Dr
Francis
Wekesa
Dr
Francis
Wekesa
Independent Research Scientist
KALRO Biotechnology Research Institute
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Am a highly motivated and qualified Biotechnologist, Biomedical Scientist, and Molecular Virologist with 13 years of experience in Vaccinology, Molecular Diagnostics, Molecular breeding, molecular cloning, Genetic Engineering, Cell Biology, Molecular Virology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, OMICS, Immunology, and pharmaceutical sciences. Research interests
Vaccinology, Molecular Diagnostics, Virology and Infectious diseases Projects you're working on
Development of subunit vaccines and rapid diagnostic kits against rift valley fever, capripox and peste de petit ruminants virus Discipline
Bacteriology Cellular biology Challenge model development Challenge study design Epidemiology Formulation technology Molecular biology Protein biology Virology Host species
Cattle Poultry Small ruminants Zoonoses Pathogen
Bacteria Parasites Viruses Viruses›African swine fever virus Viruses›Bluetongue virus Viruses›Infectious bursal disease virus Viruses›Nairoviruses Viruses›Newcastle disease virus Viruses›Rift Valley fever virus Stage of vaccine development
Antigen discovery and immunogen design