The network provides a platform for protein cage researchers to share the exciting scientific advancements in the community.
The Protein Cage Network stemmed from a collaboration in Functional Design of Protein Cage for Sustainable Bionanomaterial project between members of the Asian Science and Technology Pioneering Institutes of Research and Education (ASPIRE). The website was supported through a joint research project by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore in collaboration with Tokyo Institute of Technology (TITech). It was officially launched at the Pacifichem in 2021 as part of the symposium Chemistry and Applications of Protein and Virus-based Nanotechnologies.