., Uchański, T., Sheryazdanova, A., Gonzalez, S., Volkov, A., Brosens, E., Zögg, T., Kalichuk V., Ballet, S., Versées, W., Sablina, A., Pardon, E., Wohlkönig, A., Steyaert, J., Nat Commun. 2024 Jul 23;15(1):6214. volume 15, Article number: 6214 (2024) doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50349-2
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Peptide libraries: from epitope mapping to in-depth high-throughput analysis.
Laculli, D., Ballet, S., Sciencedirect Volume 45, Issue 7, July 2024, Pages 579-582 doi.org/10.1016/j.tips.2024.04.004
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Multitarget µ-opioid receptor agonists-neuropeptide FF receptor antagonists induce potent antinociception with reduced adverse side effects.
De Neve, J.; Elhabazi, K.§; Gonzalez, S.; Herby, C.; Schneider, S.; Utard, V.; Fellmann-Clauss, R.; Petit-Demouliere, N.; Lecat, S.; Kremer, M.; Ces, A.; Daubeuf, F.; Martin, C.; Ballet, S.; Bihel, F.; Simonin, F., J Med Chem.
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Paracoccus kondratievae produces poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) under elevated temperature conditions
R. Moanis, H. Geeraert, N. Van den Brande, U. Hennecke, E, Peeters, Environ. Microbiol. Rep. 2024, 16, e13260.
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Internship in CSIRO - Jolien Bertouille
In the context of my PhD research focusing on hydrogels made from self-assembling peptides, I had the chance to undertake a three-month research stay at Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO.
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Peptide Sequence Variations Govern Hydrogel Stiffness: Insights from a Multi-Scale Structural Analysis of H-FQFQFK-NH2 Peptide Derivatives
T. De Maeseneer, T. Cauwenbergh, J. Gardiner, J. F. White, W. Thielemans, C. Martin, P. Moldenaers, S. Ballet, R. Cardinaels, Macromol Biosci. 2024 Mar 29:e2300579. Volume24, Issue8 August 2024 2300579 doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202300579
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