Pump Priming Project Awards Round 6 Awardees

Listed below are the successful projects awarded in our sixth round of pump priming. 

BELCHER ThomasDr Thomas Belcher
Post-doctoral Scientist
University of Oxford, UK

 

Targeted genetic manipulation of gonococcal rmp and O-antigen genes to develop an improved gonorrhoea vaccine

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BROWN Jeremy SProfessor Jeremy Brown
Professor of Respiratory Infection
University College London, UK

Developing a vaccine to protect against multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections

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DA COSTA RochelleMs Rochelle Da Costa 
PhD Student
University of Queensland, Australia

 

Investigating novel vaccine candidates for Salmonella

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DURU CarissaDr Carissa Duru 
Postdoctoral Research Associate 
International Foundation Against Infectious Disease In Nigeria, Nigeria

The Diversity of Surface Polysaccharides among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Nigeria

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ELUMALAI PreethamDr Punnadath Preetham Elumalai
Associate Professor (Biochemistry)
Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), India

Genomic and proteomic profiling of Streptococcus agalactiae serotypes Ia, Ib and III to reveal novel surface antigens as cross protective vaccine candidates

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HEINZ EvaDr Eva Heinz
Senior Lecturer in Disease Genomics
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK

 

Immune signature against Klebsiella pneumoniae proteins in a mother-baby cohort from Blantyre, Malawi

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NEILL DanielDr Daniel Neill
Senior Lecturer and Sir Henry Dale Fellow
University of Liverpool, UK

 

An anti-invasiveness pneumococcal vaccine design: cost-effective pan-serotype protection

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OBOLENSKY AnnaDr Anna Obolensky
Director Translational Research
Pacific GeneTech (PGTx), UK

 

A novel recombinant cross-protective vaccine against Shigellosis

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Professor Anthony ScottAnthony Scott
Professor of Vaccine Epidemiology
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK

A seroprevalence study for Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A and X to advance introduction of ACWYX conjugate meningococcal vaccines in Ethiopia

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SSEMAKALU CorneliusDr Cornelius Cano Ssemakalu
Chief Science Officer
Iraka Biotech (Pty) LTD, South Africa

 

Demonstrating the safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of a PIT™ prepared Aeromonas hydrophila whole-cell inactivated vaccine in Oreochromis niloticus

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TREGONING JohnDr John Tregoning
Reader
Imperial College London, UK

 

Maximising mucosal responses to mRNA vaccines for Acinetobacter baumannii

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