Rebecca Knab, PhD
Rebecca Knab is a veterinarian with experience in animal-based infection research as well as in development and application of alternative in vitro models. She has just earned her PhD in the program “Veterinary Research and Animal Biology” at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hannover and is currently finishing a master’s in “Philosophy of Science” at Leibniz University. At CELLS Rebecca works as a research fellow with a focus on the philosophy of animal experimentation.
Main Areas of Research and Teaching
- philosophy of animal experimentation
- animal ethics
Teaching
- Animal Ethics (Winter term 2018/19)
- Animals in Research (Summer term 2018, with Simon Lohse)
Publications
Knab, Rebecca; Petersen, Henning; Lin, Hsuen-Ju; Meixner, Martin; Rautenschlein, Silke; Jung, Arne (2019): In vitro characterization and genetic diversity of Bordetella avium field strains. In Avian Pathology. DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2019.1660305 (eprint)
Knab, Rebecca; Petersen, Henning; Rautenschlein, Silke; Jung, Arne (2018): Establishment of a Bordetella avium challenge model in turkeys. In Avian Pathology 47 (3), pp. 227–237. DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2017.1408895
