BACKGROUND


Nama :                    Sharifah bt Syed Hassan 
Tarikh Lahir :
Tempat Lahir :

Education :
bullet Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, UPM, Malaysia, 1983
bullet MSc in Veterinary Microbiology, Univ. Surrey, UK, 1990
bullet D.Phil ( Molecular Virology), Univ. of Oxford, UK, 1999

 
WORK EXPERIENCE
bullet Deputy Director of Veterinary Research Institute (VRI)
bullet Viral Vaccine Section, VRI ( 1984- 1988)
bullet Mammalian Virology Section,VRI ( 1988- 1993)
bullet Avian Virology Section, VRI ( 1993- 1995)
bullet Head of Avian and mammalian virology Section ( 2000 until today)

 

  
RESEARCH INTERESTS
bullet Development and establishment of diagnostic tests for viral diseases of veterinary importance using molecular based techniques
bullet Production of recombinant proteins and monoclonal antibodies for use in diagnostic assays
 
AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS
 
bullet Anugerah Seri Cakerawala (Sains Veterinar), Jabatan Perkhidmatan Haiwan, Malaysia, 2001
bullet First isolated these viruses in Malaysia:
bullet Reovirus (1989)
bullet Bovine Virus Diarrhoea (1990) virus
bullet very virulent Infectious Bursal Disease virus (vvIBD, 1992)
bullet Duck Virus Enteritis virus ( 1994),
bullet 6 Bluetongue virus serotypes and epizootic haemorrhagic disease of deer ( 1994)