Expert center as a private public 
 partnership ‐ The complexity of
               The complexity of 
technologies in an SME structure 
       for expert centers
‐ Th E
  The Europroteome experience‐
  The Europroteome experience‐
              t            i
            Dr. Paul von Hoegen
            Dr Paul von Hoegen
             Managing Director
         Euraccine Consulting Group
              Brussels, Belgium
         Euraccine_be@yahoo.com

                 +32 475 913572
Experience as CSO Europroteome
  Experience as CSO Europroteome
    Colon Cancer Biobank for marker/target
   discovery with patient history and outcome
                   p
                   prediction
• Academic network: High fluctuation – constant training
• Needed samples rare – create meaningful patient groups
• Technologies – constant development and changes from
  providers: Need to generate internal standards
•Drug targets, biomarker, diagnostics, individualized therapy
• Complexity: Multiple technologies and Integration of
                                        d              f
  Bioinformatics (PhaseIt)
• Investors and Industry clients: Wanted to see ready to
  go Biobank; No patients to build Biobank
• Improve management of expectations


         Euraccine  Consulting Group (Brussels) ‐ Paul von Hoegen   2
Pharma’s Needs 2003+
                                   Needs
• Anything that reduces development risk, time & costs:
  FAIL EARLY – FAIL CHEAP
• Priorisation of (genomically derived) targets (500 –
  5,000) to deal with the VALIDATION BOTTLENECK
• COMPOUNDS
• VALIDATED cancer targets (in vitro and in vivo) with
  link to a PATHWAY
• Diagnostic bio-markers related to clinical OUTCOME
• Identification of risk groups with ADVERSE EVENTS



                 Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
Patient Centered Solutions
      Patient Centered Solutions
 DIAGNOSTICS                          THERAPY                                FOLLOW UP

                                 DEVELOPMENT

Disease Marker                Responder Profiling
                                 OncoAssist


                                                                             Biomarker

Screening Assays                                                             Follow Up




                                 Therapy Control


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CCN: Large Scientific Network
                                    g
                                                                                           • Outstanding scientific and
                                                                                             Outstanding scientific  and 
                                                                                             medical expertise as 
                                                                                             sounding board for research 
                                 Berlin (Hennigsdorf)
                                        (Hennigsdorf)
                                                                                             results
                       Hamburg
                                                                    Kiel
             Magdeburg
       Dortmund
                                                                     Stettin               • „Breeding & sourcing 
                                                                        Berlin (Charité)
                                                                               (Charité)     ground for high‐calibre
                                                                                             ground“ for high calibre 
           Stuttgart
Rennes                                                                    Magdeburg          product approaches
Lausanne                                                                   Cottbus
Geneva                                                                      Leipzig        • Access to human tissue
                                                                                             Access to human tissue 
                                                                          Halle
                                                                                             samples, pathology and 
                                                                          Erlangen
Lyon                                                                                         related patient data

Grenoble
                                 Zurich                                                            CCN
                                  Bologna
            Chile                                                                             THE CLINICAL CANCER
                                                                                                  NETWORK
                            Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
Sampling


Prior to surgery
  • Patients consent
  • Blood sampling; Stool sampling
Surgery
   g y                       Pathology
                                    gy                          Histology *         Pathological findings

                                                                                     • Grading
                                                                                     • pTNM (UICC)
                                                                                     • etc.

                                                                Cell sampling*




 Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)

                                    * Photos of kidney tissue/cells by Prof. F. Dombrowski, Pathology, Magdeburg
Human Tissue Sample Bank
                                                  p

                                6.000

                                5.000
           N umber of Samples
                            s




                                4.000

                                3.000
                                3 000
                    f




                                2.000

                                1.000

                                   0
                                                                         Time
                                        Jan 01                          Jan 02                               Jan 03




Status as of March 10, 2003                      Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
ONCOTRACK
                       CLINICAL CANCER RECORDS &            Features
                            OUTCOMES DATABASE




