Polio

Stony Brook, NY; Stony Brook University: A Stony Brook University team of researchers led by Eckard Wimmer, Distinguished Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Jeronimo Cello, a Research Faculty member in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology executed a research and exclusive option license agreement for the development of a new inactivated polio virus vaccine based on the novel polio viral seed strains developed by the team. Pictured from left to right are: Jeronimo Cello, Eckard Wimmer, Dr. Benjamin Hsiao, Vice President for Research and Sean Boykevisch, Sr. Licensing Associate, Office of Technology Licensing & Industry Relations, Stony Brook University.