Thomas Fuerst

Graduate Program Affiliations

• Biological Sciences (BISI): Molecular and Cell Biology (MOCB)

Research Interests

Dr. Fuerst’s research is focused on the development of next-generation vaccines and protein-based therapeutics for infectious disease and cancer. The Fuerst group brings together an assemblage of scientific disciplines including virology, immunology, analytical chemistry, cell biology, structural biology, computational biology, and protein engineering. The multidisciplinary programs include:  (1) a structure-based vaccine design program focused on enveloped viruses, (2) a scaffold-based protein therapeutics program focused on cancer targets, and, (3) an immunoadjuvant and delivery program focused on polyphosphazene-based macromolecular delivery systems.

Education

• Ph.D., Molecular Genetics, Cornell University, 1984
• MBA, Science, Technology and Innovation, George Washington University, 1992
• B.A., Biochemistry, University of California at Berkeley, 1980

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