                                                            Colon, Stomach & Pancreas
                                                            Cancer (number of variables)

                                                               • Anamnesis and Diagnostics (48)
                                                               • Surgery & Therapy (50)
                                                               • Pathology (103)

                                                               • Follow Up (21)
                                                               • Local Recurrence (10)
Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
                                                               • Distant Metastasis (6)
Cell Samples/Organ
                                          p / g
                                                                               Number of Patients: 
                                                                               Number of Patients:
                                                                                 Colon
                                                                                    Rectum
                                                                                    Stomach
                                                                                    Liver
                                                                                    Lung
                                                                                    Pancreas
                                                                                    Small Bowel
                                                                                    Oesphagus
                                                                                    Kidney
   plus ovar, bone, gallbladder

                                   Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
Status as of March 10, 2003
Research Matrix: Technologies
                             g
                                                CHARAC-
IDENTIFICATION                                                                                   VALIDATION
                                               TERIZATION

             B     I       O       I   N   F     O       R       M       A       T       I   C    S

     2D-PAGE
     MASS SPEC
    MASS SPEC
                 CIPHERGEN SELDI
                           DNA MICRO ARRAY & ROSETTA RESOLVER

                                                     PROTEIN CHEMISTRY
                                               RT-PCR
                                                                 CELL CULTURE
                                                                 YEAST-2-HYBRID
                                                                         BIACORE
                                                                                                          Si RNA

R    E   S     O       U       R       C   E         M       A       N       A       G       E   M    E   N   T
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Technologies for Cancer Target 
      Identification via 2D‐PAGE & MS
IEF              SDS‐PAGE                   Staining                      Scanning




Image Analysis
Image Analysis         Spot Picking                                MS Analysis




                    Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
Colon Cancer Gene Expression 
         Analyses:  Proof of Concept
 MD134

 MD149
 MD150

 MD135




 MD133




 MD121
                                                                                       20 CRC Patients




 MD82
 C109




 C141




 C174
 C139

 C171
 C118




  106
  113




  112
 C87




  97


  95

 C86
 C9


 C9
 E1




 E1

 E1
 M

 M
 M

 M
 M


 M




 M
                                                                  EP-03-01             (DD Mode)
                                                                  MYC
                                                                  TIMP1
                                                                  GAPDH
                                                                  CA1
                                                                  FABP1
                                                                  KRT19
                                                                  KRT20
                                                                  MUC2
                                                                  CEACAM1


    Color Range Scale                                  EP-03-01: Induced transmembrane protein
                                                       MYC: myc oncogene
                                                       TIMP1: Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1
                                                       GAPDH: Glycerolaldehyde-3-phosphate
                                                       dehydrogenase
    Up-regulated
    U       l t d
                                                       CA1: Carbonic anhydrase
    Down-regulated                                     FABP1: Liver fatty acid binding protein
                                                       KRT19: Cytokeratin 19
    No gene regulation                                 KRT20: Cytokeratin 20
                                                       MUC2: Mucin 2
                                                       CEACAM1: CEA related adhesion molecule 1
*Literature data are from human colon cancer tissue DNA microarray, SAGE and Northern blot experiments
                           Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
… Combining Proteomics & 
                            Transcriptomics
• Gene Profiling Data                                                            • 2D PAGE Data
MD134

MD149
MD150

MD135



MD133




MD121
MD82
C109




C141




C174
C139

C171
C118




E106
E113




E112
C87



C97


C95

C86
C


C


C
C

C
C

C

C
C

C
                                                                                       KRT20
                                                          CA1                                                             CA1
                                                                                                             KRT20
                                                          FABP1
                                                          KRT20



  Color Range Scale                     Up-regulated

                                        Down-regulated                                                FABP1
                                        No gene regulation
                                                                            pH 5-8; patient tumor sample




