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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🚨 new paper alert 🚨 Here we apply our protein nanoparticle vaccine platform toward a bacterial indication: uropathogenic E. coli, the primary causative agent of UTIs: bit.ly/4waDqaM
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Frontiers | Improving the immunogenicity of E. coli FimH via multivalent display on I53-50 nanoparticles
Urinary tract infections, caused primarily by uropathogenic E. coli, are a significant public health burden, affecting approximately 50% of women worldwide. ...
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Last week, Grace Hendricks successfully defended her dissertation and earned her PhD!
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
🚨 new paper alert 🚨 Here we demonstrate increased anti-RBS neutralizing responses elicited by stabilized influenza H5 immunogens: bit.ly/4u8UxJl
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Science Magazine @science.org · 04/03/2026
A noninvasive "fragmentome" test expand liquid biopsy to liver cirrhosis and other conditions, stabilized flu immunogens could improve vaccine efficacy for H5 influenza, and more this week in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. scim.ag/4rN9eAx
The cover image shows an H5 influenza hemagglutinin (HA) protein carrying stabilizing mutations (magenta).
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Yesterday Dane Zambrano successfully defended her thesis on hybrid lipid-protein nanoparticles! Excellent work Dr. Dane!!
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
🚨 new paper alert 🚨 Here, we show how recently developed ML tools can be leveraged to design self-assembling protein nanoparticle immunogens in the absence of experimentally determined structures of the oligomeric building blocks. Read more @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas....
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Science Magazine @science.org · 16/10/2025
Applying computational design, researchers in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine present an integrated vaccine platform that combines the strengths of mRNA and nanoparticle technologies, and show it elicits strong immune responses in a SARS-CoV-2 model system. scim.ag/3W9M09p
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Computationally designed mRNA-launched protein nanoparticle immunogens elicit protective antibody and T cell responses in mice
Genetic delivery of designed protein nanoparticles displaying the SARS-CoV-2 RBD elicits potent neutralizing antibody and CD8 T cell responses.
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
🚨 new paper alert 🚨 Here, we describe and evaluate a "best-of-both-worlds" vaccine technology platform that combines the benefits of mRNA vaccines and computationally designed protein nanoparticle immunogens: bit.ly/47s7btG.
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Computationally designed mRNA-launched protein nanoparticle immunogens elicit protective antibody and T cell responses in mice
Genetic delivery of designed protein nanoparticles displaying the SARS-CoV-2 RBD elicits potent neutralizing antibody and CD8 T cell responses.
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
mRNA vaccines 🤝 designed nanoparticle immunogens
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Couldn't have asked for a lovelier day to break ground in our new lab downtown! 🌞
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
@uwproteindesign.bsky.social Thanks to Aia, Syed, Dixie, and James for joining us this summer as Rosetta Commons Undergraduate Researchers! We loved working with you these past 10 weeks and wish you the best as you head back home!
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Another day, another preprint on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Here, we show how new machine learning tools can be leveraged to design new self-assembling protein nanoparticle immunogens in the absence of experimentally determined structures of the building blocks. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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From sequence to scaffold: computational design of protein nanoparticle vaccines from AlphaFold2-predicted building blocks
Self-assembling protein nanoparticles are being increasingly utilized in the design of next-generation vaccines due to their ability to induce antibody responses of superior magnitude, breadth, and du...
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Here we show that stabilized influenza hemagglutinin HPAI H5 immunogens improve the quality of elicited antibody responses. Thank you to @open_phil for funding this work! bit.ly/4lgr0rM
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Stabilization of H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza hemagglutinin improves vaccine-elicited neutralizing antibody responses
Transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza from H5 clade 2.3.4.4b has expanded in recent years to infect large populations of birds and mammals, heightening the risk of a human pandemic. Influe...
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
🚨 new paper alert 🚨 Here, we present a method for designing protein nanoparticles with two unique faces that can bring together distinct biological targets at controlled distances! This project was led by Dr. Sanela Rankovic is out now in Nature Materials: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
@uwproteindesign.bsky.social We’re looking for early stage investigators (Sr. Postdocs, Instructors, Asst Profs, etc) to join our ReVAMPP Center designing vaccines and antibodies against paramyxoviruses and bunyaviruses! Read more and apply here: tinyurl.com/MLvax-ESI-app
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The IPD is hiring a new Assistant to the Director! This role provides complex administrative support to IPD leadership and is crucial to keeping operations running. Apply today! bit.ly/4kyguvn
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Congrats on graduating Priya! After working in the lab for 3 years on vaccine adjuvants targeting the CD40 signaling pathway in germinal centers, she earned a Distinguished Researcher in Biochemistry award! Now she's off to work on flu vaccine research at NIAID’s Vaccine Research Center.
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
🚨 new paper alert 🚨 Here, we designed, characterized, and evaluated >100 #malaria vaccines built on our two-component nanoparticle platform! This collaborative project was led by Dr. Mark Langowski and is out now in npj Vaccines: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Elicitation of liver-stage immunity by nanoparticle immunogens displaying P. falciparum CSP-derived antigens - npj Vaccines
npj Vaccines - Elicitation of liver-stage immunity by nanoparticle immunogens displaying P. falciparum CSP-derived antigens
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
There's a new doctor in town, Cameron Criswell defended her PhD thesis last week! 🥳 Congratulations on all your hard work Dr. Criswell!
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Our very own Grace Hendricks gave an excellent talk about her work on mRNA-launched nanoparticles at the Keystone Symposium on Vaccinology in Washington, DC today!
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Veesler lab @veeslerlab.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Delighted to share our most recent work on designing broadly protective sarbecovirus vaccines and defining the path forward for other coronaviruses. Led by @aminaddetia.bsky.social @hhmi.org www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Phylogeny-driven design of broadly protective sarbecovirus receptor-binding domain nanoparticle vaccines
Vaccines against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants and sarbecoviruses with pandemic potential must elicit a robust humoral immune response in a population imprinted with the SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein. H...
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
On Monday the lab celebrated "Cinco de Cara" in honor of Dr. Cara Chao successfully defending her PhD thesis! 🥂 In addition to making MERS vaccines, Cara is a beloved member of the lab who often shares tasty baked goods and infectious laughter. Congratulations!
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The IPD is hiring a new Executive Director! This senior leadership role guides institutional strategy, builds research partnerships, drives fundraising, and directs operations at the world’s top center for computational protein design. Apply today! bit.ly/3Z99PA1
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Enjoying the cherry blossoms and blue skies in Seattle today 🌞
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