Striking out Ebola: Tufts University biophysicist receives $1.5M grant for vaccine development

The National Institutes of Health gave James Munro, a Tufts University School of Medicine biophysicist, a New Innovator funding award, according to Boston Business Journal.

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Here are five observations:

1. The five-year federal grant totals $1.5 million.

2. Mr. Munro will use the funds to try to create an Ebola vaccine, specifically using microscopes to look at how virus proteins transform when entering target cells.

3. Called single-molecule fluorescence resonance transfer, this method will allow Mr. Munro to analyze how viruses infect cells.

4. Mr. Munro will focus on the glycoprotein molecule, which tags along with the Ebola virus as it travels to cells.

5. Mr. Munro is one of 78 recipients of the NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Program grants.

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