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Cara W. Chao

University of WashingtonORCID 0009-0004-4824-6445Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:multiome· 1

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Computationally designed mRNA-launched protein nanoparticle vaccines

Grace G. Hendricks, Lilit Grigoryan, Mary Jane Navarro, Nicholas Catanzaro, Miranda L. Hubbard, John M. Powers, Melissa D. Mattocks, Catherine Treichel, Alexandra C. Walls, Jimin Lee, Daniel Ellis, Jing Yang Wang, Suna Cheng, Marcos C. Miranda, Adian S. Valdez, , Neil P. King

This paper develops an mRNA-launched nanoparticle vaccine that combines protein nanoparticle and mRNA vaccine advantages, showing enhanced antibody and T cell responses in mice.

Science Translational Medicine · Oct 15, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology

Protein nanoparticle vaccines induce potent neutralizing antibody responses against MERS-CoV

Cara W. Chao, Kaitlin R. Sprouse, Marcos C. Miranda, Nicholas J. Catanzaro, Miranda L. Hubbard, Amin Addetia, Cameron Stewart, Jack T. Brown, Annie M. Dosey, Adian Valdez, Rashmi Ravichandran, Grace G. Hendricks, Maggie Ahlrichs, Craig Dobbins, Alexis Hand, , Neil P. King

This study develops MERS-CoV vaccines using a protein nanoparticle platform, showing they induce strong neutralizing antibodies and protect mice against MERS-CoV challenge.

Cell Reports · Dec 1, 2024Peer-reviewedImmunology