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At the recent IChemE Global Awards 2021, the joint entry from the UKVN Future Vaccine Manufacturing Hubs at Imperial College London (), ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº and the University of Oxford (Vax-Hub) won the Team Award.
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The IChemE Global Awards celebrate chemical, process and biochemical engineering excellence and are widely considered as the world’s most prestigious chemical engineering awards.Ìý
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The ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº-Oxford Vax-Hub, based within the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Department of Biochemical Engineering, is a research programme funded by a grant from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) with the aim of ensuring uninterrupted and affordable vaccine supply for low and middle-income countries while addressing a rapid response to epidemic threats. ÌýThe Hub’s vision is to make the UK the global centre for integrated discovery through to bioprocess manufacture of next-generation vaccines. Ìý The Hub brings together academic institutions (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Imperial College London and the University of Leeds) and a diverse range of international industry partners.
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Speaking after the award was announced, Professor Martina Micheletti, Co-Director of the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº-Oxford Hub said: “I think this reflects the crucial role engineering has and will have in vaccine manufacturing research alongside the other disciplines and expertise as well as the importance of multidisciplinary cross-institution and international team working in this space."

For more information, please consult the following websites

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• Vax-Hub
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