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SUMMARY:St Mary’s I &I Seminar Series: Dr Mariagrazia Pizza – The menin
 gococcal vaccine and beyond
DESCRIPTION:St Mary’s Infection & Immunity Seminars (hybrid)\njoin us for
  the Spring/Summer Series \n\nBiography – Prof Mariagrazia Pizza\n\nMari
 agrazia received her degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies a
 t the University of Naples\, Italy. After a period at the EMBO laboratorie
 s in Heidelberg\, Germany\, Mariagrazia moved to Siena\, Italy\, where she
  spent more than 30 years working on bacterial vaccines. During this time\
 , she was initially the lead scientist in the discovery and development of
  the acellular pertussis vaccine based on a genetically detoxified toxin 
 – a vaccine that showed 84% protection in a Phase 3 efficacy trial. Late
 r\, she was project leader of the “reverse vaccinology” approach to di
 scover protective antigens of meningococcus B (MenB) from the bacterial ge
 nome. She led the MenB project through all phases of vaccine development\,
  registration and post-marketing studies.  More recently\, Mariagrazia wa
 s Senior Scientific Director for Bacterial Vaccines at GSK Vaccines and He
 ad of Preclinical at GVGH\, the GSK Vaccine Institute for Global Health\, 
 until December 2022.\nShe is currently Professor of Microbiology at Imperi
 al College\, London. She has received numerous awards\, including the IVI-
  SK Bioscience Park MahnHoon Award 2023\, and is an elected member of EMBO
 \, the European Academy of Microbiology and the Academia Europaea\, Fellow
  of the American Academy of Microbiology\, Vice Chair of the Bacteriology 
 Division of the IUMS (International Unit of Microbiology Societies) and me
 mber of the WHO Product Development for Vaccines Advisory Committee (PDVAC
 ). She has over 250 publications in international peer-reviewed journals a
 nd is co-inventor on many patents.\n\nThis seminar is sponsored by Biolege
 nd\n \nJoin in person:\nG64\, Medical School Building\, St Mary’s Campu
 s\, Paddington\nor online:\nJoin the meeting now\nMeeting ID: 315 492 243 
 71\nPasscode: GnTgsB \n\n\n \n\n
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/176710/st-marys-i-i-seminar-series/
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LOCATION:G64A\, Ground Floor & ONLINE\, Medical School\, St Mary's Campus\,
  Imperial College London\, London\, W2 1NY\, United Kingdom
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