Hicham Sid

This study identifies ACE2 as a proviral host factor and TMPRSS2 as a restrictive factor for IBV BD infection in chicken cells.

This study creates IFN receptor knockout chickens to investigate IFN dynamics in influenza infection, revealing strain-specific roles and highlighting type I IFN's importance in initial defense against H3N1.

This paper generates Cas9-expressing transgenic chickens and pigs for in vivo genome editing, demonstrating their health, fertility, and functionality across multiple tissues and genes.