Dr. Christel Schwegmann-Weßels

Nominated by

• German Research Foundation (DFG)
• AcademiaNet member since 29.05.2013
• AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria

Employed by

• University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

Academic Discipline/Fields

• Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary

Field

Veterinary

Area of specialisation

Virology

Research interests

• RNA viruses: porcine RNA viruses, infection of the respiratory and enteric tract by coronaviruses and influenza viruses

• Adaptation of coronaviruses/influenza viruses to new hosts

• Virus assembly, maturation and release

• Ex vivo organ models (lung, gut)

Interested in

• Lectures, Professorship

Languages

English, French, German

Doctorate

• 2002: Untersuchung der Bedeutung der sialinsäurebindenden Aktivität für die Enteropathogenität des Virus der übertragbaren Gastroenteritis der Schweine