Ramya Kalaivanan

Dr
Ramya
Kalaivanan

Assistant Professor
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai,India
Biography

 Dr. Ramya Kalaivanan, Obtained BVSc., degree in the year 2005 from the Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal under Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai,India and pursued Master's and doctoral degree in the discipline of Veterinary Immunology from the prestigious  University, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India in the year 2008 and 2011 respectively. Joined as Assistant Professor in Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai,India during the year 2012 and  involved in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as research on the antimicrobial resistance and molecular characterization of animal viruses the  till date.

Research interests

 1. Exploring innate immunity(role of dendritic cells) to improve resistance in animals especially chickens

2.Novel diagnostics (Penside test) for animal disease and avian disease

3.  Understanding the molecular mechanisms of host pathogen interactions to intervene  during infections

4. explore the effectiveness of bacteriophage therapy for bacterial infections

Projects you're working on

1.Antimicrobial resistance

2. Molecular characterization of animal viruses

 

Discipline
Bacteriology Immunology – B-cells Immunology – T-cells Immunology – innate Molecular biology Protein biology QC test development Quality assurance Virology
Host species
Buffalo Cattle Dogs Pigs Poultry Small ruminants Zoonoses
Pathogen
Viruses
Stage of vaccine development
Adjuvants Antigen discovery and immunogen design Clinical trials Correlates of protection – immunomonitoring Field trials Pre-clinical trials Vaccine delivery