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New engineering lab to improve viral vector processes and technologies

Viral Vector Initiative in Research and Learning (NC-VVIRAL)

A graduate student works in NC-VVIRAL's lab on NC State University's Centennial Campus.

Jun 12, 2023

TUCASI awards funding to NC-VVIRAL

The Triangle Universities Center for Advanced Studies Inc. (TUCASI) has awarded funding to the North Carolina Viral Vector Initiative in Research and Learning (NC-VVIRAL) to support student-led projects. 
A red and gray machine is attached to wires and has clear bottles of liquid on top. A tray of test tubes is partially visible in the machine.

Mar 8, 2023

Going viral

The North Carolina Viral Vector Initiative in Research and Learning builds partnerships among academia, industry and government to become a boon to the biomanufacturing of viral vectors in the state and beyond. 
VVIRAL lab header image showing a closeup image of beakers and clear glass laboratory containers.

Jul 14, 2022

New engineering lab to improve viral vector processes and technologies

Viral vectors are viruses that have been modified to deliver genetic material into cells for treatment or research. Because viruses already naturally know how to deliver their genomes into cells they want to infect, scientists can use non-pathogenic viruses as a vehicle to introduce what they need directly into a cell.