Personal statement
Val Ferro read Biochemistry at the University of Aberdeen (BSc Hons 1985) and carried out postgraduate research into Tumour Biology at the University of St. Andrews. (PhD, 1989). She moved to the University of Strathclyde in 1989 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, managing commercially-funded projects on vaccine development. She became a lecturer in 2006 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2018.
Teaching
Val teaches at both undergraduate (Years 1, 2 and 4) and postgraduate level.
Research interests
Current research interests within Dr Ferro's group focuses on three main areas: development of non-invasive human and veterinary vaccines, development of anti-fertility vaccines and natural product research.
Professional activities
- Mohammed Obeid
- Host
- 7/2022
- Abubaker Isa
- Host
- 5/2022
- Aisha Garba
- Host
- 5/2022
- John Igoli
- Host
- 2022
- Comfort Ogah
- Host
- 30/8/2021
- Mohammed Obeid
- Host
- 7/2021
More professional activities
Projects
- Design of functional chitosan films: antimicrobial and heavy metal capture applications
- Mulheran, Paul (Principal Investigator) Ferro, Valerie (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2024
- Therapeutic Design for Nasal Powder Delivery (IBioIC CTP)
- Mulheran, Paul (Principal Investigator) Ferro, Valerie (Co-investigator)
- Design of peptide-adjuvant systems for enhance immunogenicity
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2024
- Design of self-peptide adjuvant couples for enhanced immunogenicity
- Mulheran, Paul (Principal Investigator) Ferro, Valerie (Co-investigator) Mullen, Alexander (Co-investigator)
- Design of peptide-adjuvant systems for enhance immunogenicity
- 01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2022
- KTP-AB Vista
- Mullen, Alexander (Principal Investigator) Ferro, Valerie (Co-investigator)
- 05-Jan-2018 - 04-Jan-2020
- Optimal conjugation routes for antibody-based point-of-care testing kits
- Mulheran, Paul (Principal Investigator) Ferro, Valerie (Academic)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2017
- Optimal conjugation routes for antibody-based point-of-care testing kits
- Mulheran, Paul (Principal Investigator) Ferro, Valerie (Academic)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2021
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