{"id":89,"date":"2019-09-06T21:21:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T20:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/?p=89"},"modified":"2019-09-06T21:33:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T20:33:08","slug":"bill-and-melinda-gates-funding-for-universal-influenza-vaccine-project-announced-at-optionsx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/2019\/09\/06\/bill-and-melinda-gates-funding-for-universal-influenza-vaccine-project-announced-at-optionsx\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill and Melinda Gates funding for Universal Influenza Vaccine project announced at OptionsX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the recent ISIRV <a href=\"https:\/\/2019.isirv.org\/\">OptionsX conference in Singapore<\/a>, the Gates foundation announced Grand Challenges Grantees for their Universal Influenza Vaccine Development <a href=\"https:\/\/gcgh.grandchallenges.org\/challenge\/ending-pandemic-threat-grand-challenge-universal-influenza-vaccine-development\">call<\/a>. This included The University of Cambridge (led by Jonathan Heeney) in partnership with the University of Regensburg, the University of Kent (Nigel Temperton), Imperial College London and Public Health England. This project is exciting for the Temperton lab as their influenza pseudotyping technologies are integral to the <a href=\"http:\/\/diosvax.com\/\">DIOS<\/a>-UIVA (Digital Immune Optimized &amp; Selected Universal Influenza Vaccine Antigens) pipeline. Both George Carnell and Rebecca Kinsley undertook their PhDs at the Viral Pseudotype Unit (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msp.ac.uk\/\">Medway School of Pharmacy<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>From left to right in photo: Rebecca Kinsley, George Carnell, Nigel Temperton and Jonathan Heeney.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2019\/09\/IMG_3623.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-90\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2019\/09\/IMG_3623.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2534\" height=\"2649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2019\/09\/IMG_3623.jpg 2534w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2019\/09\/IMG_3623-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2019\/09\/IMG_3623-768x803.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2019\/09\/IMG_3623-980x1024.jpg 980w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2019\/09\/IMG_3623-1920x2007.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2534px) 100vw, 2534px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/2019\/09\/06\/bill-and-melinda-gates-funding-for-universal-influenza-vaccine-project-announced-at-optionsx\/&amp;t=Bill and Melinda Gates funding for Universal Influenza Vaccine project announced at OptionsX' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Bill and Melinda Gates funding for Universal Influenza Vaccine project announced at OptionsX%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/2019\/09\/06\/bill-and-melinda-gates-funding-for-universal-influenza-vaccine-project-announced-at-optionsx\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/2019\/09\/06\/bill-and-melinda-gates-funding-for-universal-influenza-vaccine-project-announced-at-optionsx\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/2019\/09\/06\/bill-and-melinda-gates-funding-for-universal-influenza-vaccine-project-announced-at-optionsx\/&amp;title=Bill and Melinda Gates funding for Universal Influenza Vaccine project announced at OptionsX' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/2019\/09\/06\/bill-and-melinda-gates-funding-for-universal-influenza-vaccine-project-announced-at-optionsx\/&amp;title=Bill and Melinda Gates funding for Universal Influenza Vaccine project announced at OptionsX' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the recent ISIRV OptionsX conference in Singapore, the Gates foundation announced Grand Challenges Grantees for their Universal Influenza Vaccine Development call. 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