 SwissProt #               Protein name                      Literature* reported data                          EP data
                                                          2D PAGE data    DNA array/SAGE data              2D PAGE   DNA array
   P00915      Carbonic anhydrase I (CA1)                     down               down                      up/down    up/down
   P07148      Liver fatty acid binding protein (FABP1)       down               down                        down      down
   P35900      Keratin cytoskeletal 20 (
                         y             (KRT20))               down               down                      up/down     down
    * Literature data are from the experiments with human colon cancer tissue

                              Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
Colon / Metastasis Screen
                                      Tissue       Serum
                                  Colon Rectum Colon Rectum
               with metastasis        6       3   20       0
                                                                                     number of patients
               without metastasis    12       8   16       0

                               Colorectal cancer specimens


                            Serum         Transcriptomics           Proteomics




                                           289 differences
                                                d ff                   223 differences
                                                                       223 diff
              37 differences
                                           (2 fold change;             (2 fold change;
                                           p‐value < 0.01)             40% frequency)



FPLC/HPLC Identification                 In silico validation                   In silico validation




                    Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
Classification of regulated proteins 
         (Who needs what?)
         (Wh        d h t?)

         Cytokeratins                    Proteases
             4%                             5%

         Ribosomal                          Kinases
            1%           Other                1%

       Nucleic Acid      11%                         Structural/Cell
         Binding                                        adhesion
           2%                                             12%

 Immunoglobulines                                         Transport/
   (and related)                                         Processing/
                                                         P        i /
       5%                                                Chaperone
                                                           Function
                                                             10%




                           Enzymes
                             49%




    Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
Target Identification & Selection
     Target Identification & Selection
Will vary for each application (client), combined with bioinformatics

                                                        Extensive annotation and 
                                  3                         project potential

                                                             Complex annotation, 
                                 10
                                                                Target profile
                                                                Target profile

                                                                  DNA Array, 
                             > 50                                Bioinformatics


                            > 350                                      2D, MS
                                                                       2D MS



             # of Targets (example)
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Research Matrix: Technologies
                             g
                                                CHARAC-
IDENTIFICATION                                                                                   VALIDATION
                                               TERIZATION

             B     I       O       I   N   F     O       R       M       A       T       I   C    S

     2D-PAGE
     MASS SPEC
    MASS SPEC
                 CIPHERGEN SELDI
                           DNA MICRO ARRAY & ROSETTA RESOLVER

                                                     PROTEIN CHEMISTRY
                                               RT-PCR
                                                                 CELL CULTURE
                                                                 YEAST-2-HYBRID
                                                                         BIACORE
                                                                                                          Si RNA

R    E   S     O       U       R       C   E         M       A       N       A       G       E   M    E   N   T
                    Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
Cancer Target Validation
                                  Cancer Target Validation
     Binding Partners (BiaCore)                             Yeast Culture (Y‐2‐H)




    Cell Culture (siRNA, anti sense)
    Cell Culture (siRNA, anti sense)
                                                            Data Integration




Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
Validation: The Technology Wheel
        Validation: The Technology Wheel
                  Antibodies                                  2D gels
                                                              2D gels



  Yeast 2
  Hybrid                                                                Mass 
                                                                        Spectrometry


                                                     3
                                                    12
                 RNAi                                             DNA Arrays
                                                    48
                                                                  RT PCR
                                                   >350

Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group 
                  (Brussels)
                                                  Cyphergen
Cancer Target Discovery Status
         Cancer Target Discovery Status
Seldi Markers                                                    Membrane Targets
Stomach/Colon




                                                            3
       Colon
                                                                      Metastasis
                                                            12

                                                            48

                                                        > 350
                                                     Stomach
Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
Colorectal Cancer: Gene Expression 
     Breakdown by UICC Stage*
• Pre‐UICC Stage III
       – 112 preferred marker genes expressed
             preferred marker genes expressed
• UICC Stage III
       – 319 preferred marker genes expressed
                f    d    k                 d
• UICC Stage IV
       – 907 preferred marker genes expressed

