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Kenya

Breeding of Brachiaria and Panicum

Nairobi, Kenya

Maintenance of fungal culturesIn-vitro Biochemical functional analysis of fungal isolatesPropagation of Brachiaria tissue culture explantsManagement of Green house and screen house experiments of Brachiaria grassData collection, recording, and report writing

Nairobi, Kenya

Core Duties• Maintenance of fungal cultures• In-vitro Biochemical functional analysis of fungal isolates• Propagation of Brachiaria tissue culture explants• Management of Green house and screen house experiments of Brachiaria grass• Data collection, recording, and report writing

Nairobi, Kenya

Project Title: Identification and Characterization of Taro Viruses in Kenya using Next Generation SequencingCore Activities• Field survey; Sample collection and storage• Conducting Taro tissue culture experiments• DNA and RNA extraction• Conducting PCR and RT-PCR screening of viruses• Small RNA library preparation• Sequencing and Bioinformatics data analysis• Management of screen house experiments of Taro

Nairobi, Kenya

Core Duties• Isolation of endophytic and plant pathogenic fungi from Brachiaria grass• Fungal and plant genomic DNA extraction for genotyping and sequencing• Optimization of PCR reactions• Conducting PCR reactions, purification of PCR products and quality check• Conducting Brachiaria grass tissue culture experiments• Microbial sequence editing, sequence homology search, alignment and phylogenetic analysis using CLC main workbench and MEGA software• In-vitro Biochemical functional analysis of beneficial fungi and inoculation studies• Management of Green house and screen house experiments of Brachiaria grass• Capacity building i.e. assisting research fellows from different countries• Data collection, recording, and report writing

Master'S Degree, Molecular Biology

Bachelor’S Degree, Agricultural Biotechnology

Activities and Societies: Member of the University of Eldoret Biotechnology Students' Association (chairperson 2013-2014)

Diploma, Theology/Theological Studies