UK-India partnership on Marek's disease and RNA interference to control avian viral disease
Lead Research Organisation:
The Pirbright Institute
Department Name: Avian Infectious Diseases
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Venugopal Nair (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Mwangi W
(2010)
Regional and global changes in TCRaß T cell repertoires in the gut are dependent upon the complexity of the enteric microflora
in Developmental & Comparative Immunology
Nair V
(2011)
Avian oncogenic viruses recent advances on diagnosis, prevention and control
in Journal of Indian Veterinary Association, Kerala (JIVA)
| Description | Organized an International workshop on "Recent concepts in the diagnosis and control of avian oncogenic viruses" during 19th and 20th August, 2010 at Madras Veterinary College, Chennai under the project on "Marek's disease and RNA interference to control avian viral disease". Dr.A.Raja, Associate professor, Department of Animal Biotechnology, Madras Veterinary College attended a ten days training programme on 'Generation of BAC infectious clone library of Marek's disease virus at the Institute of Animal Health, Compton, UK from 18th to 30th October, 2009. The knowledge gained through the training helped in getting a Department of Biotechnology, Govt.India sponsored project on 'Loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technique for rapid detection of Marek's disease virus in feather samples'. The knowledge gained through exchange visits, training and workshop discussions has helped in writing and submission of a full proposal on 'Improving control of major diseases of poultry' to BBSRC-DBT funded programme. |
| Exploitation Route | Overall improvement and application of more recent state of the arts techniques for disease diagnosis and control. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink |
| Description | India-United Kingdom Bioinformatics Network |
| Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/K021362/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2013 |
| End | 02/2018 |
| Description | OIE Reference Laboratory |
| Organisation | World Organisation for Animal Health, France |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As the Reference Lab, we have contributed to the diagnostic procedures and preparation of manual |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborators has published our activities and prepared the book |
| Impact | Publication of the Manual on diagnostic tests |
| Description | AN INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR VENUGOPAL NAIR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Professor Venugopal Nair is a Research Group Leader at The Pirbright Institute, a visiting Professor of Avian Virology at the Department of Zoology, and a Jenner Investigator at the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford. He is also a member of the Microbiology Society, and in this interview, he tells us more about his research into viral diseases of livestock. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://microbiologysociety.org/membership/meet-our-members/focus-area-viruses/an-interview-with-pro... |
| Description | Keynote talk at the World Veterinary Poultry Association meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give the keynote talk on 'Avian tumour viruses: their contribution to our understanding of cancer' at the World Veterinary Poultry Association XXth Congress in Edinburgh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.wvpac2017.com/ |