Nzubechukwu Innocent Ugokwe

Dr
Nzubechukwu Innocent
Ugokwe

Ph.D. Researcher
University of Leicester
Email 
niu1 [at] leicester.ac.uk
Biography

I received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree in 2017 from the University of Nigeria (with eight distinctions and eleven academic awards). Between 2017 and 2019, I worked as a farm veterinarian and a veterinary public health intern in the livestock sector. Proceeded on to obtain a Masters in Theriogenology from the University of Ibadan in 2021 and a Master's in Vaccine Production and Quality Control funded by the African Union in 2022.

Currently a doctoral student at the Phage research Lab, Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, England Uk. My research is on bioengineering of phages for the development of vaccines against animal diseases.

 

Research interests

Phage Bioengineering

Phage vaccine Display

Adaptive immunity

Projects you're working on

Development of Phage based vaccines for animal health.

Discipline
Bacteriology Bioinformatics Cellular biology Immunology – B-cells Immunology – T-cells Immunology – innate Molecular biology Virology
Host species
Pigs Poultry
Pathogen
Viruses VirusesAfrican swine fever virus VirusesPorcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus VirusesRabies virus
Stage of vaccine development
Antigen discovery and immunogen design Vaccine delivery