GADVASU student wins ISVIB Woman Scientist Award Gold Medal for vaccine research

Ludhiana: Dr.Sabia Qureshi, a former PhD student of the Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana has been awarded the prestigious ISVIB Woman Scientist Award Gold Medal.

The award was conferred at the XXIII Annual Convention of Indian Society for Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology (ISVIB) and National Conference on “Challenges in livestock and poultry production - Solutions with Biotechnology”, held at KNP College of Veterinary Science, Shirwal, District Satara, Maharashtra.

The award winning work on development of a novel marker vaccine and companion DIVA assays for Hemorrhagic Septicemia in cattle was carried out by Dr. Qureshi as a part of her PhD research work under the supervision of Dr. Hari Mohan Saxena, Professor of Immunology at GADVASU. The vaccine developed from bacteriophage lysed Pasteurella multocida organisms induced stronger immune response than the currently used alum precipitated vaccine and enabled differentiation of vaccinated from infected animals (DIVA) by ELISA and Western Blotting. The work has been published in a reputed international journal. Dr. Qureshi is presently serving as an Assistant Professor at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology at Srinagar, Kashmir.