Yscript Delivers Proof-of-Concept for Yeast-based mRNA Production – A Milestone on the Road to Scalable, Affordable Therapeutics

Orléans / Europe, 26 September 2025 – The EIC-funded Yscript project, running from April 2022 to September 2025, has successfully demonstrated the proof-of-concept for producing messenger RNA (mRNA)...

Inside the laboratory of Yscript coordinator Chantal Pichon

Our Coordinator has built up a new laboratory - and you can have a peak: A freshly released clip to showcase Chantal Pichon’s (Université d‘Orléans) laboratory and team is now available on the Yscript...

RNA biomanufacturing workshop at UBI

Yscript project partner University of Beira Interior (UBI) will host a hybrid workshop titled “RNA Horizons: An Inspiring Bridge Between Generations”, showcasing the RNA biomanufacturing process.

Th...

University of Aveiro Delivers Key Contribution to the Yscript Project

The Yscript team has spent the past years working on an ambitious goal: developing sustainable and cost-effective methods to produce mRNA in yeast cells. This technology is seen as a promising way to...

Yscript Consortium Gathers in Mainz to Shape the Final Stretch

As the Yscript project enters its final months, partners from across Europe convened in Mainz on 17 - 18 June for their third and final progress meeting to review scientific achievements, refine strat...

Yscript Innovations Featured by Innovation Radar

We are proud and happy to announce that the EC Innovation Radar featured two of the innovations developed in Yscript on their Innovation Radar Platform recently:

• Integrated extraction-purification...

Yscript Presents Research Results At 12th International mRNA Health Conference In Boston

At this year's International mRNA Health Conference in Boston from 12 to 14 November, Yscript project partners University of Aveiro and TRON Mainz will take the opportunity to present their rese...

Voices of Leading Scientists on the Occasion of Two Years of Yscript – Dr Fayza Daboussi

In April 2022, Yscript embarked on a mission to develop a customised yeast-based messenger RNA factory platform for the large-scale and cost-effective production of mRNA therapeutics. After two years,...

Voices of Leading Scientists on the Occasion of Two Years of Yscript – Prof. Chantal Pichon

In April 2022, Yscript embarked on a mission to develop a customised yeast-based messenger RNA factory platform for the large-scale and cost-effective production of mRNA therapeutics. After two years,...

Yscript at 10th MSS Conference in Slovenia

From 3 to 7 June 2024, the Monolith Summer Symposium took place in Portoroz, Slovenia and Yscript was a big part of it. The event takes place every two years and the tenth edition was once again hos...

Voices of Leading Scientists on the Occasion of Two Years of Yscript – Dr Fani Sousa

In April 2022, Yscript embarked on a mission to develop a customised yeast-based messenger RNA factory platform for the large-scale and cost-effective production of mRNA therapeutics. After two years,...

Yscript Consortium Sets the Track for the Final Stretch

On May 23rd and 24th, the Yscript partners came together in Ajdovščina, Slovenia, to set the framework for the final phase of the project. As now the most exciting part of the project starts – putting...

Voices of Leading Scientists on the Occasion of Two Years of Yscript – Michaela Scheid

In April 2022, Yscript embarked on a mission to develop a customised yeast-based messenger RNA factory platform for the large-scale and cost-effective production of mRNA therapeutics. After two years,...

Voices of Leading Scientists on the Occasion of Two Years of Yscript – Dr Urh Černigoj

In April 2022, Yscript embarked on a mission to develop a customised yeast-based messenger RNA factory platform for the large-scale and cost-effective production of mRNA therapeutics. After two years,...

Voices of Leading Scientists on the Occasion of Two Years of Yscript – Dr Mara Freire

In April 2022, Yscript embarked on a mission to develop a customised yeast-based messenger RNA factory platform for the large-scale and cost-effective production of mRNA therapeutics. After two years,...

Yscript Partner Sartorius BIA Separations Brings Science Into Schools

On 22 March 2024, Dr Urh Černigoj, Head of R&D at Sartorius BIA Separations and Principal Investigator in Yscript, took the time to share his research work at a Slovenian elementary school. The 14-y...

