Shweta Shukla

Mrs
Shweta
Shukla

Research Scientist
Animal and Plant Health Agency, DEFRA, Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdome
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Shweta.Shukla [at] apha.gov.uk
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Biography

My name is Shweta Shukla. I am working as Research Scientist in Wildlife Zoonoses Workgroup at Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, UK. I have been working in APHA since 2018.

I have done my graduation and post graduation (MSc.) in Biotechnology after which I had joined a degree college as guest lecturer for a brief period of 3 months.

 Before moving to the UK, I have worked in National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD-ICAR) in Bhopal India in Avian Influenza workgroup which was also an WOAH reference laboratory as Scientist from 2011-2017

Research interests

I have an interest in host pathogen interaction.

Projects you're working on

Currently I am working on SARS-CoV-2 research projects which aims -transmission studies of SARS-CoV-2 in animal models (ferrets) and identifying the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and other Cornonavirus in  wildlife.

Discipline
Molecular biology Quality assurance Virology
Host species
Cats Dogs Wildlife Zoonoses
Pathogen
Viruses VirusesCoronavirus