     Up/Down ratio: Clearly negative

*preliminary data based on a limited no. of analysed samples

                          Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
… as Tool for Functional Target 
                                                                             Validation
                   100
                                                             UICC stage I
                                                             UICC stage I                                                           Risk 0
                    90
                                                                                                                                    Risk 1
                                                                                                                                    UICC I
                    80


                    70
                                                                                                                                                            • Decision system based on artificial 
                                                                                                                                                              intelligence
Percent Survival




                    60


                    50


                    40
                                                                                                                                                            • Classification of high‐risk patients 
                    30
                                                                                                                                                              for distant metastasis possible
                    20


                    10                                                                                                                                      • Based on only 6 clinical 
                    0
                                                                                                                                                              parameters
                         0   12   24   36   48   60   72    84    96    108    120    132    144    156   168   180   192   204
                   100                                      Survival (months)
                                                                                                                                     Risk
                                                                                                                                     Ri k 0
                    90
                                                             UICC stage II                                                           Risk 1
                                                                                                                                     UICC II
                    80                                                                                                                                      • Tool to be positioned to identify 
                    70                                                                                                                                        high‐risk patients in Stage I & II
           vival




                    60
Percent Surv




                    50                                                                                                                                      • Discussions with pharma 
                    40                                                                                                                                        companies for application
                    30


                    20


                    10


                     0
                         0   12   24   36   48   60    72    84    96    108    120    132    144     156   168   180   192   204
                                                                                                                                               Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
                                                             Survival (months)
From Disease Centered Biobank Research .. 
 Cytosolic Proteins                                   Seldi Proteins               Histopathology




Membrane Proteins




                          tumor cell

HLA- assoc. Peptides                                cDNA Microarray                 Clinical Data




                       Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
...To Patient Centered Solutions
                  To Patient Centered Solutions
      DIAGNOSTICS                                 THERAPY                                  FOLLOW UP

     PROGNOSTICS                             DEVELOPMENT

    Disease Marker                        Responder Profiling
                                             OncoAssist
ONCOTRACK                                                                               ONCOASSIST
CLINICAL CANCER RECORDS &
    OUTCOMES DATABASE                                                                   CANCER OUTCOME PREDICTION &
                                                                                           STRATIFICATION



    Screening Assays                                                                      Follow Up
ONCOPREP                                                                                     CCN
CANCER CELL PURIFICATION
                                                                                        THE CLINICAL CANCER
                                                                                           NETWORK
                                             Therapy Control


                            Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
Life event history calendar for collecting 
      detailed patient information
      d il d       i   i f       i




           Standardized set of cues offer conceptual 
           Standardized set of cues offer conceptual
           anchors (such as important life themes or 
           domains, e.g., life relationships, jobs, 
           residences, etc.) and encourage top‐down 
                     ,      )             g     p
           processing. 



               Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting 
                            Group (Brussels)
LEHC: Parallel Processing of patient information: 
Complete history of lifestyle and disease possible
Complete history of lifestyle and disease possible




             Parallel processing : balanced visual
             organization allows the individual to look at
             the display, use cues from their own life,
             and remember events base on their
             interrelationships between domains.

                Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting 
                             Group (Brussels)
Expectations / Ideas / Challenges
          p          /       /        g

•Integrate all players (patients, ethics academic, agencies, service
     g         p y (p            ,               , g       ,
 provider and end-user)
•Assure long time engagement under constant conditions
•Manage change and integration of new technologies
 Manage
•Multiple platforms for identification and validation
•Individual marker versus patterns – making the choice
•Standards and reference samples for ring validations
•Priorities for sample distributions? How to conserve the
 material best for the future?
•Longitudinal follow up of disease markers (same patient)
•Links to clinical trials and treatment outcome
•Foresee the needs of the future (of the partners)



                Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
Biotech,
                              Start ups




                  Biotech example
Technology                    Academic
providers                     Research



         Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting 
                      Group (Brussels)
Need of strong Core Assets
Need of strong Core Assets


                     BBMRI




                                                    Confid
                                                    C
     Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
                                                              ality
                                                         dentia

