Corona Virus immune epitope discovery
Project Lead(s)
Associate Professor
Objectives/Research Areas
To identify and characterize T cell and antibody epitopes that are shared by SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2 and common cold corona viruses for use as components of universally relevant multi-epitope COVID-19 vaccines.
Team
Internal Collaborator(s)
LCDR Hugo Miranda, NMARU-3, Ghana Detachment
LDCR Terrel Sanders, US Naval Medical Research Unit-3 (NMARU-3), Ghana Detachment
External Collaborator(s)
Dr. Martha Sedegah, Malaria Department, Naval Medical Research Center, USA
Dr. Eileen Villasante, Malaria Department, Naval Medical Research Center, USA
Funder(s)
Military Infectious Diseases Research Program (MIDRP), USA DoD