Muhammad Munir is a Professor of Virology at the Lancaster University in the Northwest of England, UK. Prof Munir has been studying virus pathobiology, viral antagonism of immune responses, and host factors that limit virus replication for last 15 years. Owing to his extensive research on Newcastle disease virus (NDV) including proprietary vector establishment, Pro Munir is a leading figure in the NDV-based vaccine development.
Molecular Virology Laboratory of Prof Munir holds HSE-compliant CL3 facility, egg incubation facility and viral vectors. He also acts as Technical Advisor of pharmaceuticalsand supports novel product development for both human and animals. Prof Munir has promoted the public understanding of viruses and zoonoses, presenting over 1000 times on CNN, BBC, SkyNews, ITV, Al-Jazeera, GBNews, among others on both national and international forums. Prof Munir has won Dean’s Award 2022 and Research Impact Award 2022 for his research excellence on viruses. Prof Munir is author of >175 articles, 8 books, 25book chapters and is the Associate Editor of Scientific Reports and Microbial Pathogenesis amongst others.
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Keynote Paper 7
Leveraging NDV as Vaccine Platform for Poultry Pathogens
