Muhammad Younas

Dr
Muhammad
Younas

Phd scholar
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pak
Biography

Muhammad Younas Phd scholar in parasitology University of veterinary and animal sciences, Lahore Pakistan. currently i am also working as a research associate in fully funded project Grand challanged fund entilited as "Tackling food security by controlling tick and tick borne parasite in bovine" and my participation in vaccine development against Ixodide tick Riphicephalus microplus and Hyalomma anatolicum tick.

expertise in molecular identification of parasite, PCR, Gel electrophoresis, DNA extraction, SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, ELISA, Flow cytometry, bioinformatics, protein modelling, vaccine designing, protein expression,.

Research interests

My research interest is in vaccine development against ticks and blood protozoan of cattle. basically, I am a veterinary and master of philosophy in parasitology.  bioinformatics, identification of potential vaccine candidates, development of vaccine using immunoinformatic tools, protein expression, western blotting, ELISA, flow cytometry, Next generation sequencing.

Projects you're working on

currently, I am working on the development and evaluation of a multiepitope-based vaccine against Rhipicephalus microplus and Hyalomma anatolicum tick in cattle. this study is a part of a fully funded project entitled "tackling food security by controlling tick and tick-borne diseases in bovine"

Discipline
Bioinformatics Cellular biology Challenge model development Challenge study design Clinical trials – efficacy Clinical trials – safety Ethics Immunology – B-cells Immunology – T-cells Immunology – innate Parasitology Safety evaluation Structural biology
Host species
Cattle
Pathogen
Parasites ParasitesBabesia ParasitesCestodes ParasitesEimeria ParasitesNematodes ParasitesNeospora ParasitesTheileria annulata ParasitesTheileria parva ParasitesTicks ParasitesTrypanosoma
Stage of vaccine development
Adjuvants Antigen discovery and immunogen design Clinical trials Commercialisation Correlates of protection – immunomonitoring Deployment Field trials Marketing Pre-clinical trials Vaccine delivery