Peptides & elephants, was founded in 2001 as a spin off from the German Institute of Human Nutrition. peptides&elephants is a one stop shop service provider for peptides and peptides libraries. Using its own innovative synthesis technology, peptides&elephants plan, develop and synthesize peptides and peptide libraries tailor-made for the customers' needs. This innovative technology was awarded with the Technology Award of the state Brandenburg, Germany.
Besides the custom synthesis, the company offers its customers the in silico optimization and characterization of peptides and peptide libraries. Based on its innovative technology platform peptides & elephants collaborates with researchers from universities and industry in the fields of array technology, immune research, orphan receptor ligands and pharmacologically active peptide mimetics.