Editors:
- Covers mRNA-based vaccination technology from basic RNA biology till regulatory approval
- Provides established RNA researchers and developers with updates on the latest advancements in the field
- Gives a quick but comprehensive overview of the mRNA-based vaccination technology, its application, and future potential
Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (CT MICROBIOLOGY, volume 437)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
As the mRNA-based vaccination technology has been progressing rapidly, the book is intended to be an end-to-end review series, covering everything from basic RNA biology and preclinical studies to the manufacturing strategy, clinical development and regulatory approval. It provides established RNA researchers and developers with updates on the latest advancements in the field and allows for a quick but comprehensive overview of this transformative technology, its application, and future potential.
Editors and Affiliations
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Senior Vice President of Research, Dynavax Technologies, Emeryville, USA
Dong Yu
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CureVac AG, Tübingen, Germany
Benjamin Petsch
About the editors
Dr. Dong Yu currently is Senior Vice President of Research at Dynavax Technologies. Prior to joining Dynavax, Dr. Yu was the Head of Preclinical R&D US at GSK Vaccines. He received the PhD from University of Connecticut Health Center. He was a faculty member at Washington University in Saint Louis and the Head of Microbial Molecular Biology at Novartis Vaccines prior to joining GSK Vaccines in 2015. Dr. Yu authored over 40 publications in various journals and books. His publications reflect his research interests in virology, infectious diseases, and vaccines.
Dr. Benjamin Petsch, Senior Director Prophylactic Vaccine Research at CureVac AG, Benjamin Petsch joined CureVac in 2010 as a scientist in the vaccines department developing mRNA based vaccines against infectious diseases and is heading the department since 2013. He received his university degree from Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and performed his doctoral thesis at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Tübingen, where he continued as a postdoc and research group leader working on mRNA vaccination against Influenza and on intervention of Influenza replication using small molecules. Dr. Petsch has a 10+ years scientific experience on mRNA based prophylactic vaccines.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: mRNA Vaccines
Editors: Dong Yu, Benjamin Petsch
Series Title: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18070-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-18069-9Published: 04 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-18072-9Published: 05 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-18070-5Published: 03 January 2023
Series ISSN: 0070-217X
Series E-ISSN: 2196-9965
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 205
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Immunology, Vaccine, Infectious Diseases, Medical Biochemistry