Ndawula Charles

Dr
Ndawula
Charles

Researcher
National Livestock Resources Research Institute
Email 
ndawulaj821 [at] gmail.com
Biography

I hold a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, MSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Jiangnan University and BSc Biochemistry, Chemistry and Zoology.

Research interests

I am Biochemist and Molecular biologist. Currently, I am working as a research at the National Livestock Resources Research Institute, under the Vaccinology research program. My research interest is developing vaccines against vector and vector borne pathogens of economic significance to Humans and animals.  Currently, focus is to develop anti-tick and tick pathogen transmission  recombinant vaccines. I also research on other aspects toward finding ways for control of ticks and tick borne disease, for instance, finding novel targets for acaricide development

Projects you're working on

Development anti-tick and tick pathogen transmission blocking vaccines

Discipline
Bioinformatics Cellular biology Clinical trials – efficacy Clinical trials – safety Formulation technology Immunology – B-cells Immunology – T-cells Immunology – innate Molecular biology Parasitology Protein biology Virology
Host species
Cattle Pigs Small ruminants Zoonoses
Pathogen
BacteriaE. coli Parasites ParasitesBabesia ParasitesTheileria parva ParasitesTicks ParasitesTrypanosoma Viruses VirusesAfrican swine fever virus VirusesClassical swine fever virus VirusesCrimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus VirusesNairoviruses
Stage of vaccine development
Adjuvants Antigen discovery and immunogen design Correlates of protection – immunomonitoring Field trials Pre-clinical trials Vaccine delivery