Grants
UKRI Impact Acceleration Award
(£80k FEC; Principal investigator)
(£80k FEC; Principal investigator)
“Global partnership for global health: Scaling pABOL synthesis to enable translation of next generation saRNA vaccines" Awarded July 2024
Leveraging partnership with Incepta Pharmaceuticals (Bangladesh) to scale the GMP synthesis of polymeric saRNA delivery systems and move saRNA vaccine candidates (Rift Valley Fever, Dengue, Rabies, Rotavirus, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus) into readiness for clinical trials.
Bacti-Vac Catalyst Prime-Pump Award
(£100k FEC; Principal investigator)
(£100k FEC; Principal investigator)
“Development of a novel adjuvant for vaccines against bacterial pathogens (Bacti-STING)” Awarded July 2024
Controlling the biodistribution and innate stimulating effects of mRNA/saRNA (Tregoning/Shattock), delivery materials (LNPs/polymers; Peeler/Stevens), and targeted polymeric adjuvants (Stayton), in partnership with LMIC vaccine manufacturing experts (Incepta) to vaccinate against A.baumannii.
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Beamtime
(Principal investigator)
(Principal investigator)
“Structural characterization of ternary polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles for RNA delivery"
Awarded October 2023. Three days of experimental beamtime on the ZOOM SANS instrument.
Past grants
Co-investigator, EPSRC CDT in Chemical Biology (1 FTE PhD student; 2022)
Collaboration with Dr. Yuval Elani and Dr. Nick Brooks at ICL and Dr. Morag Rose Hunter at AstraZeneca to develop high throughput delivery formulation and in vitro screening methods.
Co-investigator, Imperial Confidence in Concept (£80k FEC; 2022)
Collaboration with Prof. Ramesh Wigeshweraraj (ICL Microbiology) focused on mechanisms of polymer-mediated nucleic acid and protein delivery into bacteria as novel antimicrobials.
Principal Investigator, PATH Health Innovation Portfolio Grant ($50k; 2016)
An extension of work with BWB which enabled collaboration with the non-profit PATH for technological development and market research on critical care technologies via travel to Uganda.
Principal Investigator, Global WACh & W.H. Coulter Foundation Pilot Grant ($30k; 2015)
An extracurricular Bioengineers Without Borders (BWB) project I co-led to develop a low-cost anaesthetic vaporizer and enhance access to surgery in collaboration with Pulmonology/Critical Care Medicine (Dr. Robb Glenny), Anaesthesia/Global Health (Prof. Anthony Roche) and Bioengineering (Prof. Wendy Thomas).