Rochelle Aw
rochelleaw.bsky.social
Rochelle Aw
@rochelleaw.bsky.social
Research Scientist at Stanford University
cell-free protein synthesis • Pichia pastoris • synthetic biology • biotechnology
This November, I’m joining the University of Nottingham as Assistant Professor in Microbiology to launch my lab. We’ll explore Pichia pastoris, cell-free protein synthesis, and in vitro glycosylation to create flexible, efficient protein production platforms.
September 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Proud to share our pre-print describing our cell-free two step approach for the production of conjugate vaccines. Not only do we produce vaccines at scale in 5 days, but show an immunogenic response in mice.
A scalable cell-free manufacturing platform for two-step bioproduction of immunogenic conjugate vaccines https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.05.668792v1
August 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
We're excited to announce the next Pichia conference in Mallorca Spain in March 2026. Save the date, and join our LinkedIn page (lnkd.in/dzztWMPD) or subscribe on our website (www.pichia2026.com) to receive updates.
May 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Thrilled to share our efforts in showcasing the manufacturing capabilities of cell-free gene expression for biotherapeutics.

analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Scalable Cell‐Free Production of Active T7 RNA Polymerase
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic highlighted the urgent need for biomanufacturing paradigms that are robust and fast. Here, we demonstrate the rapid process development and scalable cell-free production of T7...
analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Reposted by Rochelle Aw
I’m so happy that the major focus of my PhD is out! Very proud of what we accomplished here, and excited for the potential this tech has to enhance future point-of-care protein diagnostics.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A modular cell-free protein biosensor platform using split T7 RNA polymerase
A split polymerase is used to develop a plug-and-play cell-free biosensor platform for point-of-care protein detection.
www.science.org
February 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM