Department of Experimental Animal Facilities and Biorisk Management (ATB)

Research foci and projects:

• Pathogenetic studies on the role and function of different viral proteins for neuroinvasion and neurovirulence of pseudorabies virus in mouse models and in vitro (collaboration with work Laboratory for Herpesvirus-Host Cell Interactions, IMVZ).
• Comparative pathogenetic studies on viral neurotropism of lyssaviruses (collaboration with work Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Rhabdo and Paramyxoviruses and WOAH and NRL for Rabies, WHO CC, IMVZ)
• Pathogenesis studies on African and classical swine fever in domestic and wild pigs (collaboration with work NRL for ASF, FAO and NRL for CSF, IVD and Laboratory for Adaptive Immunity, IfI)
• Pathomorphological studies on the tropism of porcine influenza viruses (collaboration with work WOAH, FAO and NRL for AI, IVD)
• Histopathological studies on rotavirus tropism in pigeons (collaboration with work Laboratory for phylogenetic analyses with emphasis on influenza viruses and borna viruses, IVD)
• Pathogenetic studies on novel, potential zoonotic pathogens
• Comparative pathomorphological and immunohistological studies in farm animals for testing of vaccine candidates