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Dr Valerie Ferro

Senior Lecturer

Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

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Personal statement

Val Ferro read Biochemistry at the University of Aberdeen (BSc Hons 1985) and carried out postgraduate research into Tumour Biology at the University of St. Andrews. (PhD,Ìý1989). She moved to the ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ in 1989 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, managing commercially-funded projects on vaccine development. She became a lecturer in 2006 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2018.

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Prize And Awards

Recipient
2006

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Publications

Bennett E, Mullen AB,
Methods Vol 49, pp. 322-327 (2009)
Khan Muhammad AH, Ogita Kazuhide, , Kumasawa Keiichi, Tsutsui Takeki, Kimura Tadashi
Vaccine Vol 26, pp. 1365-1374 (2008)
Mann Jamie F S, Shakir Eisin, Carter Katharine C, , ,
Vaccine Vol 27, pp. 3643-3649 (2009)
Acevedo Reinaldo, Perez Oliver, Zayas Caridad, Perez Jose L, Callico Adriana, Cedre Barbara, Garcia Luis, , ,
PLOS One Vol 7 (2012)
Obeid Mohammad A, Al Qaraghuli Mohammed M, Alsaadi Manal, Alzahrani Abdullah R, Niwasabutra Kanidta,
Therapeutic Delivery Vol 8, pp. 947–956 (2017)
Zheoat Ahmed M, Gray Alexander, Igoli John, ,
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Vol E73, pp. 1368-1371 (2017)

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Teaching

Val teaches at both undergraduate (Years 1, 2 and 4) and postgraduate level.

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Research Interests

Current research interests within Dr Ferro's group focuses on three main areas: development of non-invasive human and veterinary vaccines, development of anti-fertility vaccines and natural product research.

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Professional Activities

Host
1/3/2023
Consultant
29/8/2022
Host
7/2022
Host
5/2022
Host
5/2022
Host
2022

Projects

Mulheran, Paul (Principal Investigator) Ferro, Valerie (Co-investigator) Johnston, Karen (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2024
Mulheran, Paul (Principal Investigator) Ferro, Valerie (Co-investigator)
Design of peptide-adjuvant systems for enhance immunogenicity
01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2024
Mulheran, Paul (Principal Investigator) Ferro, Valerie (Co-investigator) Mullen, Alexander (Co-investigator)
Design of peptide-adjuvant systems for enhance immunogenicity
01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2022
Mullen, Alexander (Principal Investigator) Ferro, Valerie (Co-investigator)
05-Jan-2018 - 04-Jan-2020
Mulheran, Paul (Principal Investigator) Ferro, Valerie (Academic)
01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2017
Mulheran, Paul (Principal Investigator) Ferro, Valerie (Academic)
01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2021

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Dr Valerie Ferro
Senior Lecturer
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

Email: v.a.ferro@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3724