Pv H Europroteome BBMRI

  • 1.
    Expert center as a private public  partnership ‐The complexity of The complexity of  technologies in an SME structure  for expert centers ‐ Th E The Europroteome experience‐ The Europroteome experience‐ t i Dr. Paul von Hoegen Dr Paul von Hoegen Managing Director Euraccine Consulting Group Brussels, Belgium Euraccine_be@yahoo.com +32 475 913572
  • 2.
    Experience as CSO Europroteome Experienceas CSO Europroteome Colon Cancer Biobank for marker/target discovery with patient history and outcome p prediction • Academic network: High fluctuation – constant training • Needed samples rare – create meaningful patient groups • Technologies – constant development and changes from providers: Need to generate internal standards •Drug targets, biomarker, diagnostics, individualized therapy • Complexity: Multiple technologies and Integration of d f Bioinformatics (PhaseIt) • Investors and Industry clients: Wanted to see ready to go Biobank; No patients to build Biobank • Improve management of expectations Euraccine  Consulting Group (Brussels) ‐ Paul von Hoegen 2
  • 3.
    Pharma’s Needs 2003+ Needs • Anything that reduces development risk, time & costs: FAIL EARLY – FAIL CHEAP • Priorisation of (genomically derived) targets (500 – 5,000) to deal with the VALIDATION BOTTLENECK • COMPOUNDS • VALIDATED cancer targets (in vitro and in vivo) with link to a PATHWAY • Diagnostic bio-markers related to clinical OUTCOME • Identification of risk groups with ADVERSE EVENTS Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 4.
    Patient Centered Solutions Patient Centered Solutions DIAGNOSTICS THERAPY FOLLOW UP DEVELOPMENT Disease Marker Responder Profiling OncoAssist Biomarker Screening Assays Follow Up Therapy Control Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 5.
    CCN: Large Scientific Network g • Outstanding scientific and Outstanding scientific  and  medical expertise as  sounding board for research  Berlin (Hennigsdorf) (Hennigsdorf) results Hamburg Kiel Magdeburg Dortmund Stettin • „Breeding & sourcing  Berlin (Charité) (Charité) ground for high‐calibre ground“ for high calibre  Stuttgart Rennes Magdeburg product approaches Lausanne Cottbus Geneva Leipzig • Access to human tissue Access to human tissue  Halle samples, pathology and  Erlangen Lyon related patient data Grenoble Zurich CCN Bologna Chile THE CLINICAL CANCER NETWORK Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 6.
    Sampling Prior to surgery • Patients consent • Blood sampling; Stool sampling Surgery g y Pathology gy Histology * Pathological findings • Grading • pTNM (UICC) • etc. Cell sampling* Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels) * Photos of kidney tissue/cells by Prof. F. Dombrowski, Pathology, Magdeburg
  • 7.
    Human Tissue Sample Bank p 6.000 5.000 N umber of Samples s 4.000 3.000 3 000 f 2.000 1.000 0 Time Jan 01 Jan 02 Jan 03 Status as of March 10, 2003 Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 8.
    ONCOTRACK CLINICAL CANCER RECORDS & Features OUTCOMES DATABASE Colon, Stomach & Pancreas Cancer (number of variables) • Anamnesis and Diagnostics (48) • Surgery & Therapy (50) • Pathology (103) • Follow Up (21) • Local Recurrence (10) Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels) • Distant Metastasis (6)
  • 9.
    Cell Samples/Organ p / g Number of Patients:  Number of Patients: Colon Rectum Stomach Liver Lung Pancreas Small Bowel Oesphagus Kidney plus ovar, bone, gallbladder Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels) Status as of March 10, 2003
  • 10.
    Research Matrix: Technologies g CHARAC- IDENTIFICATION VALIDATION TERIZATION B I O I N F O R M A T I C S 2D-PAGE MASS SPEC MASS SPEC CIPHERGEN SELDI DNA MICRO ARRAY & ROSETTA RESOLVER PROTEIN CHEMISTRY RT-PCR CELL CULTURE YEAST-2-HYBRID BIACORE Si RNA R E S O U R C E M A N A G E M E N T Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 11.
