Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases

KOSHEMETOV
ZHUMAGALI KAUKARBAYEVICH
Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Laboratory.
Specialist in the field of diagnostics of particularly dangerous viral and bacterial infections of farm animals, poultry, and fur-bearing animals. Author of more than 400 scientific publications.
Awarded the “Qurmet” Order (2010), the Honorary Certificate of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2012), the Honorary Certificate of the Chairman of the Trade Union Organization of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2010), the badge “For Contribution to the Development of Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan” from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2010), the badge “For Merits to the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers” (2014), the commemorative medal “30 Years of Zheltoksan” (2016), the A. Nobel Medal of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (2017).
He was awarded the honorary title “Honored Worker of Science and Education” by the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (2017), the badge “People’s Gratitude” (2021), the badge “For Contribution to Healthcare” (2022), the badge “125th Anniversary of K. Satbayev” (2024), the medal “100 Years of R. Koshkarbayev” (2024), and the commemorative medal “People’s Hero – 39 Years of Zheltoksan” (2024).
Completed advanced training internships in the Arab Republic of Egypt (2004), at the International Training Center CINADCO in Kibbutz Shefayim, Israel (2007), and at the D.I. Ivanovsky Research Institute of Virology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (RF) (2014).ORCID ID – https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7572-9654
Scopus ID – 55926864400Web of Science ID— AAY-2631-2020
zh.koshemetov@biosafety.kz

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Projects:

Research areas of the laboratory:

• Organization and conduct of scientific research and production work on the development of diagnostic preparations.
• Fulfillment of the planned scope of R&D projects according to assignments and topics included in scientific and technological programs, grants, and targeted funding from the Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Agriculture, and Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as conducting applied research on behalf of other ministries.
• Development of new and improvement of existing tools for laboratory diagnostics of viral and bacterial diseases of farm animals, poultry, and fur-bearing animals.
• Development of methods for the detection of viruses causing particularly dangerous infectious diseases.
• Development and analysis of methods and approaches for efficient, rapid, and modern diagnostics of particularly dangerous infectious diseases.
• Study of the mechanisms of viral and bacterial infection development using virological, microbiological, and molecular-biological analysis methods.
• Diagnosis of viral and bacterial infections.

Innovative Developments of the Laboratory:

• Test systems [kits] for laboratory diagnosis and identification of the sheep pox pathogen using the precipitation diffusion reaction and complement fixation reaction.
• Test system [kit] for the diagnosis of canine distemper.

Key Publications of the Laboratory: