克莱尔Komives

研制抗蛇毒血清

Does the idea of a snake bite—possibly poisonous—make you shudder? 在休假期间 spent at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 克莱尔Komives began developing an effective 抗蛇毒血清 that may have a major impact in the areas of the world where poisonous bites are most prevalent. Inspired by researcher Binie V. 利普斯发现 a protein in opossums that makes them immune to snake bites, Dr. Komives创造了 a low-cost method for synthesizing and testing peptides found in that protein and is applying them to the creation of a new snake 抗蛇毒血清.

“We have been able to answer questions about the activity of a peptide to neutralize venom from Indian snakes,” she explains.

Komives intends to seek additional funding to further develop the peptide so that it has a longer half-life in the body. Komives was recently awarded a Fulbright scholarship—her second—to share active, project-based learning models that have proven to be successful at 菠菜网lol正规平台 with universities across India. She will work with the faculty and administrators of engineering colleges to try to improve the quality of teaching there, as many institutions limit their methods to lectures. Being in India will also allow her to continue to collaborate with an Indian pharmaceutical company for the development of the lowcost 抗蛇毒血清.

以色列华雷斯孔特雷拉斯, ’19 MS Chemical 工程, inspects an assembled bioreactor containing growth media before it is autoclaved (sterilized). 灭菌后, yeast (Pichia Pastoris) engineered for 抗蛇毒血清 production is grown in the bioreactor. Israel has been accepted into the biochemistry and biophysics Ph.D. 加州大学项目 圣地亚哥.

Chemical 工程, Charles W. Davidson College of 工程
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health

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