The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is Australia's national science research agency.
The CSIRO Dangerous Pathogens team is led by Professor SS Vasan and researchers there are working on preclinical studies of vaccine candidates under development for COVID-19. The novel coronavirus pandemic, the novel coronavirus pandemic. The preclinical response project is in partnership with CEPI. CSIRO also has manufacturing facilities to support the scaleup of vaccine antigens in development at the University of Queensland.
