The #Knowledge2Action (K2A) program of Switzerland sponsored by the Swiss Universities Development and Cooperation Network (SUDAC) has awarded a research grant to team lead of Zoonotica, Dr. Fazal Adnan, Associate Professor at Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB) and Dr. Muhammad Faraz Bhatti at NUST where they will implement the already developed research technologies in the field. Dr. Adnan and Dr. Bhatti will work with other members of Zoonotica including Amna Jalil, Quratul Ain, Saleha Masood, Ahmad Hafeez and Muhammad Waseem. They will work on real time monitoring and surveillance of various existing and emerging zoonotic infections at various hotspot areas in Pakistan. The team will work in collaboration with Prof. Katharina Shaufler of the University of Greifswald, Germany.