{"id":2374,"date":"2016-04-25T13:07:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T13:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/cuids\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:14:33","slug":"director-of-data-science-institute-co-founds-designed-biologics-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cuids\/2016\/director-of-data-science-institute-co-founds-designed-biologics-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Director of Carleton&#8217;s Institute for Data Science Co-founds New Biotech Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Director of Carleton&#8217;s Institute for Data Science Co-founds New Biotech Company\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"introducing-designed-biologics-incbuilding-a-new-class-of-peptide-drugs\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introducing <strong>Designed Biologics Inc<br>\n<em>Building a New Class of Peptide Drugs<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright wp-image-2369 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"290\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/cuids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/Fred-Ash435x290.jpg\" alt=\"Fred-Ash435x290\" class=\"wp-image-2369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cuids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/Fred-Ash435x290.jpg 435w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cuids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/Fred-Ash435x290-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cuids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/Fred-Ash435x290-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cuids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/Fred-Ash435x290-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cuids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/Fred-Ash435x290-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cuids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/Fred-Ash435x290-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Ashkan Golshani (pictured left)&nbsp;with Dr. Frank Dehne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Frank Dehne, Chancellor&#8217;s Professor in the School of Computer Science and Director of Carleton&#8217;s Institute for Data Science has teamed up with Dr. Ashkan Golshani, Associate Professor in the Department of Biology to found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designedbiologics.com\/index.html\">Designed Biologics Inc.<\/a> Incorporated in January 2016,&nbsp;Designed Biologics Inc is dedicated to the development of a new class of drug peptides, which are very small in size (30 to 75 amino acids), and have designed binding properties that target pharmaceutically valuable proteins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Full news article: <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/2016\/04\/22\/cross-discipline-carleton-team-to-design-groundbreaking-protein-based-drugs\/\">&#8220;Cross-discipline Carleton Team to Design Groundbreaking Protein-based Drugs<\/a>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Combining molecular interaction analytics with high performance computing, Designed Biologics Inc architects new small proteins for the treatment of human diseases and diagnostics. The company&#8217;s new smart biologics target traditionally undruggable targets and focus on alternative binding characteristics to engage novel disease fighting mechanisms. For more information, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designedbiologics.com\/\">www.designedbiologics.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F. Dehne &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:dehne@designedbiologics.com\">dehne@designedbiologics.com <\/a><br>\nA. Golshani &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:golshani@designedbiologics.com\">mailto:golshani@designedbiologics.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introducing Designed Biologics Inc Building a New Class of Peptide Drugs Dr. Frank Dehne, Chancellor&#8217;s Professor in the School of Computer Science and Director of Carleton&#8217;s Institute for Data Science has teamed up with Dr. Ashkan Golshani, Associate Professor in the Department of Biology to found Designed Biologics Inc. 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