Tanja Smith

Dr
Tanja
Smith

University of Pretoria; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Biography

Masters degree (Human molecular biology) obtained from the University of the Free State, South Africa, in 2016.  Interned at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Biosciences, April 2016 - March 2017.  Currently based at the CSIR, working on the development of a plant-based subunit vaccine for poultry as part of PhD project (commenced April 2017). 

Research interests

subunit vaccine development, plant-based expression, molecular biology, poultry infectious diseases

Discipline
Molecular biology
Host species
Poultry
Pathogen
VirusesInfluenza virus VirusesNewcastle disease virus
Stage of vaccine development
Antigen discovery and immunogen design