Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160102915 [ 2016-01-01 - 2019-06-30 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr Nani Wibowo (Chief Investigator) ,  Linda Hwee Lin Lua (Chief Investigator) ,  Prof Anton Middelberg (Chief Investigator) ,  Professor Joanne Meers (Chief Investigator) ,  ARC Linkage Grant LP1701000985 (Funded by)
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Brief description Engineering a nanovaccine for cost-effective influenza poultry vaccination. The project aims to develop a new single-dose, room temperature-stable nanovaccine for cost-effective influenza poultry vaccination. The nanovaccine is based on viral protein assembly modularised to present multiple copies of influenza antigen. Particularly, this project focuses on the engineering of this vaccine manufacturing and formulation for a room temperature-stable vaccine. The resulting engineered vaccine would play an important role in preventing avian influenza outbreaks, which are currently affecting both developed and developing countries, costing millions of dollars due to the death and culling of infected poultry.

Funding Amount $430,000

Funding Scheme Discovery Projects

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