Open Philanthropy awarded €725,300 ($731,828 at the time of conversion) to the Flanders Institute of Biotechnology to support Anastassia Vorobieva’s research on the development of a vaccine for syphilis.
Vorobieva is participating in a collaborative project with David Baker, Neil King, and Lorenzo Giacani at the University of Washington, as well as Kelly Hawley and Melissa Caimano at the University of Connecticut Health Center. (See “Related Items”, below.)
This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing.