Organizing Committee Member
Adel M. Talaat
Professor
University of Wisconsin
USA
Biography
I am a microbiologist with a long-term interest in better understanding the pathogenesis of emerging infectious diseases. I received my veterinary and master’ degrees from Cairo University, Egypt and a Ph.D. from the School of Medicine University of Maryland At Baltimore, USA. Currently, I am a professor of microbiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. My research involves developing new technologies and innovative approaches to understand bacterial pathogenesis and to generate useful therapies (drugs and vaccines).
Research Area
Currently, we are working on the functional genomics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Recently, we started to utilize nanotechnology to develop nano-biosensors and Nanovaccines to control animal infections, including avian viral agents. In 2011, I started a biotechnology company (Pan Genome Systems, INC.) to further develop intellectual properties generated by our group (vaccine-based patents) into products useful to improve human and animal health. During the past decade, I have mentored 17 undergraduates, 19 graduate students and 10 post-doctoral fellows in my laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The results of my career at UW-Madison were shared through more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals.