Dr
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
Viruses›Influenza virus Viruses›Newcastle disease virus Stage of vaccine development
Antigen discovery and immunogen design