Dr
John
McGiven
John McGiven was born in Surry, England in 1973. He graduated from the University of Liverpool with a BSc (Hons) in Zoology in 1994 and has spent his professional career at the Animal & Plant Health Agency in Weybridge, UK. During this time he obtained an MSc in Immunology from the University of Surrey, a graduate diploma in statistics from the Open University and most recently a PhD in Biochemistry from Imperial College London. He is currently leading the workgroup for Exotic Bacteria at APHA which includes the Brucella (including the WOAH Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis) and Mycoplasma teams (led by Anne Ridley, including the WOAH Reference Laboratory for Contagious agalactia) and is the APHA Disease Consultant for Brucellosis as well as the APHA Immunology Discipline Champion for Immunology.
My main interest is in the zoonotic disease brucellosis and the development of applied tools (vaccines, diagnostics, bacteriology and molecular epidemiology) to combat it. As we are disease free I have a particular need to work with institutes and teams from other countries in order to obtain resources to develop my work and also to evaluate its impact and am keen to collaborate on a mutually beneficial basis. APHA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, the Welsh Government and The Scottish Government. It has a remit to safeguard animal and plant health for the benefit of people, the environment and the economy. The APHA is home to more WOAH Reference Laboratories than any other organisation with expertise in a wide range of diseases of veterinary and zoonotic significance.
Development of a glycoconjugate DIVA vaccine against brucellosis
Development and evaluation of synthetic glycan antigens for the serodiagnosis of brucellosis in all host species
Development of improved diagnostic tools for the diagnosis of canine brucellosis