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Biography
BSc Biomedical Sciences, University of Reading, UK (2022)
MSc Cancer Immunology & Biotechnology, University of Nottingham,UK (2023)
Research Summary
Project Title: Mass deployable self-administered DNA vaccines
Supervisors: Dr James Dixon, Dr Maria Marlow, Dr Janet Daly
Description:
My research focuses on developing rapidly deployable vaccines worldwide, utilising pDNA strategies.
More specifically, I focus on developing Microneedle Array Patches (MAPs), which consist of a patch base with tiny micro-projections below 1 mm, and therefore enable painless self-administration of vaccines into the skin, eliminating the need for cold-chain infrastructure and reducing dependence on healthcare professionals.
The swine-origin H1N1 subtype influenza A virus that was responsible for the 2009 global pandemic (pH1N1) will be used as an exemplar.
Funding: Industrial CASE - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) - Nemaura Medical