Design of Next-Generation Vaccines Using Protein Engineering

Seminar | April 14 | 2-3 p.m. | 277 Cory Hall

Speaker/Performer:  Prof. Rebecca DuBois, UC Santa Cruz, Biomolecular Engineering

Sponsor:  Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

Viral respiratory and gastrointestinal infections are a major cause of illness and mortality in children worldwide. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human astrovirus (HAstV) infect nearly all children by age two, yet there are no vaccines or antiviral treatments for these pathogens.

In this talk, I will describe how my lab uses protein engineering as a foundation for structural, biochemical, immunological, and cellular studies to understand the molecular warfare between humans and viruses during an infection. I will then describe how we are using protein engineering in the development of next-generation vaccines.
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Rebecca DuBois did her PhD at UC San Diego and postdoc at the Pasteur Institute in Paris.

Event Contact:  victorr@eecs.berkeley.edu, 510-643-6681

Access Coordinator:  Avi Rosenzweig,  victorr@eecs.berkeley.edu,  510-643-6681