    Technologies for Cancer Target  Identification via 2D‐PAGE & MS IEF SDS‐PAGE Staining Scanning Image Analysis Image Analysis Spot Picking MS Analysis Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 12.
    Colon Cancer Gene Expression  Analyses:  Proof of Concept MD134 MD149 MD150 MD135 MD133 MD121 20 CRC Patients MD82 C109 C141 C174 C139 C171 C118 106 113 112 C87 97 95 C86 C9 C9 E1 E1 E1 M M M M M M M EP-03-01 (DD Mode) MYC TIMP1 GAPDH CA1 FABP1 KRT19 KRT20 MUC2 CEACAM1 Color Range Scale EP-03-01: Induced transmembrane protein MYC: myc oncogene TIMP1: Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 GAPDH: Glycerolaldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase Up-regulated U l t d CA1: Carbonic anhydrase Down-regulated FABP1: Liver fatty acid binding protein KRT19: Cytokeratin 19 No gene regulation KRT20: Cytokeratin 20 MUC2: Mucin 2 CEACAM1: CEA related adhesion molecule 1 *Literature data are from human colon cancer tissue DNA microarray, SAGE and Northern blot experiments Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 13.
    … Combining Proteomics &  Transcriptomics • Gene Profiling Data • 2D PAGE Data MD134 MD149 MD150 MD135 MD133 MD121 MD82 C109 C141 C174 C139 C171 C118 E106 E113 E112 C87 C97 C95 C86 C C C C C C C C C C KRT20 CA1 CA1 KRT20 FABP1 KRT20 Color Range Scale Up-regulated Down-regulated FABP1 No gene regulation pH 5-8; patient tumor sample SwissProt # Protein name Literature* reported data EP data 2D PAGE data DNA array/SAGE data 2D PAGE DNA array P00915 Carbonic anhydrase I (CA1) down down up/down up/down P07148 Liver fatty acid binding protein (FABP1) down down down down P35900 Keratin cytoskeletal 20 ( y (KRT20)) down down up/down down * Literature data are from the experiments with human colon cancer tissue Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 14.
    Colon / Metastasis Screen Tissue Serum Colon Rectum Colon Rectum with metastasis 6 3 20 0 number of patients without metastasis 12 8 16 0 Colorectal cancer specimens Serum Transcriptomics Proteomics 289 differences d ff 223 differences 223 diff 37 differences (2 fold change; (2 fold change; p‐value < 0.01) 40% frequency) FPLC/HPLC Identification In silico validation In silico validation Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 15.
    Classification of regulated proteins  (Who needs what?) (Wh d h t?) Cytokeratins Proteases 4% 5% Ribosomal Kinases 1% Other 1% Nucleic Acid 11% Structural/Cell Binding adhesion 2% 12% Immunoglobulines Transport/ (and related) Processing/ P i / 5% Chaperone Function 10% Enzymes 49% Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 16.
    Target Identification & Selection Target Identification & Selection Will vary for each application (client), combined with bioinformatics Extensive annotation and  3 project potential Complex annotation,  10 Target profile Target profile DNA Array,  > 50 Bioinformatics > 350 2D, MS 2D MS # of Targets (example) Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 17.
    Research Matrix: Technologies g CHARAC- IDENTIFICATION VALIDATION TERIZATION B I O I N F O R M A T I C S 2D-PAGE MASS SPEC MASS SPEC CIPHERGEN SELDI DNA MICRO ARRAY & ROSETTA RESOLVER PROTEIN CHEMISTRY RT-PCR CELL CULTURE YEAST-2-HYBRID BIACORE Si RNA R E S O U R C E M A N A G E M E N T Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 18.
    Cancer Target Validation Cancer Target Validation Binding Partners (BiaCore) Yeast Culture (Y‐2‐H) Cell Culture (siRNA, anti sense) Cell Culture (siRNA, anti sense) Data Integration Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 19.
    Validation: The Technology Wheel Validation: The Technology Wheel Antibodies 2D gels 2D gels Yeast 2 Hybrid Mass  Spectrometry 3 12 RNAi DNA Arrays 48 RT PCR >350 Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group  (Brussels) Cyphergen
  • 20.
