UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

School of Veterinary Medicine


   
Portrait Tilahun Yilma, DVM, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor
Email: tdyilma@ucdavis.edu

Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
2079A Haring Hall
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-8306
Fax: (530) 752-3349
   
Research
Microbiology, Vaccine development, Vesicular Stomatitis, AIDS, Rinderpest, Smallpox, Transfer of technology, Vaccinia virus recombinants, Biotechnology, Animal vaccines, Molecular Biology, Virology, Baculovirus Expression System, Immunology, Diagnostic kits, Interferons, Adjuvant/Immune-enhancing Genes, Immuno-modulating Genes.
   
Teaching
Virology
   
Service
Director of the International Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Tropical Disease Agents.
Consultant for: USAID, OIE, FAO/UN, WHO, OAU, IAEA.
Reviewer for various granting agencies, such as NIH, USAID, USDA, and Wellcome.
Reviewer for journals, such as Science, PNAS, Journal of Virology, and Virology.

   
International Interest
Transfer of technology to developing countries such as Senegal, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, and Kenya.

   
Languages
Amharic

   
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