Ashenafi Kiros Wubshet

Dr
Ashenafi Kiros
Wubshet

Postdoctoral researcher
Shandong Binzhou Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Academy and Shandong Agricultural University
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Biography
Dr. Ashenafi Kiros Wubshet is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Shandong Binzhou Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Academy. He obtained his PhD in Preventive Veterinary Sciences from Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute. He got his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and MSc Degree in Veterinary Microbiology from Haramaya and Addis Ababa University, respectively, in Ethiopia. He is an Assistant Professor and member of academic and research staff of Mekelle University, in the College of Veterinary Medicine, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia. He served at different national institutes in different positions in Ethiopia, such as in Alage ATVET College, Ziway, as a lecturer, in Wolaita Sodo University as an assistant professor, in the National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Center as an associate researcher, and in the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Council secretariat as an associate researcher. He has an excellent publication record in high impact factor science journals—17 articles.
Research interests
Molecular virology, Vaccinology, and molecular immunology. (Molecular mechanism study of virus-host interaction and development of vaccine and diagnostic technology)
Projects you're working on
Development of Chimeric PPRV VLPs vaccine co-displaying B- and T-cell Epitopes of Mycoplasma Ovinpeumonia
Discipline
Bacteriology Bioinformatics Challenge model development Challenge study design Clinical trials – efficacy Clinical trials – safety Epidemiology Immunology – B-cells Immunology – T-cells Immunology – innate Molecular biology Virology
Host species
Camels Cattle Fish Pigs Poultry Small ruminants Wildlife Zoonoses
Pathogen
Viruses VirusesAfrican swine fever virus VirusesBovine viral diarrhoea VirusesCapripoxvirus VirusesClassical swine fever virus VirusesFoot-and-mouth disease virus VirusesInfluenza virus VirusesMareks disease virus VirusesNewcastle disease virus VirusesPeste des petits ruminants virus VirusesPorcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus VirusesPoxviruses VirusesRabies virus VirusesRespiratory syncytial virus VirusesRetroviruses VirusesRift Valley fever virus
Stage of vaccine development
Adjuvants Antigen discovery and immunogen design Clinical trials Correlates of protection – immunomonitoring Field trials Pre-clinical trials Vaccine delivery