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190 In my scientific career to date I have gained considerable experi- ence working in both the UK and worldwide. I have a strong background in the disciplines of immunology and molecular biology within the veterinary virology and parasitology fields. Having studied to be a veterinary surgeon at the Royal Veterinary College in London I then worked as a veterinary practitioner in a mixed private practice in the south of the UK for three years. On leaving private practice I successfully completed an MSc in Tropical Veterinary Science at the Centre for Veterinary Tropical Medicine CTVM at Edinburgh University. During my MSc I had my first foray into the field of research working with the important zoonotic pathogen Toxoplasma gondii.I then gained a scholarship to work for two years as a laboratory assistant in the Immunology and Parasitology departments of the University of Yucatan in Mexico.Back in the UK I then completed my PhD in the immuno- pathogenesis of African Swine Fever Virus ASFV at the Institute for Animal HealthPirbright.During my PhD I carried out ground- breaking research identifying for the first time that ASFV-infected cells actually commit suicide undergo apoptosis and that certain types of immune cells CD8 cytotoxic T cells play a critical role in the hosts immune response to the virus.Both these findings played a leading role in understanding how and why ASFV causes such fatal clinical signs and helped the scientific community to target their approaches to vaccine develop- ment. Having completed my PhD I successfully secured two consecutive highly competitive Wellcome Trust Personal Fellow- ships which enabled me to make a name for myself in the Theileria research arena. The first of these fellowships was a four-year Advanced Training Fellowship which was awarded by the Tropical Interest Group of the Wellcome Trust during which time I investigated molecular aspects of the immunobiology of the bovine haemoparasite Theileria annulata.This fellowship resulted in several publications in which I used differential RNA display and proteomic technologies to identify genes that were involved in the life cycle stages of this important veterinary parasite. I was then awarded a personal Tropical Research Fellowship by the Tropical Interest Group of the Wellcome Trust to work in collabo- ration with the University of Glasgow and the University of Makerere in Uganda.I took full advantage of the rare opportunity to contribute to research in Uganda where I personally equipped and set up my own molecular research lab and then used this lab to investigate the molecular epidemiology and population genet- ics of Theileria parva.During this three-year fellowship I published a total of 12 papers eight first author which made a significant contribution to the understanding of the population structure of this important parasitewhich had very important implications for vaccine development. I returned from Uganda to the world famous Pirbright labora- tory in the UK where I spent the next eight years carrying out research on various exotic veterinary viruses. During this period I was head of the World Organisation for Animal Health OIE European Community and UK national reference lab for Bluetongue BThead of the OIE and UK national reference lab for African Horse Sickness AHS and African Swine Fever ASF and head of the OIE FAO world and UK national reference lab for Rinderpest and Peste de Petit Ruminants PPR. I was OIE designated disease expert for African Swine fever Bluetongue and African Horse Sickness from 2005-2012. During this period I contributed significantly to the control and eventual eradication of the first ever outbreak of BT in Northern Europe as well as the UK was laboratory operations manager during the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Diseases virus FMDV in the UK in 2007 and as head of the World Reference Laboratory for Rinderpest played a significant role in the final stages leading up to the global eradica- tion of Rinderpest in 2011.Research highlights during this period at IAH-Pirbright included the discovery that the BTV serotype that reached Northern Europe and the UK in 20067 was being transmitted both orally and transplacentally making it a unique and extremely dangerous strain of the virus. My research work investigating the efficiency and longevity of the immune response to BTV vaccination in sheep and cattle as well as the extent of colostral transfer of antibodies in calves and lambs and the levels of vaccine interference due to colostral antibodies in young animals optimised the use of the newly produced vaccine to BTV serotype 8 and contributed significantly to the successful control and eradication of the virus from Northern Europe. My research group also identified two new serotypes of BTV one of which BTV-26 was identified as being the first BTV to be transmitted from animal to animal by direct contact as opposed to via the bite of an infected Culicoides midge. This was the first report of any BTV strain being transmitted through direct contact and is a highly significant and potentially worrying finding considering the known potential of co-circulating BTV strains to undergo reassortment in the field. During this period at IAH- Pirbright I published widely in many areas including African Swine Fever Virus vaccine developmentAfrican horse sickness epidemi- ology sheepox goatpox and lumpy skin disease transmission MEDICAL SCIENCES Professor in Veterinary Virology School of Veterinary Medicine Tel 868 645 3232 ext. 4220 work 868 725 4263 mobile Fax 868 645 7428 E-mail chris.ourasta.uwi.edu PROF. CHRIS OURA