Yscript at Hybrid Days and National Conference of the Ligue Contre Le Cancer

In early February, our Coordinator, Chantal Pichon from University of Orléans presented Yscript and the research behind at two occasions in France. She participated in the HYBRID Days 2024 on 8th...

Yscript Launches YouTube Channel With Official Project Film

Interested parties can now find out more about the Yscript project via YouTube. The official project film vividly explains the research goal as well as the targeted approach and application exampl...

Yscript Consortium With Active Contribution to Leading mRNA Research Summit

From 26 to 28 July, the flagship event for mRNA-based vaccine and drug discovery, the mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit, will take place in Boston, USA. Yscript is pleased to be there with two partners...

Yscript at the HPLC Conference in Dusseldorf

Yscript-partner BIA Separations, now part of Sartorius, has presented the project at the 51st International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques (HPLC). Th...

EU Knowledge Valorisation Week 2023: Learn More on Turning Research into Solutions

Join stakeholders and policymakers at the EU Knowledge Valorisation Week between 25 April and 28 April 2023. The annual event highlights best practices promoting the uptake of research results and sci...

Yscript Consortium Comes Together in Portugal: Successful 1st Progress Meeting in Beautiful Spring Setting

On March 22 and 23, the Yscript partners met in Aveiro for their 1st Progress Meeting. Welcomed by our Portuguese partners, University of Aveiro and University of Beira Interior, the consortium...

Yscript Partner UBI Presents the Project to State Minister

On 25 January 2023, the Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Elvira Fortunado, visited Yscript partner UBI – University of Beira Interior to learn more about European Res...

Make Your Results Matter: Join the Webinar ‘Horizon Results Platform & Partners: A Value Proposition’

Since its launch in 2019, the Horizon Results Platform has been offering a free, online space where participants in EU-funded projects, such as Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, can advertise the resul...

Yscript Coordinator awarded with Charité Fellowship

We are happy to announce that the Yscript Coordinator, Chantal Pichon (University of Orléans & CNRS) has been appointed as visiting professor at the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) Center for...

Getting Ready for 2023: Yscript Consortium Meets Online

On November 18th, the first virtual Yscript Consortium Meeting took place. Invited by the coordinator, Chantal Pichon, all partners joined in for a one-day meeting to discuss the activities carried...

Yscript Coordinator Participates in NCP Round Table

On 18 October 2022, Chantal Pichon, the Yscript coordinator, participated in a round table on successful EIC applications organised by the French National Contact Point at the Ministry of Higher Educa...

Join the European Research and Innovation Days 2022 Online on 28 & 29 September

The European Research and Innovation Days are the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and the public to de...

Yscript partner BIA Separations, now part of Sartorius, is lead partner of 2nd Annual mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit End of July in Boston

Ajdovščina, 21 July 2022 – Slovenian biotechnology company BIA Separations, now part of Sartorius is acting as lead partner and contributing to the programme of the 2nd Annual mRNA-Based Therape...

Yscript partner BIA Separations hosts Monolith Summer Symposium 2022

On June 13 - 17, BIASEP, a partner in the Yscript consortium, hosted the 9th Monolith Summer Symposium in Portoroz, Slovenia. The hybrid event brought together scientists and experts in the field of...

Workshop on Leading Strategies in Biopharmaceuticals Manufacturing at University of Aveiro in Portugal

At the invitation of the University of Aveiro (UAVR), the PATh/IL2BioPro/mVACCIL Workshop took place in hybrid format (in person and online meeting) in Portugal on June 2nd, 2022. The one-day series...

Kick-off meeting in France: the Yscript consortium meets in person for the first time

For the first time since the official project start in April, the Yscript team came together for an in-person kick-off meeting on 5th and 6th of May. At the invitation of project coordinator Prof. Cha...

New Project “Yscript”

Yscript – engineering yeast for RNA production

Orléans, 1 April 2022 – The Yscript consortium sets out to develop a tailor-made yeast-based messenger RNA (mRNA) factory platform for large-scale and ...