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ArticleBiotechnology and bioengineering2022

Maximizing mRNA vaccine production with Bayesian optimization.

Sara Sousa Rosa, Davide Nunes, Luis Antunes, Duarte M F Prazeres, Marco P C Marques, Ana M Azevedo

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Article in Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Sara Sousa RosaDepartment of Bioengineering, iBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Davide NunesLASIGE, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Luis AntunesLASIGE, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Duarte M F PrazeresDepartment of Bioengineering, iBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Marco P C MarquesDepartment of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
Ana M AzevedoDepartment of Bioengineering, iBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines are a new alternative to conventional vaccines with a prominent role in infectious disease control. These vaccines are produced in in vitro transcription (IVT) reactions, catalyzed by RNA polymerase in cascade reactions. To ensure an efficient and cost-effective manufacturing process, essential for a large-scale production and effective vaccine supply chain, the IVT reaction needs to be optimized. IVT is a complex reaction that contains a large number of variables that can affect its outcome. Traditional optimization methods rely on classic Design of Experiments methods, which are time-consuming and can present human bias or based on simplified assumptions. In this contribution, we propose the use of Machine Learning approaches to perform a data-driven optimization of an mRNA IVT reaction. A Bayesian optimization method and model interpretability techniques were used to automate experiment design, providing a feedback loop. IVT reaction conditions were found under 60 optimization runs that produced 12 g · L

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Vaccines, SyntheticBayes TheoremHumansmRNA VaccinesRNA, MessengermRNA VaccinesRNA, MessengerVaccines, SyntheticBayesian optimizationin vitro transcriptionmachine learningmRNAvaccines

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PMID36017534
PMCPMC9539360

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