Mr
Haroon
Afzal
Mr
Haroon
Afzal
PhD Student
National Pingtung UNiversity of Science and Technology
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PhD Scholar, International Degree Program in Animal Vaccine Technology, Taiwan 2021- ongoing
Master in Animal Vaccine Technology, Taiwan 2019-2021
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 2013-2018 Research interests
Nucleic acid technology: DNA/RNA extraction, PCR, qPCR, cloning Protein techniques: Protein analysis, protein expression, SDS-PAGE, western blot, and protein purification. In vitro: Cell culture, Mice, chickens, ducks, porcine, goats, bovines, fish Animal vaccines and adjuvants: Inactivated, subunit, DNA vaccines, biological adjuvants (TLR2, TLR5), monoclonal antibody, IgY. Immune evaluations: ELSIA, flow-cytometry, T cell proliferation, HA, HI, neutralization. Projects you're working on
Study truncated domains of flagellin as adjuvant
Working of TLR2 agonist as adjuvant
Lipidation of antigen to achieve TLR2 activation Discipline
Immunology – B-cells Immunology – T-cells Immunology – innate Molecular biology Protein biology Structural biology Virology Host species
Pigs Poultry Pathogen
Viruses›Coronavirus Viruses›Infectious bursal disease virus Stage of vaccine development
Adjuvants Antigen discovery and immunogen design Vaccine delivery