Virtual Taster Lecture Series - Can cell-free technology make viral vector medicines?
Rapid viral vector-based medicine manufacture using cell-free technology has the potential to get these medicines to market much faster, but there are challenges in making the technique work. In this webinar, EngD Research Student Danielle Deuker will ask if we can use cell-free technology to make viral vector medicines.
Virtual Taster Lecture Series - Can cell-free technology make viral vector medicines?
30 Apr 2025, 17:00 – 18:00
The Engineering Virtual Taster Lecture Series is an annual set of online presentations from researchers and academics at UCL Biochemical Engineering. It gives our academics and researchers a chance to present their work and explain what biochemical engineering is and the global challenges we’re helping to overcome. We’re looking forward to welcoming you and taking your questions.
Danielle is an EngD researcher at UCL Biochemical Engineering who works as part of the UCL-Cytiva Centre of Excellence (CoE). She recently published a paper with her colleagues titled “Adeno-Associated Virus 5 Protein Particles Produced by E. coli Cell-Free Protein Synthesis.” In this Biochemical Engineering Taster Lecture Danielle will explain her research and the challenges and opportunities:
“Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) have the potential to get AAV therapies to market faster as these gene therapies can be easily screened for suitable targets, and the speed of manufacture is improved. It could help make personalised medicine more accessible by making it faster and cheaper and could also lower the carbon footprint of making these medicines.”
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