Advances in Animal Disease Diagnosis

Suresh Kumar Gahlawat, Ph.D. is presently working as Professor, Department of Biotechnology Chaudhary Devi Lal University (CDLU), Sirsa, India. He also worked in various capacities such as Dean, Research, Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, Dean of Colleges, Dean Student’s Welfare and Chairperson, Department of Biotechnology in the same university. He received postdoctoral BOYSCAST fellowship and DBT Overseas Associateship from the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India for carrying out research at FRS Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, UK. His research interests include the development of molecular diagnostic methods for bacterial and viral diseases. He published more than 70 research papers in journals of national and international repute, authored more than 06 books and supervised M.Phil and Ph.D research work of 14 students. He is active member of various international scientific organizations and societies including Association Microbiologist of India.

Sushila Maan, Ph.D. Professor & Head at Department of Animal Biotechnology, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, India. She did her Ph.D. from Royal Veterinary College, University of London, UK. She had been Post-Doctoral Fellow within the Arbovirus Molecular Research Group at the Institute for Animal Health (IAH), Pirbright, UK from 2006 – 2011. Dr Sushila Maan has made vital contributions to the extraordinary high impact success of bluetongue virus (BTV) and other pathogens’ research and surveillance including the development of innovative next generation sequencing techniques, identification of seven new Orbivirus species and the 26th serotype of BTV. Dr Maan has developed and commercialized advanced molecular diagnostic systems for detection of pathogens of livestock and wildlife importance, during twenty-four years of her research career since 1995, she has published 122 peer reviewed research articles, out of which 76 are in various international journals of repute and 46 in national journals. She has also presented her research findings at several international conferences in the U.K., France, Portugal, Italy, Holland, Australia, South Africa, China and USA. She is on scientific panel (as a referee) of various International and National journals viz. Virus Research, Plos One, Virology, Vaccine, Journal of Virology, Transboundary and emerging diseases, Indian Journal of Virology etc.