Antibody epitope team (EPITOPE)
The EPITOPE team focuses on malaria, monoclonal antibodies, and epitope-based vaccinology.
We work on translating the characteristics of highly protective monoclonal antibody epitopes into multivalent vaccine candidates as well as identifying immune evasion mechanisms of malaria parasites. We are currently developing vaccines targeting both Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites, merozoites as well as the sexual stages in the mosquitoes.
The EPITOPE team has expertise in the following areas:
- Monoclonal antibody production and characterisation
- Functional pathogen inhibition assays
- Vaccine design
- Pre-clinical vaccine development
- Clinical vaccine trials
- protein engineering
The team has close collaborations with researchers at University of Oxford, University of Nottingham, University of Ghana, Technical University of Denmark, as well as the other teams at CMP.
Click here for a list of current members of the EPITOPE team
We welcome graduate and undergraduate students with a background in Health & Medical Sciences and Natural Sciences to do their project with the EPITOPE team. If you are interested, please contact the team leader, Professor Lea Barfod.
For more information about the EPITOPE team, please contact the team leader, Professor Lea Barfod.
Click here to see a list of current members of the EPITOPE team.