FMSG: Bio: Rapid Biomanufacturing of mRNA Vaccines in Plant Chloroplasts — NSF Award to University of California-Riverside (CA, $5
This project aims to enable rapid manufacturing of oral vaccines against viruses in plants without the need of specialized equipment or skills. Current vaccine manufacturing technologies need expensive laboratory facilities and cold-chain delivery systems that result in slow and unequal access of vaccines to people. Th
| Award title | FMSG: Bio: Rapid Biomanufacturing of mRNA Vaccines in Plant Chloroplasts |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2134535 |
| Awardee | University of California-Riverside |
| City | RIVERSIDE |
| State | CA |
| Amount obligated | $500,000 |
| Principal investigator | Juan Pablo Giraldo |
| Program | FM-Future Manufacturing |
| Start date | 01/01/2022 |
| Abstract | This project aims to enable rapid manufacturing of oral vaccines against viruses in plants without the need of specialized equipment or skills. Current vaccine manufacturing technologies need expensive laboratory facilities and cold-chain delivery systems that result in slow and unequal access of vaccines to people. This study combines ideas and approaches from the engineering of particles, chloroplast genetics, and plant molecular farming, to turn chloroplasts of edible plant leaves like spinac |
| Source | NSF Awards |
$799/mo
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