Potent Vaccines

We delivered the world’s first medicine developed using computational protein design. This approach uses software to engineer vaccines with enough precision to place each atoms exactly where desired.

A vaccine for COVID-19 that uses our self-assembling nanoparticle technology has been authorized in the United Kingdom and South Korea. The vaccine, now called SKYCovione (SKYCovion in the UK), has also been granted an Emergency Use Listing by the World Health Organization.

The vaccine’s clinical development is being led by our collaborators at SK Bioscience. The University of Washington is licensing the vaccine technology royalty-free for the duration of the pandemic.

Elicitation of Potent Neutralizing Antibody Responses by Designed Protein Nanoparticle Vaccines for SARS-CoV-2  |  Cell

The Dream Vaccine  |  Science

Rapid Antivirals

In less than a month, our researchers designed over two million antiviral proteins targeting the novel coronavirus.

Over 120,000 of the most promising candidates were tested in the lab. Some neutralize all strains of the novel coronavirus with activities rivaling the best-known antibodies. We are working with collaborators to advance these candidate antivirals into clinical testing.

De novo design of picomolar SARS-CoV-2 miniprotein inhibitors  |  Science

Antibodies Good. Machine-Made Molecules Better?  |  New York Times

Innovative Diagnostics

Our scientists have created new ways to detect SARS-CoV-2 in blood, as well as protective antibodies against the virus.

Diagnostic tests are essential for detecting coronavirus infection and immunity. These biosensors are currently being optimized for use without laboratory instruments or refrigeration.

De novo design of modular and tunable protein biosensors  |  Nature