Mrs. OLASEHINDE, Grace Iyabo

Contact information
Department of Biological Sciences
Covenant University
PMB 1023, Ota, Ogun State

ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS WITH DATES
B.Sc. Microbiology and M.SC. Medical Parasitology

RESEARCH FOCUS:Medical Parasitology/Biotechnology:
Studies on De-Novo Antimalarial Drug Resistant Plasmodium falciparum from Malaria Patients in Ogun State.

ACADEMIC LINKAGE: International Centre for Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India; Recipient, TWAS/TWOWS Graduate Fellowship to India.

CURRENT RESEARCH:
a.Studies on Molecular Characteristics of Shigella Sp. From Clinical and Food Samples
b. Computational Identification of functionally related genes in Malaria parasites

MEMBERSHIP AND LEARNED SOCIETY
Member: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2005
Member: Nig. Inst. Food Sc. Tech. (NIFST) 2006
Member: Fed. Eur. Microbiol. Soc. (FEMS) 2007
Member: Nig. Soc. Microbiol. (NSM) 2007
Member: Third World Org. Of Women In Sc. (TWOWS) 2007
Member: Science Association Of Nigeria (SAN) 2007
Member: Faculty Women’s Advance (FWA) CU. 2007
Member: Biotechnology Society of Nigeria (BSN) 2008
Proposed member: Nigerian Society for Parasitology (NSP)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
• Olasehinde, G.I., Akinyanju, J.A. and Ajayi, A.A. (2008). Comparative antimicrobial activities of commercial disinfectants with Naphtholics. Research journal of Microbiology 3 (4): 262 – 268

• Dike.I, Adebayo.A, Fatumo.S, Olasehinde.G, Ewejobi.I, Ekenna.C and Adebiyi.E.:Unveiling Potential Variants: Phylogenetic Analysis of Eight African Species of Artemisia, Poster Proceedings International Society for Computational Biology, 2008

• Olasehinde G.I. and J.P.O. Oyerinde (2007). Effect of calcium chloride on growth and survival of Biomphalaria pfeifferi - intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni. Research Journal of Parasitology 2(1):82-86.