Takele A. TEFERA

Dr
Takele A.
TEFERA

Director
National Veterinary Institute
Email 
takeletefera99 [at] gmail.com
Biography

NAME: Takele Abayneh Tefera

POSITION TITLE: Director General, National Veterinary Institute>

EDUCATION/TRAINING 

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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Bishoftu, Ethiopia

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)

09/1989

07/1995

Veterinary Medicine

 

Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway

 

Master of Science (MSc)

 

 

08/2005

 

06/2007

 

Aquatic Medicine/Fish Health

 

Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway

 

PhD

 

01/2011

 

12/2013

 

Bacterial diseases of fish (with area of research on bacterial genomics)

 

Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada

Postdoctoral certificate

04/2018

07/2018

Advanced molecular Biology and proteomics as applied to vaccine design

 

Oxford and Makerere University, Entebe, Uganda

 

Certificate

 

04/2017

 

04/2017

 

Vaccinology

 

Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway

 

FELASA (Federation of European Laboratory Animal Association) Certificate

 

05/2012

 

06/2012

 

Laboratory Animal Science Course for research workers

 

University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

 

Certificate

 

06/2011

 

07/2011

 

Molecular diagnosis bacterial fish pathogens

Research interests

Vaccine research and development against livestock and zoonotic diseases employing both conventional and advanced biotechnological applications.

 

Projects you're working on
Engineered vaccine against hemmorrhagic septicemia in ruminants
Discipline
Bacteriology Bio-manufacturing Challenge model development Challenge study design Clinical trials – efficacy Clinical trials – safety Formulation technology Molecular biology Systems biology
Host species
Cattle Fish Poultry Small ruminants Zoonoses
Pathogen
Bacteria Viruses
Stage of vaccine development
Antigen discovery and immunogen design Clinical trials Field trials Pre-clinical trials