Basem Ahmed

Dr
Basem
Ahmed

Senior Lecturer
Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University
Biography

Basem graduated as a veterinarian in 2007 from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt, and subsequently obtained his post-graduate degrees there (2008-2016). As a virologist, Basem Pays great attention to the epidemiology, diagnosis and vaccination of viruses affecting intensified production of poultry and fishes. Now, Basem is a lecturer of virology and technical officer for the virology post-graduate research lab in the faculty of veterinary medicine Cairo university.

Research interests

Conventional viral vaccine, molecular biology based vaccines, vaccine production, vaccine evaluation, viral evolution studies, and virus diagnosis.

Projects you're working on

Development and evaluation of trivalent vaccine against H5, H9, and ND for poultry using ISA71 oil adjuvant (finished/ published)

Development and evaluation of Multi-IB and velogenic ND vaccine using ISA70 oil adjuvant (finished/ published)

Former R&D manager at Vaccine Valley (veterinary vaccine manufacturer in Egypt)

Current Chief Technical Officer for poultry vaccine (EgyVac the sole  agent of BiotestLab.UA in Egypt)

Discipline
Bioinformatics Challenge study design Clinical trials – efficacy Clinical trials – safety Commercialisation Formulation technology Molecular biology Safety evaluation Virology
Host species
Buffalo Camels Cattle Dogs Fish Horses Poultry Small ruminants
Pathogen
Bacteria›Clostridia Bacteria›E. coli Viruses Viruses›Adenovirus Viruses›Capripoxvirus Viruses›Coronavirus Viruses›Foot-and-mouth disease virus Viruses›Herpesvirus Viruses›Infectious bursal disease virus Viruses›Influenza virus Viruses›Mareks disease virus Viruses›Newcastle disease virus Viruses›Paramyxoviruses Viruses›Parvovirus Viruses›Poxviruses Viruses›Rabies virus
Stage of vaccine development
Adjuvants Antigen discovery and immunogen design Clinical trials Commercialisation Correlates of protection – immunomonitoring Field trials Marketing Pre-clinical trials Vaccine delivery