Research interests
- The specificity of protein-protein and protein-RNA interactions in the morphogenesis of virus structures
- The modification of virus particles and the uses of such particles in biotechnology
- The development of RNA plant virus-based vectors and their application for expression of high-value proteins of pharmaceutical interest in plants
PLAPROVA - Plant Production of Vaccines
PLAPROVA is a collaborative project between the EU and Russia with participation from South Africa that will develop a rapid plant-based system to produce and assess the capacity of different proteins to act as vaccines against important diseases of livestock such as avian influenza and blue tongue. The project is funded under the EU Framework 7 programme (Research area: Cooperation; Theme: Food, agriculture and fisheries, and biotechnology) and co-ordinated from the John Innes Centre, Norwich, U.K.
