Elsayyad M Ahmed

Elsayyad M
Ahmed

Virologist
Animal Health Research Institute
Biography

I am a Ph.D. holder in virology, my main work in the field of veterinary diagnostic and research laboratories especially viral and zoonotic diseases with about 11 years of experience in the field, labs, consultation and training. I am experienced with different diagnostic techniques used in diagnosis and epidemiological surveys of animal wealth: field test and laboratory (serological ELISA, FAT, SNT, molecular biology diagnostics ; PCR, real-time PCR, iiPCR, Sanger sequencing techniques , viral isolation using different routes (cell cultures ECE, and lab animals), experienced with and trainer for basic bioinformatics tools and resources for data analysis and NGS with H3A and now a supervisor and system administrator for IBT and NGS courses with H3Abionet, I worked in different veterinary diagnostic facilities in addition to veterinary field practice. My home institution is Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI), ministry of Agriculture, Egypt, in the department of virology research as a virologist, I’m an international certified from IFBA, previously trained and participated in ASM 52 weeks biosafety in Egypt, and international participant of IFBA monitoring program, I worked as trainer and member of the technical committee, biosafety officer, quality assurance supervisor in the general administration of veterinary diagnostic laboratories with multiple tasks. My current position is as a veterinary diagnostic specialist at AVDL, MEWA, and KSA from January 2017. I work with passion, love my lab, and never stop learning and looking for learning more and more during my life journey.

Research interests

Virological research,molecular diagnosis, bioinformatics

Projects you're working on

herpes, pox viruses, bacterial resistance

Discipline
Bacteriology Bioinformatics Epidemiology Molecular biology Safety evaluation Systems biology Virology
Host species
Buffalo Cats Cattle Dogs Horses Small ruminants Zoonoses
Pathogen
Bacteria BacteriaBrucella BacteriaE. coli BacteriaSalmonella ParasitesTicks Viruses VirusesAfrican horse sickness virus VirusesAfrican swine fever virus VirusesBluetongue virus VirusesBovine ephemeral fever virus VirusesBovine viral diarrhoea VirusesCrimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus VirusesFoot-and-mouth disease virus VirusesHerpesvirus VirusesInfluenza virus VirusesNipah virus VirusesParamyxoviruses VirusesPeste des petits ruminants virus VirusesRabies virus VirusesRift Valley fever virus