Chinaza Ikpendu

Dr
Chinaza
Ikpendu

Lecturer1
Michael Okpara university of agriculture,Umudike Nigeria
Biography
I am Dr Chinaza Ikpendu. I was born October 15,1983 in Nigeria. I am a veterinarian,trained at Michael Okpara university of agriculture, Umudike, Nigeria. I teach in the department of Veterinary Microbiology,in the above institution. I obtained a masters in Veterinary Microbiology from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and my PhD is in view.I am married with kids.
Research interests
My research interests are Immunology of infectious diseases and vaccinology. I am interested in understanding the mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions, in order to profer novel and innovative solutions to infectious diseases
Projects you're working on
Immunomodulatory functions of Aiden fruit extract to Infectious bursal disease IBD virus
Discipline
Immunology – B-cells Immunology – T-cells Immunology – innate Molecular biology
Host species
Fish Poultry Small ruminants
Pathogen
BacteriaAeromonas Viruses VirusesInfectious bursal disease virus VirusesInfectious pancreatic necrosis virus VirusesInfectious salmon anaemia virus VirusesNewcastle disease virus VirusesParamyxoviruses VirusesPeste des petits ruminants virus
Stage of vaccine development
Adjuvants Correlates of protection – immunomonitoring Vaccine delivery