Dr. Waffo’s research focuses are as follows: a) RNA-coliphage display as drug cargo and b) immunization with recombinant antigenic polypeptides or proteins coupled to nano-particles. Phage display is a molecular diversity technology that allows gene modification of phage and presentation of biomolecules on its surface. Qphage was shown to be a powerful tool for functional molecules exposition and optimization (Bopda, 2004). More recently Dr. Waffo investigated cellular proteins interacting with the viral proteins during viral infection. Dr. Waffo developed expertise in protein purification and RNA phage display technology. He will be using his expertise and nanotechnology to explore viral shell as well as recombinant antigenic polypeptide for the attachment of drug cargo.