    Cancer Target Discovery Status Cancer Target Discovery Status Seldi Markers Membrane Targets Stomach/Colon 3 Colon Metastasis 12 48 > 350 Stomach Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 21.
    Colorectal Cancer: Gene Expression  Breakdown by UICC Stage* • Pre‐UICC Stage III – 112 preferred marker genes expressed preferred marker genes expressed • UICC Stage III – 319 preferred marker genes expressed f d k d • UICC Stage IV – 907 preferred marker genes expressed Up/Down ratio: Clearly negative *preliminary data based on a limited no. of analysed samples Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 22.
    … as Tool for Functional Target  Validation 100 UICC stage I UICC stage I Risk 0 90 Risk 1 UICC I 80 70 • Decision system based on artificial  intelligence Percent Survival 60 50 40 • Classification of high‐risk patients  30 for distant metastasis possible 20 10 • Based on only 6 clinical  0 parameters 0 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 132 144 156 168 180 192 204 100 Survival (months) Risk Ri k 0 90 UICC stage II Risk 1 UICC II 80 • Tool to be positioned to identify  70 high‐risk patients in Stage I & II vival 60 Percent Surv 50 • Discussions with pharma  40 companies for application 30 20 10 0 0 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 132 144 156 168 180 192 204 Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels) Survival (months)
  • 23.
    From Disease Centered Biobank Research ..  CytosolicProteins Seldi Proteins Histopathology Membrane Proteins tumor cell HLA- assoc. Peptides cDNA Microarray Clinical Data Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 24.
    ...To Patient Centered Solutions To Patient Centered Solutions DIAGNOSTICS THERAPY FOLLOW UP PROGNOSTICS DEVELOPMENT Disease Marker Responder Profiling OncoAssist ONCOTRACK ONCOASSIST CLINICAL CANCER RECORDS & OUTCOMES DATABASE CANCER OUTCOME PREDICTION & STRATIFICATION Screening Assays Follow Up ONCOPREP CCN CANCER CELL PURIFICATION THE CLINICAL CANCER NETWORK Therapy Control Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 25.
    Life event history calendar for collecting  detailed patient information d il d i i f i Standardized set of cues offer conceptual  Standardized set of cues offer conceptual anchors (such as important life themes or  domains, e.g., life relationships, jobs,  residences, etc.) and encourage top‐down  , ) g p processing.  Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting  Group (Brussels)
  • 26.
    LEHC: Parallel Processing of patient information:  Complete history of lifestyle and disease possible Complete history oflifestyle and disease possible Parallel processing : balanced visual organization allows the individual to look at the display, use cues from their own life, and remember events base on their interrelationships between domains. Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting  Group (Brussels)
  • 27.
    Expectations / Ideas / Challenges p / / g •Integrate all players (patients, ethics academic, agencies, service g p y (p , , g , provider and end-user) •Assure long time engagement under constant conditions •Manage change and integration of new technologies Manage •Multiple platforms for identification and validation •Individual marker versus patterns – making the choice •Standards and reference samples for ring validations •Priorities for sample distributions? How to conserve the material best for the future? •Longitudinal follow up of disease markers (same patient) •Links to clinical trials and treatment outcome •Foresee the needs of the future (of the partners) Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels)
  • 28.
    Biotech, Start ups Biotech example Technology Academic providers Research Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting  Group (Brussels)
  • 29.
    Need of strong Core Assets Need of strongCore Assets BBMRI Confid C Dr. Paul von Hoegen Euraccine Consulting Group (Brussels) ality dentia