Kulyaisan Sultankulova
Head of Laboratory at the Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, a subsidiary of the QazBioPharm Holding, PhD in Biology, Professor
An expert in molecular biology and genetic engineering. Author of over 190 scientific works, including 60 articles published in journals recommended by the Committee for Quality Assurance in the Field of Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan; 13 articles in international peer-reviewed journals indexed by Scopus and with a non-zero impact factor according to Thomson Reuters; 34 inventions; 5 monographs; and 1 educational-methodological manual. More than 40 conference abstracts have been published in the proceedings of national and international conferences.
H-index (Web of Science and Scopus): 4.0.
Awarded a Letter of Appreciation by the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the badge “For Contribution to the Development of Science” in 2018.
Key Achievements:
- Oligonucleotide microchip for influenza virus detection;
- Oligonucleotide microchip for diagnosing avian infections such as avian influenza, Newcastle disease, infectious bursal disease, and infectious bronchitis;
- Protein microchip for antibody detection in brucellosis;
- PCR-based test system for laboratory diagnostics of A/H5 influenza;
- PCR-based test system for the laboratory detection of lumpy skin disease in cattle;
- Recombinant antigens and producer strains for sheep pox, lumpy skin disease virus, foot-and-mouth disease virus, and Brucella;
- Recombinant sheep pox viruses expressing foreign genes;
- Development of a recombinant vaccine against sheep pox.