About the Authors

Yeqi Li

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GeorgiaUnited States of America

Richard B. Meagher

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GeorgiaUnited States of America

Xiaorong Lin

* Xiaorong.Lin@uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GeorgiaUnited States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: All three authors, Yeqi Li, Richard B. Meagher, and Xiaorong Lin, declare competing interest because the authors have applied for patents on mRNA-LNP technology for fungal vaccines (Disclosure Case No. 2023-111).