DVM, MSc, PhD Dr Babu Nath is a Lecturer in Veterinary Microbiology at the School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Australia. He completed his PhD at Charles Sturt University, where his research focused on the molecular and structural virology of circoviruses. Following his doctorate, he undertook postdoctoral research through the Charles Sturt University Centre for Biosecurity within the Gulbali Institute, contributing to the development of innovative solutions for biosecurity prediction, disease detection, risk assessment, and translational products, including diagnostics, antivirals, and vaccines. Prior to joining Charles Sturt University as a Higher Degree Research student in 2018 under the Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (AGRTP), Dr Nath served as a full-time academic in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Bangladesh. His research has advanced understanding of virus-host interactions, viral protein nuclear transport, and molecular pathogenesis. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and collaborates extensively with national and international researchers. His current interests include structural virology, molecular epidemiology, biosecurity, emerging infectious diseases, and disease surveillance. Dr Babu’s experience in supervising PhD students and contributing to teaching veterinary microbiology, showcasing his ability to impart complex microbiological concepts in an accessible manner to students. He has taught across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in veterinary and animal sciences, drawing on his expertise in microbiology, virology, molecular biology, and infectious diseases. Prior to joining Charles Sturt University, he served as an academic in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Bangladesh, where he was actively involved in curriculum delivery, practical training, and mentoring veterinary students. Dr Babu’s main research themes include epidemiology of infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, biosecurity, animal disease surveillance, viral evolution and structural virology. His primary research interest is linking genomics and structural biology techniques for determining viral evolution, discovering novel viruses of veterinary importance and expressing recombinant protein macromolecules as vaccine candidates. Dr Nath is utilizing molecular diagnostics (PCR, qPCR, immunohistochemistry), metagenomics and structural biology (recombinant protein production, crystallography, EMSA, fluorescence polarization etc.) techniques for detection of novel and emerging pathogen of veterinary importance with a strong focus on biosecurity. Dr Nath is actively contributing to the development of recombinant virus like particle (VLP) based subunit vaccine against Psittacine Beak and Feather disease (PBFD), a key threatening process for Australian native endangered avian species. He has also optimized the techniques for the recombinant capsid protein production of bat, pigeon, canine and finch circovirus which has a downstream application as vaccine candidate and immunodiagnostic tools.
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Dr Babu Nath
Lecturer in Veterinary Pathology
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