Moroccan scientist Lbachir BenMohamed is making headlines in the US for working on a universal COVID-19 vaccine — a vaccine that would work on all variants of the coronavirus, even those that have not appeared yet.
At the Institute for Immunology affiliated to the University of California, Irvine, BenMohamed is leading a nine-member research team tasked with developing a universal COVID -19 vaccine .
Vaccine on a patch
Another original concept that BenMohamed and his team are working on is the injection method of the vaccine.
While all currently-available COVID-19 vaccines are injected through a syringe, the in-development universal vaccine would be administered through a patch, similarly to the widely-available nicotine patches.
Currently:
- Professor, of Immunology,University of California, Irvine (2014). Founder and Head of Cellular and and Molecular Immunolgy
- Assistant Researcher, University of California, Irvine (2002)
Education:
- Diploma – Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Alghadir, Morocco
- Licence (Bachelor’s equivalent) – Biochemistry
- Diploma of Advanced Studies in Immunology – University of Paris VII (aka) Paris Diderot University
- M.S. in Immunolgy and Parasitolgy – Pasteur Institute, Paris
- Ph.D. in Immunology – Pasteur Institute, Paris (1997)
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