Francis Eko
Morehouse School of Medicine, USA
Biography:
Francis Eko is working as a professor in the department of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology at Morehouse school of Medicine. He completed his degree of Doctor from University of Vienna. Dr. Eko's research focuses on vaccine development, vaccine delivery systems, animal models, evaluation and characterization of vaccine-induced innate and adaptive immune responses including the mechanisms by which protective immunity is generated. Dr. Eko developed the Vibrio cholerae ghost (VCG) vaccine and drug delivery platform. VCG are genetically derived, self-adjuvanting vibrio cell envelopes that maintain the native conformation of co-delivered antigens.
